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A Calculation of the Social Returns to Innovation
What are the social returns to investments in innovation??The disparate spillovers associated with innovation, including imitation, business stealing, and intertemporal spillovers, have made calculations of the social returns difficult.?Northwestern Kellogg School of Management's Benjamin F. Jones will provide an economy-wide calculation that nets out the many spillover margins. He will assess the role of capital investment, diffusion delays, learning-by-doing, productivity mismeasurement, health outcomes, and international spillovers in assessing the average social returns. Overall, estimates suggest that the social returns are very large.?Even under conservative assumptions, innovation efforts produce social benefits that are many multiples of the investment costs.
TIME Tuesday January 26, 2021 at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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CALENDAR McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science