Research
Working Papers
Productivity Beliefs and Efficiency in Science
with Fabio Bertolotti and Kyle Myers
Publications
Scientific Talent Leaks Out of Funding Gaps
Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming
NBER Summer Institute 2022 (Innovation), NBER Summer Institute 2024 (Science of Science Funding)
Coverage: Marginal Revolution, Good Science Project, Nature (Career Feature), Nature (News), STAT
with Joseph Staudt, Elisabeth Perlman, Stephanie Cheng
Money, Time, and Grant Design
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2026
Coverage: Nature
with Kyle Myers
The National Survey of Academic Researchers: New Facts and Data
PLOS ONE, 2026
Coverage: Nature, Nature (news)
Science, Interrupted: Funding delays reduce research activity but having more grants helps
PLOS ONE, 2023
Unequal Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Scientists
with Kyle Myers, Yian Yin, Nina Cohodes, Jerry Thursby, Marie Thursby, Peter Schiffer, Joseph Walsh, Karim Lakhani, and Dashun Wang
Nature Human Behaviour, 2020
Work in Progress
Scientific Production Function
with Jeff Qiu and Bruce Weinberg
The Effect of Targeted Increases in Science Funding: Stem Cell Research in California
with Joseph Staudt
The Effect of Temporary Colocation on Knowledge Flows
I study the effect of short-term, repeated interactions on knowledge flows using the setting of NIH “study sections”, which are panels of grant reviewers. Using variation in how much reviewers’ terms overlap, I find that the longer scientists serve together on the same panel, the more likely they are to cite each other up to 10 years after initial co-location.