Ufuk Akcigit

University of Chicago - Department of Economics

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1126 E. 59th St

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http://www.ufukakcigit.com

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  • University of Chicago - Department of Economics

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Systemic Risk and Stability in Financial Networks

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Innovation, Reallocation and Growth

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 13-10
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2015
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Nicholas Bloom and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Stanford University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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entry, growth, industrial policy, innovation, R&D, reallocation, selection

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Growth Through Heterogeneous Innovations

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Growth Through Heterogeneous Innovations

PIER Working Paper No. 10-035
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 28 Oct 2010
Ufuk Akcigit and William Kerr
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Endogenous Growth, Innovation, Exploration, Exploitation, Research and Development, Patents, Citations, Scientists, Entrepreneurs

Growth Through Heterogeneous Innovations

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 11-044
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 28 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2016
Ufuk Akcigit and William Kerr
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Endogenous Growth, Innovation, External, Internal, Research and Development, Patents, Citations, Scientists, Entrepreneurs

Growth Through Heterogeneous Innovations

PIER Working Paper No. 15-020
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 29 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 11 Jun 2015
Ufuk Akcigit and William Kerr
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Endogenous Growth, Innovation, External, Internal, Research and Development, Patents, Citations, Scientists, Entrepreneurs

Growth Through Heterogeneous Innovations

US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP- 12-08
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 03 Jul 2012
Ufuk Akcigit and William Kerr
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Endogenous Growth, Innovation, Exploration, Exploitation, Research and Development, Patents, Citations, Scientists, Entrepreneurs

Growth Through Heterogeneous Innovations

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 28/2013
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 09 Dec 2013
Ufuk Akcigit and William Kerr
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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endogenous growth, innovation, exploration, exploitation, research and development, patents, citations, scientists, entrepreneurs

Growth Through Heterogeneous Innovations

NBER Working Paper No. w16443
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 08 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2014
Ufuk Akcigit and William Kerr
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Growth Through Heterogeneous Innovations

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11660
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 29 Nov 2016
Ufuk Akcigit and William Kerr
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Citations, Endogenous Growth, Entrepreneurs., External, innovation, Internal, patents, Research and Development, Scientists

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Patent Value and Citations: Creative Destruction or Strategic Disruption?

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Patent Value and Citations: Creative Destruction or Strategic Disruption?

PIER Working Paper No. 13-065, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 13-23
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 08 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2018
David Abrams, Ufuk Akcigit and Jillian Grennan
University of Pennsylvania Law School, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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productive innovation, defensive innovation, patents, creative destruction, citations, patent value, competition, intellectual property, entrepreneurship, strategic patenting, defensive patenting, patent thickets, fencing patents

Patent Value and Citations: Creative Destruction or Strategic Disruption?

NBER Working Paper No. w19647
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 16 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2014
David Abrams, Ufuk Akcigit and Jillian Grennan
University of Pennsylvania Law School, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Duke University - Fuqua School of Business
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Innovation, Reallocation and Growth

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Innovation, Reallocation and Growth

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 13-088
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 18 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 16 Nov 2017
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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entry, growth, industrial policy, innovation, R&D, reallocation, selection

Innovation, Reallocation, and Growth

Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics Working Paper No. 21
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 01 Dec 2017
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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entry, growth, industrial policy, innovation, R&D, reallocation, selection

Innovation, Reallocation and Growth

PIER Working Paper No. 13-018
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 16 Apr 2013
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Nicholas Bloom and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Stanford University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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entry, growth, industrial policy, innovation, R&D, reallocation, selection

Innovation, Reallocation and Growth

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 22/2013
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 10 Oct 2013
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Nicholas Bloom and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Stanford University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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entry, growth, industrial policy, innovation, R&D, reallocation, selection

Innovation, Reallocation and Growth

US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP-13-23
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 04 May 2013
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Nicholas Bloom and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Stanford University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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entry, growth, industrial policy, innovation, R&D, reallocation, selection

Innovation, Reallocation and Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w18993
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 28 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2014
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Nicholas Bloom and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Stanford University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Innovation, Reallocation, and Growth

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12449
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 01 Dec 2017
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Entry, growth, industrial policy, Innovation, R&D, reallocation, selection

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Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration

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Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 15-05
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 19 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2015
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Economic fluctuations, geographic collocation, input-output linkages, networks, propagation, shocks

Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 16-006
Number of pages: 98 Posted: 14 Jul 2015
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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economic fluctuations, geographic collocation, input-output linkages, networks, propagation, shocks.

Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration

NBER Working Paper No. w21344
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 13 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2015
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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What Do We Learn from Schumpeterian Growth Theory?

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What Do We Learn from Schumpeterian Growth Theory?

PIER Working Paper No. 13-026
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Jun 2013
Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit and Peter Howitt
College de France and London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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Creative destruction, entry, exit, competition, firm dynamics, reallocation, R&D, industrial policy, technological frontier, Schumpeterian wave, general purpose technology

What Do We Learn from Schumpeterian Growth Theory?

NBER Working Paper No. w18824
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2014
Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit and Peter Howitt
College de France and London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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State-Dependent Intellectual Property Rights Policy

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State-Dependent Intellectual Property Rights Policy

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 06-34
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 15 Dec 2006
Daron Acemoglu and Ufuk Akcigit
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Department of Economics
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competition, economic growth, endogenous growth, industry structure, innovation, intellectual property rights, licensing, patents, research and development, trickle-down

State-Dependent Intellectual Property Rights Policy

NBER Working Paper No. w12775
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 23 Dec 2006 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2016
Daron Acemoglu and Ufuk Akcigit
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Department of Economics
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Young, Restless and Creative: Openness to Disruption and Creative Innovations

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Young, Restless and Creative: Openness to Disruption and Creative Innovations

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 14-07
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 08 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2015
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit and Murat Alp Celik
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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corporate culture, creative destruction, creativity, economic growth, entrepreneurship, individualism, innovation, openness to disruption

Young, Restless and Creative: Openness to Disruption and Creative Innovations

PIER Working Paper No. 14-004
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 05 Feb 2014
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit and Murat Alp Celik
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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corporate culture, creative destruction, creativity, economic growth, entrepreneurship, individualism, innovation, openness to disruption

Young, Restless and Creative: Openness to Disruption and Creative Innovations

NBER Working Paper No. w19894
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 06 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2015
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit and Murat Alp Celik
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Young, Restless and Creative: Openness to Disruption and Creative Innovations

NBER Working Paper No. 19894
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 17 Feb 2014
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit and Murat Alp Celik
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Transition to Clean Technology

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Transition to Clean Technology

Harvard Business School Entrepreneurial Management Working Paper No. 15-045
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 06 Dec 2014
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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carbon cycle, directed technological change, environment, innovation, optimal policy.

Transition to Clean Technology

PIER Working Paper No. 14-044
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 07 Dec 2014
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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carbon cycle, directed technological change, environment, innovation, optimal policy

Transition to Clean Technology

NBER Working Paper No. w20743
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 15 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2015
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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The Role of Information in Innovation and Competition

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 24 Dec 2014
Ufuk Akcigit and Qingmin Liu
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Columbia University
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Innovation, Competition, Information Sharing, Trial-and-error, Dead-end Inefficiency, Information-externality Inefficiency

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Innovation and Top Income Inequality

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Innovation and Top Income Inequality

Banque de France Working Paper No. 557, INSEAD Working Paper No. 2015/50/EPS
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 13 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2015
Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Antonin Bergeaud, Richard W. Blundell and David Hémous
College de France and London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Banque de France, UCL and University of Zürich
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Top Income, Inequality, Innovation, Patenting, Citations, Social Mobility, Incumbents, Entrant

Innovation and Top Income Inequality

NBER Working Paper No. w21247
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 08 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2015
Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Antonin Bergeaud, Richard W. Blundell and David Hémous
College de France and London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Banque de France, UCL and University of Zürich
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Innovation and Top Income Inequality

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10659
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 16 Jun 2015
Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Antonin Bergeaud, Richard W. Blundell and David Hémous
College de France and London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Banque de France, UCL and University of Zürich
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citations, entrant, incumbents, inequality, innovation, patenting, social mobility, top income

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Innovation Network

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Innovation Network

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6173
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Dec 2016
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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innovation, networks, patents, growth

Innovation Network

NBER Working Paper No. w22783
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 31 Oct 2016
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Back to Basics: Basic Research Spillovers, Innovation Policy and Growth

