Research
Working Papers
The Wandering Scholars: Understanding the Heterogeneity of University Commercialization
(with Josh Lerner, Henry Manley, and Heidi Williams)
Conditionally accepted (subject to data review), Econometrica
Coverage: VoxEU
Publications
The Pivot Penalty in Research
(with Ryan Hill, Yian Yin, Xizhao Wang, Dashun Wang, and Benjamin F. Jones)
2025, Nature, 642(8069): 999-1006.
[Supplementary Materials] [Replication Package]
Coverage: Nature News, Times Higher Education
Race to the Bottom: Competition and Quality in Science
(with Ryan Hill)
2025, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 140(2): 1111-1185.
[Online Appendix] [Replication Package] [Slides]
Coverage: Econimate video summary, SIEPR policy brief, Science, Le Monde (in French!)
Scooped! Estimating Rewards for Priority in Science
(with Ryan Hill)
2025, Journal of Political Economy, 113(3): 793-845.
[Online Appendix] [Replication Package]
Coverage: Nature News
Internalizing Externalities: Designing Effective Data Policies
(with Ryan Hill and Heidi Williams)
2020, AEA Papers and Proceedings
Selected Work in Progress
Replication and Research Quality (with Matt Backus, Ted Miguel, and Lars Vilhuber)
How Artificial Intelligence Shapes Science: Evidence from Structural Biology (with Ryan Hill)
Competition, Secrecy, and Strategic Non-Disclosure in Science (with Ryan Hill)
Resting Papers
Heat Check: New Evidence on the Hot Hand in Basketball
(with Andrew Bocskoscky and John Ezekowitz)
Coverage: WSJ, Boston Globe, Grantland, WBUR Only a Game, NYMag