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UFUK AKCIGIT Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania May 2015 Contact Information Department of Economics University of Pennsylvania 445 McNeil Building, 3718 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215-898-7711 Fax: 215-573-2057 Email: uakcigit@econ.upenn.edu Webpage: http://sites.sas.upenn.edu/ufuk-akcigit/– Citizenship: Turkish, U.S. Permanent Resident Appointments Assistant Professor Faculty Research Fellow Lecturer University of Pennsylvania National Bureau of Economic Research University of Pennsylvania July 2010 - Present September 2010 - Present July 2009 - June 2010 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Koc University June 2009 June 2003 Education Ph.D, Economics B.A, Economics Fields of Interest Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Firm Dynamics, Entrepreneurship, Innovation. Relevant Positions Short-term Consultant The World Bank Dissertation Intern Board of Governors, Federal Reserve, DC Spring 2013 Summer 2007 Academic Visits Department of Economics, University of Chicago Becker Friedman Institute, University of Chicago Cowles Foundation, Yale University Minneapolis FED Spring Fall September October 2015 2014 2014 2012 Editorial Position Associate Editor Journal of the European Economic Association 1 January 2015 - Present Curriculum Vitae Ufuk Akcigit Publications • “The Role of Information in Innovation and Competition,” (joint with Qingmin Liu), Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming. • “Transition to Clean Technology,” (joint with Daron Acemoglu, Douglas Hanley and William Kerr), Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming. • “The Shumpeterian Growth Paradigm,” (joint with Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt), Annual Review of Economics, 2015, Vol 7: 557-575. • “Intellectual Property Rights Policy, Competition and Innovation,” (joint with Daron Acemoglu), Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, 10(1): 1-42. Earlier version: “State-dependent Intellectual Property Rights Policy”, NBER WP 12775. Papers under Revision • “Growth through Heterogeneous Innovations,” (joint with William Kerr), NBER Working Paper #16443. Status: Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Political Economy. • “Buy, Keep or Sell: Economic Growth and the Market for Ideas,” (joint with Murat Alp Celik and Jeremy Greenwood), NBER Working Paper #19763. Status: Revise & Resubmit, Econometrica. • “Innovation, Reallocation and Growth,” (joint with Daron Acemoglu, Nick Bloom and William Kerr), NBER Working Paper #18993. Status: Revise & Resubmit, American Economic Review. • “Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration,” (joint with Daron Acemoglu and William Kerr), University of Pennsylvania Working Paper. Status: In preparation for the NBER Macro Annual 2015. Other Publications • “What Do We Learn from Schumpeterian Growth Theory,” (joint with Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt), in Handbook of Economic Growth, ed. by P. Aghion, and S. N. Durlauf, 2014, Vol 2B: 515-563. • “Lessons from Schumpeterian Growth Theory,” (joint with Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt), in American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 2015, 105(5): 94-99. 2 Curriculum Vitae Ufuk Akcigit Working Papers • “Taxation and the International Migration of Inventors,” (joint with Salome Baslandze and Stefanie Stantcheva) • “Lack of Selection and Limits to Delegation: Firm Dynamics in Developing Countries,” (joint with Harun Alp and Michael Peters) • “The Innovation Network,” (joint with Daron Acemoglu and William Kerr) • “Back to Basics: Basic Research Spillovers, Innovation Policy and Growth,” (joint with Douglas Hanley and Nicolas Serrano-Velarde), NBER Working Paper #19473. • “Patent Value and Citations: Creative Destruction or Strategic Disruption?” (joint with David Abrams and Jillian Popadak), NBER Working Paper #19647. • “Creative Destruction and Subjective Well-Being,” (joint with Philippe Aghion, Angus Deaton and Alexandra Roulet) • “Young, Restless and Creative: Openness to Disruption and Creative Innovations,” (joint with Daron Acemoglu and Murat Alp Celik), NBER Working Paper #19894. • “Optimal Capital versus Labor Taxation with Innovation-Led Growth,” (joint with Philippe Aghion and Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde), NBER Working Paper #19086. Work in Progress • “Optimal Taxation and R&D Policies,” (joint with Douglas Hanley and Stefanie Stantcheva) • “Dancing with the Stars: Interactions and Human Capital Accumulation,” (joint with Ernest Miguelez, Stefanie Stantcheva, and Valerio Sterzi) • “Living the American Dream in Finland: The Social Mobility of Innovators,” (joint with Philippe Aghion and Otto Toivanen) • “Mechanics of Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Historical Patents,” (joint with William Kerr and Tom Nicholas) • “Technology Adoption and the TFP Gap in Latin American Countries,” (joint with Harun Alp, Maya Eden and Ha Nguyen) • “Innovation and Top Income Inequality,” (joint with Philippe Aghion, Antonin Bergeaud Richard Blundell, and David Hemous) • “Patents as Collateral and Directed Technical Change,” (joint with Murat Alp Celik, Olga Itenberg and Guillermo Ordonez) • “Technological Leadership and Innovation Policy in the World Economy,” (joint with Sina Ates and Giammario Impullitti) • “Patent Trolls: Benevolent Middleman or Stick-Up Artist?,” (joint with David Abrams and Gokhan Oz) 3 Curriculum Vitae Ufuk Akcigit Honors, Fellowships and Awards National Science Foundation Research Grant The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Grant Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellow Kravis Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania NBER Innovation Policy and the Economy Research Grant MIT Economics Fellowship Koc University Presidents Special Award 2015 - 2017 2014 - 2016 April 2014 2011 2009-2010, 2011-2012 2003-2005 2003 Teaching