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Back to Basics: Basic Research Spillovers, Innovation Policy and Growth

PIER Working Paper No. 13-051
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 21 Sep 2013
Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley and Nicolas Andre Benigno Serrano-Velarde
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh and Bocconi University
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Innovation, basic research, applied research, research and development, government spending, endogenous growth, spillover

Back to Basics: Basic Research Spillovers, Innovation Policy and Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w19473
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 28 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2014
Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley and Nicolas Andre Benigno Serrano-Velarde
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh and Bocconi University
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Back to Basics: Basic Research Spillovers, Innovation Policy and Growth

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11707
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 19 Dec 2016
Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley and Nicolas Andre Benigno Serrano-Velarde
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh and Bocconi University
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applied research, basic research, Endogenous Growth, government spending, innovation, productivity, Research and Development, spillover.

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Buy, Keep or Sell: Economic Growth and the Market for Ideas

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Buy, Keep or Sell: Economic Growth and the Market for Ideas

PIER Working Paper No. 13-069
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 16 Dec 2013
Ufuk Akcigit, Murat Alp Celik and Jeremy Greenwood
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Toronto - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Growth, Ideas, Innovation, Misallocation, Patents, Patent Agents, Research and Development, Search frictions

Buy, Keep or Sell: Economic Growth and the Market for Ideas

NBER Working Paper No. w19763
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 20 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2016
Ufuk Akcigit, Murat Alp Celik and Jeremy Greenwood
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Toronto - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Taxation and the International Mobility of Inventors

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Taxation and the International Mobility of Inventors

PIER Working Paper No. 15-014
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 13 Mar 2015
Ufuk Akcigit, Salome Baslandze and Stefanie Stantcheva
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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axation, Migration, International Mobility, Superstars, Innovation

Taxation and the International Mobility of Inventors

NBER Working Paper No. w21024
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 16 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2015
Ufuk Akcigit, Salome Baslandze and Stefanie Stantcheva
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Taxation and the International Mobility of Inventors

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10565
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 05 May 2015
Ufuk Akcigit, Salome Baslandze and Stefanie Stantcheva
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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income taxes, innovation, inventors, migration, taxation

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Connecting to Power: Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics

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Connecting to Power: Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2018-72
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 04 Oct 2018
Ufuk Akcigit, Salome Baslandze and Francesca Lotti
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and Bank of Italy
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Political connections, creative destruction, firm dynamics, innovation, productivity

Connecting to Power: Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics

NBER Working Paper No. w25136
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 08 Oct 2018
Ufuk Akcigit, Salomé Baslandze and Francesca Lotti
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF) and Bank of Italy
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Connecting to Power: Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13216
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 08 Oct 2018
Ufuk Akcigit, Salomé Baslandze and Francesca Lotti
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF) and Bank of Italy
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creative destruction, Firm Dynamics, Innovation, Political Connections, productivity

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Optimal Capital Versus Labor Taxation with Innovation-Led Growth

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Optimal Capital Versus Labor Taxation with Innovation-Led Growth

PIER Working Paper No. 13-025
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Jun 2013
Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit and Jesús Fernández-Villaverde
College de France and London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Capital tax, labor tax, optimal taxation, innovation, R&D, growth

Optimal Capital Versus Labor Taxation with Innovation-Led Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w19086
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 31 May 2013 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2014
Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit and Jesús Fernández-Villaverde
College de France and London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics
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Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century

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Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2018-71
Number of pages: 95 Posted: 17 Sep 2018
Ufuk Akcigit, John Grigsby, Tom Nicholas and Stefanie Stantcheva
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Innovation, income taxes, corporate taxation, rms, inventors, state taxation, business taxation, R&D tax credits

Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century

NBER Working Paper No. w24982
Number of pages: 89 Posted: 17 Sep 2018
Ufuk Akcigit, John Grigsby, Tom Nicholas and Stefanie Stantcheva
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Taxation and Innovation in the 20th Century

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13167
Number of pages: 96 Posted: 17 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2018
Ufuk Akcigit, John Grigsby, Tom Nicholas and Stefanie Stantcheva
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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business taxation, Corporate taxation, firms, Income taxes, Innovation, inventors, R&D tax credits, state taxation

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Transition to Clean Technology

