The 10th Workshop on
The Organisation, Economics and Policy of
Scientific Research
Collegio Carlo Alberto, Via Real Collegio 30, Moncalieri, Torino.
May 09-10, 2016
OrganisedbyLEI&BRICK
(Department
of Economics and Statistics S. Cognetti de Martiis – Collegio Carlo Alberto)
May 09 th (day 1)
8:00
BUS FROM HOTEL CONCORD TO COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO
8:40
8:50
REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE
Welcome and opening remarks (Aldo Geuna)
9:00 – 10:45
Session 1
9:00 Markus Simeth The gravity of scientific disclosure in technological competition
9:20 Yuan Shi Federal funding and the rate and direction of inventive activity
9:40 Carolin Haeussler Bridging the gap from inventions to innovations - Increasing success
rates in clinical trials
Discussant: Cristiano Antonelli
10:45 - 11:05 COFFEE BREAK
11:05 – 12:50
Session 2
11:05 Carter Bloch Which researchers benefit most from grants? An analysis of citation impacts
of grants from the Danish Council for Independent Research
11:25 Nicolas Carayol and Marianne Lanoe The impact of project-based funding of science: the
French ANR experience
11:45 John P. Walsh and Jian Wang Competitive versus block funding and creativity in Japan:
status contingency effects
Discussants: Reinhilde Veugelers and Jacques Mairesse
12:50 - 13:40 LUNCH
13:40 – 15:25
Session 3
13:40 Lorenzo Zirulia Double disclosure and the negotiation of scientific credit in research teams
14:00 Maikel Pellens Misconduct in science and effects on innocent collaborators
14:20 Sotaro Shibayama Production of science and scientists: A case study of life science
laboratories in Japan
Discussant: Paul David
15:25 – 15:50 COFFEE BREAK
15:50 – 17:35
Session 4
15:50 Janet Bercovitz Stars and their constellations: Great person or great team?
16:10 Charles Ayoubi, Michele Pezzoni and Fabiana Visentin Learning determinants:
Absorbing knowledge flows from within or outside the team?
16:30 Oscar Llopis Star scientists versus interdisciplinary scientists: Exploring the distinct
patterns of engagement in university-industry interactions
Discussant: Michele Cincera
17:50
20:00
BUS BACK TO TURIN CENTRE (Piazza Carlo Felice)
CONFERENCE DINNER
May 10 th (day 2)
8:00
BUS FROM HOTEL CONCORD TO COLLEGIO CARLO ALBERTO
8:40
WELCOME COFFEE
8:50 – 10:35
Session 5
8:50 Ajay Bhaskarabhatla How much do individuals and organizations contribute to
innovation?
9:10 James D. Adams Theorems, lemmas and apps: The making of industrial software
9:30 Benjamin F. Jones University innovation and the professor’s privilege
Discussant: Aldo Geuna
10:35 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 12:10
Session 6
11:00 Alessandro Iaria International knowledge flows: Evidence from the collapse of
international science in the wake of WWI
11:20 Marc Scheufen On (open) access to research in developing countries: Empirical evidence
from article-level data
Discussant: Fabio Montobbio
12:10 – 13:20
Session 7
12:10 Luis Sanz-Menendez and Laura Cruz-Castro Divided communities: introducing the
preference of academics into the analysis of promotion
12:30 Mauro Sylos Labini and Natalia Zinovyeva Connections in scientific committees and
applicants' self-selection: Evidence from a natural randomized experiment
Discussant: John P. Walsh
13:20 - 14:20 LUNCH
14:30
BUS BACK TO TURIN CENTRE (Piazza Carlo Felice)
Instructions to Presenters and Discussants:
Presenter has 20 minutes. Discussant has 5-10 minutes per paper.
The room will be equipped with a laptop and a standard video-projector. Presenters, please have
your presentation ready on a USB memory card
List of Participants
James D. Adams –Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and NBER (US)
Cristiano Antonelli – University of Turin, Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto (IT)
Charles Ayoubi – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
Janet Bercovitz – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (US)
Ajay Bhaskarabhatla – Erasmus School of Economics (NL)
Carter Bloch – Danish Centre for Studies in Research and Research Policy, Aarhus University (DK)
Nicolas Carayol – GREThA, University of Bordeaux (FR)
Michele Cincera – Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
Laura Cruz-Castro – CSIC Institute of Public Goods and Policies (ES)
Paul David – Stanford University (US)
Aldo Geuna – University of Turin and Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto (IT)
Carolin Haeussler – University of Passau (DE)
Alessandro Iaria – CREST–ENSAE (FR)
Benjamin F. Jones – Northwestern University (US)
Marianne Lanoe – GREThA, University of Bordeaux (FR)
Oscar Llopis – ESC Rennes School of Business (FR)
Jacques Mairesse – CREST-INSEE (FR) and UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University (NL)
Fabio Montobbio – University of Turin, Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto and Bocconi University (IT)
Maikel Pellens – ZEW-Centre for European Economic Research (DE)
Michele Pezzoni – Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis (FR) and Bocconi University (IT)
Luis Sanz-Menendez – CSIC Institute of Public Goods and Policies (ES)
Marc Scheufen – Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
Yuan Shi – Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland (US)
Sotaro Shibayama – Science Technology and Innovation Governance Program, University of Tokyo (JP)
Markus Simeth – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (ES)
Mauro Sylos Labini – University of Pisa (IT)
Reinhilde Veugelers – KU Leuven (BE) and CEPR (UK)
Fabiana Visentin – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
John P. Walsh – Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
Jian Wang – KU Leuven (BE)
Natalia Zinovyeva – Aalto University (SF)
Lorenzo Zirulia – University of Bologna and Bocconi University (IT)
Organisation Committee
Cristiano Antonelli – University of Turin; Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto
Michele Cincera – Université Libre de Bruxelles
Paul David – Stanford University
Aldo Geuna – University of Turin; Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto
Marco Guerzoni – University of Turin; Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto
Cornelia Lawson – STIG-University of Tokyo; CBR-University of Cambridge; Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto
Jacques Mairesse – CREST-INSEE, Paris; UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University
Fabio Montobbio – University of Turin; Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto; Bocconi University
Pier Paolo Patrucco – University of Turin; Brick-Collegio Carlo Alberto
Paula Stephan – Georgia State University; NBER
Reinhilde Veugelers – KU Leuven; CEPR, London
John P. Walsh – Georgia Institute of Technology