Econ 102, Undergraduate Macroeconomics, UPenn Econ 242, Undergraduate Economic Growth, UPenn Econ 712, Graduate Economic Growth, UPenn Econ 712, Topics in Macro: Credit Constraints and Technical Change, UPenn Econ 235, Undergraduate Industrial Organizations, UPenn 14.102, Graduate Mathematics for Economists, MIT 14.00, Graduate Math Camp, MIT 2010 - 2014 2012 - 2014 2011 - 2014 2011 2010 2005 - 2008 2006 - 2008 Student Advising g Student g g First Job g Douglas Hanley University of Pittsburgh, Economics Olga Itenberg University of Rochester, Finance Felipe Saffie University of Maryland, Economics Salom´e Baslandze Einaudi Institute for Economics Sina Ates Board of Governors of Federal Reserve Zach Stangebye University of Notre Dame, Economics g Grad Year g g Advising Role g 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 Committee Chair Committee Co-chair Committee Chair Committee Co-chair Committee Member Committee Member Conference Organizations NBER EFJK/Growth Meeting Across Time and Space Conference (NBER & Philadelphia FRB) SED Organization Committee ITAM-PIER Conference, University of Pennsylvania Barcelona GSE Summer Forum, Structural Macro and Economic Growth Firm and Technology Dynamics Conference, University of Nottingham Econometric Society Winter Meetings Organization Committee 4 February October June August June June 2014, January 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 Curriculum Vitae Ufuk Akcigit Conference and Seminar Presentations AEA Meetings (Boston), Stanford, Chicago Econ, Chicago Booth, Chicago FED, Minneapolis FED, CEPR Conference on Innovation and Productivity (Vienna), Koc University, Royal Economic Society Conference, Washington University in St. Louis, Boston FED, Syracuse, U of Virginia, 30th NBER Macro Annual Conference. 2015 AEA Meetings (Philadelphia), Yale, London School of Economics, University College London, Goethe University (Frankfurt), U of Cologne, NBER Summer Institute, Vanderbilt, FED Board of Governors, Firm and Technology Dynamics Conference (U of Nottingham), Minnesota Macro Workshop, Penn State, Productivity Growth and Innovation Conference (OECD), Northwestern University, NBER EFG Meeting (Chicago), Kauffman Entrepreneurship Conference, Cornell University, Census Bureau, University of British Columbia, Brown University. 2014 Stanford, Harvard, World Bank, U of Chicago Booth, SITE (Stockholm), IIES, New York FED Real Side Macro Conference, Notre Dame, Nottingham, St Louis FED Growth & Development Conference, Norwegian Business School, U of Zurich, GATech Reer Conference, U of Maryland, Tinbergen, NBER Summer Institute, Nemmers Prize Conference in Honor of Daron Acemoglu (Northwestern), Conference in Honor of Peter Howitt, Barcelona GSE Workshop, U of Southern California, Philadelphia FED Time and Space Conference. 2013 AEA Meetings (Chicago), Industry and Labor Market Dynamics Conference (Barcelona), World Bank, University of Toronto Growth and Development Conference, Society for Economic Dynamics Conference (Cyprus), UCLA Innovation and Growth Conference, CREI-MOVE Workshop on Misallocation and Productivity, Economic Growth and Development Conference (Nice), Turkish Central Bank, 4th World Congress of the Game Theory Society (Istanbul), Bilkent University, Minneapolis FED, European Economic Association Meetings (Malaga), Rice University, Canadian Macro Study Group, North Carolina State. 2012 AEA Meetings - Denver, Brown University, Drexel University, Oxford, Cambridge, European University Institute, NBER/Philadelphia FED Time and Space Conference, NBER Summer Institute Growth Group, SED 2011, Innovation Conference - Queen’s School of Business, Bank of Italy, Penn State, NYU 2011 NBER Summer Institute Macro/Productivity Group, Canadian Macro Study Group, University of Maryland, Richmond FED, NBER Productivity Lunch Seminar, Koc University Winter Workshop, Bilkent University, METU 2010 Harvard Business School, MIT, University of Pennsylvania, World Bank, Board of Governors, Einaudi, Cambridge University, Oxford University, UT Austin, Wharton, University of Toronto, CEMFI, Pompeu Fabra/CREI, INSEAD, NBER Productivity Lunch Seminar, SED 2009 2009 5 Curriculum Vitae Ufuk Akcigit Professional Activities Referee for: American Economic Review, AEJ: Macroeconomics, Econometrica, International Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of European Economic Association, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics, National Science Foundation, Quantitative Economics, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, The Economics of Transition. Paper Discussions • “Capital Depreciation and Labor Shares Around the World: Measurement and Implications”, Loukas Karabarbounis and Brent Neiman, 3rd INET Conference on Macroeconomic Externalities, IMF, 2015. • “Standard-Essential Patents”, Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole, ASSA Meetings, Boston, 2015. • “The Rise of the Machines: Automation, Horizontal Innovation and Income Inequality”, David Hemous and Morten Olsen, ASSA Meetings, Boston, 2015. • “Economic Development and the Organization of Production”, Nicolas Roys and Ananth Seshadri, Workshop on Macroeconomic Policy and Income Inequality, IMF, 2014. • “Aggregate Implications of Innovation Policy”, Andrew Atkeson and Ariel Burstein, Conference on Firm and Technology Dynamics, University of Nottingham, UK, 2014. • “How Destructive is Innovation?”, Daniel Garcia-Macia, Chang-Tai Hsieh, Pete Klenow, Cowles Summer Conference, Yale University, 2014. • “Agglomeration and Innovation”, Gerald Carlino and William Kerr, Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics Conference, Wharton, 2014. • “Necessity is the Mother of Invention”, Walker Hanlon, NBER Summer Institute, 2012. Administrative Committees Deans Council of Innovation, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania Economics Department PhD Admissions Committee, University of Pennsylvania 6 2013-14 2009-14
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