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 26/2015
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 11 Dec 2015
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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O30, O31, O33, C65, carbon cycle, directed technological change, environment, innovation, optimal policy

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The Role of Information in Innovation and Competition

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The Role of Information in Innovation and Competition

PIER Working Paper No. 11-038
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 17 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 24 Dec 2014
Ufuk Akcigit and Qingmin Liu
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Columbia University
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Learning, Two-arm Bandit, R&D Competition, Dead-end Inefficiency, Trial-and-error

The Role of Information in Competitive Experimentation

NBER Working Paper No. w17602
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 21 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2014
Ufuk Akcigit and Qingmin Liu
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Columbia University
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Innovation and Trade Policy in a Globalized World

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Innovation and Trade Policy in a Globalized World

FRB International Finance Discussion Paper No. 1230
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 17 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2019
Ufuk Akcigit, Sina Ates and Giammario Impullitti
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and University of Cambridge
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Economic growth, Short- and long-run gains from globalization, Foreign technological catching-up, Innovation policy, Trade policy, Competition

Innovation and Trade Policy in a Globalized World

Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics Working Paper No. 25
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 28 Apr 2018
Ufuk Akcigit and Sina Ates
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Economic growth, short- and long-run gains from globalization, foreign tech-nological catching-up, innovation policy, trade policy, competition

Innovation and Trade Policy in a Globalized World

NBER Working Paper No. w24543
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 23 Apr 2018
Ufuk Akcigit, Sina Ates and Giammario Impullitti
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and University of Nottingham
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Innovation and Trade Policy in a Globalized World

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12888
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 01 May 2018
Ufuk Akcigit, Sina Ates and Giammario Impullitti
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and University of Nottingham
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Competition, Economic Growth, foreign technological catching-up, innovation policy, short- and long-run gains from globalization, trade policy

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The Patent Troll: Benign Middleman or Stick-Up Artist?

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The Patent Troll: Benign Middleman or Stick-Up Artist?

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2019-51
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 28 Mar 2019
David Abrams, Ufuk Akcigit, Gokhan Oz and Jeremy Pearce
University of Pennsylvania Law School, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Analysis Group, Inc. and University of Chicago
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non-practicing entity, NPE, patent assertion entity, PAE, patent troll, innovation, patent litigation

The Patent Troll: Benign Middleman or Stick-Up Artist?

NBER Working Paper No. w25713
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 01 Apr 2019
David Abrams, Ufuk Akcigit, Gokhan Oz and Jeremy Pearce
University of Pennsylvania Law School, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Analysis Group, Inc. and University of Chicago
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The Patent Troll: Benign Middleman or Stick-Up Artist?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13620
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 01 Apr 2019
David Abrams, Ufuk Akcigit, Gokhan Oz and Jeremy Pearce
University of Pennsylvania Law School, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Analysis Group, Inc. and University of Chicago
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Innovation, Non-practicing entity, NPE, PAE, patent assertion entity, Patent litigation, patent troll

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Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration

Bank of Finland Research Discussion Paper No. 25/2015
Number of pages: 100 Posted: 10 Dec 2015
Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit and William Kerr
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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E32, economic fluctuations, geographic collocation, input-output linkages, networks, propagation, shocks

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Immigration and the Rise of American Ingenuity

NBER Working Paper No. w23137
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 07 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 19 May 2017
Ufuk Akcigit, John Grigsby and Tom Nicholas
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Chicago and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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Ten Facts on Declining Business Dynamism and Lessons from Endogenous Growth Theory

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Ten Facts on Declining Business Dynamism and Lessons from Endogenous Growth Theory

NBER Working Paper No. w25755
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Apr 2019
Ufuk Akcigit and Sina Ates
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Ten Facts on Declining Business Dynamism and Lessons from Endogenous Growth Theory

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13668
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 16 Apr 2019
Ufuk Akcigit and Sina Ates
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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business dynamism, Competition, Innovation, knowledge diffusion, Market concentration, Markups, patenting

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The Rise of American Ingenuity: Innovation and Inventors of the Golden Age

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The Rise of American Ingenuity: Innovation and Inventors of the Golden Age

NBER Working Paper No. w23047
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 17 Jan 2017
Ufuk Akcigit, John Grigsby and Tom Nicholas
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Chicago and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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The Rise of American Ingenuity: Innovation and Inventors of the Golden Age

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11755
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 09 Jan 2017
Ufuk Akcigit, John Grigsby and Tom Nicholas
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Chicago and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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census, demographics, Earnings, growth, innovation, inventors, migration, patents

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Creative Destruction and Subjective Wellbeing

NBER Working Paper No. w21069
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2015
Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Angus Deaton and Alexandra M. Roulet
College de France and London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Princeton University and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Tax Simplicity and Heterogeneous Learning

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Tax Simplicity and Heterogeneous Learning

Banque de France Working Paper No. 665
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 05 Mar 2018
Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Matthieu Lequien and Stefanie Stantcheva
College de France and London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Taxation, personal income and business taxes, tax evasion, income elasticity

Tax Simplicity and Heterogeneous Learning

NBER Working Paper No. w24049
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 28 Nov 2017
Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Matthieu Lequien and Stefanie Stantcheva
College de France and London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Tax Simplicity and Heterogeneous Learning

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12471
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 12 Dec 2017
Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Matthieu Lequien and Stefanie Stantcheva
College de France and London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Complexity, entrepreneurship, learning, Self-employment, taxation

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Synergizing Ventures

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 24 Jun 2019
Ufuk Akcigit, Emin Dinlersoz, Jeremy Greenwood and Veronika Penciakova
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Center for Economic Studies - US Census Bureau, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Economics and University of Maryland
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assortative matching, endogenous growth, IPO, management, mergers and acquisitions, research and development, selection effects, startups, synergies, taxation, treatment effects, venture capital

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Dancing with the Stars: Innovation Through Interactions

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Dancing with the Stars: Innovation Through Interactions

NBER Working Paper No. w24466
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 02 Apr 2018
Ufuk Akcigit, Santiago Caicedo, Ernest Miguelez, Stefanie Stantcheva and Valerio Sterzi
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Department of Economics, Students, University of Bordeaux, Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Bordeaux - GREThA
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Dancing with the Stars: Innovation Through Interactions

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12819
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 05 Apr 2018
Ufuk Akcigit, Santiago Caicedo, Ernest Miguelez, Stefanie Stantcheva and Valerio Sterzi
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Chicago, Department of Economics, Students, University of Bordeaux, Harvard University - Department of Economics and University of Bordeaux - GREThA
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Diffusion, growth, Human Capital, Innovation, interactions, inventors, Knowledge, productivity, Teams

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Taxation, Corruption, and Growth

NBER Working Paper No. w21928
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Feb 2016
Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Julia Cage and William Kerr
College de France and London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, Sciences Po Paris Department of Economics and Harvard University - Entrepreneurial Management Unit
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What Happened to U.S. Business Dynamism?

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What Happened to U.S. Business Dynamism?

NBER Working Paper No. w25756
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 15 Apr 2019
Ufuk Akcigit and Sina Ates
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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What Happened to U.S. Business Dynamism?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13669
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 16 Apr 2019
Ufuk Akcigit and Sina Ates
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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business dynamism, Competition, knowledge diffusion, Market concentration

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The Social Origins of Inventors

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The Social Origins of Inventors

NBER Working Paper No. w24110
Number of pages: 95 Posted: 16 Dec 2017
Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Ari Hyytinen and Otto Toivanen
College de France and London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Jyväskylä and Aalto University - Department of Economics
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The Social Origins of Inventors

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP12496
Number of pages: 97 Posted: 19 Dec 2017
Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit, Ari Hyytinen and Otto Toivanen
College de France and London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Jyväskylä and Aalto University - Department of Economics
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education, Innovation, inventors, IQ, parental background, Social mobility

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Lack of Selection and Limits to Delegation: Firm Dynamics in Developing Countries

NBER Working Paper No. w21905
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 25 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2016
Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp and Michael Peters
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Yale University - Department of Economics
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Optimal Taxation and R&D Policies

NBER Working Paper No. w22908
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 12 Dec 2016
Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley and Stefanie Stantcheva
University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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The Schumpeterian Growth Paradigm

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 7, pp. 557-575, 2015
Posted: 07 Aug 2015
Philippe Aghion, Ufuk Akcigit and Peter Howitt
College de France and London School of Economics and Political Science, Fellow, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics

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