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SUMMARY:From Disaster to Discovery: The Regional Scientific Response to Katrina Hurricane Season
DESCRIPTION:Academic Research Seminars Hybrid\n\n\nIn this Academic Research Seminar\, Salvatore Viola will present his paper “From Disaster to Discovery: The Regional Scientific Response to Katrina Hurricane Season.” The paper is co-authored by Ernest Miguelez and Rosina Moreno. \n\n\n\nPaper Abstract: This paper investigates how natural disasters shape the direction of science. Treating the 2005 U.S. hurricane season\, and Hurricane Katrina in particular\, as an exogenous shock\, we estimate its effects on regional scientific output and on specialization in hurricane- and climate change-related research. We assign OpenAlex publication data to U.S. Core-Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) and identify affected regions using housing damage reports. Difference-in-differences estimates show that affected regions were 14.9 percentage points more likely to specialize in hurricane-related research. This effect persisted for around six years post-disaster and occurred despite muted effects in climate change-related science and an overall decline in scientific output. Exploratory analyses suggest the effect was stronger in regions with higher pre-disaster relatedness density\, and that collaborations between affected and unaffected regions helped support scientific activity in affected areas. Our findings offer new evidence on the directional response of science to climate-related natural disasters. They also suggest that building research capacity around specific regional vulnerabilities\, supported by sustained funding\, may strengthen regional scientific resilience. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Salvatore Viola\, PhD student in Economics at the University of Barcelona \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Salvatore Viola is a PhD student in Economics at the University of Barcelona\, where he is affiliated with the Regional Quantitative Analysis Group (AQR-IREA). He works under the supervision of Rosina Moreno and Ernest Miguélez. His research interests include the geography of innovation\, the economics of science\, and high-skilled migration. His current work examines how migrant inventors spur regional diversification into green technologies and how natural disasters influence the direction of scientific research. He holds a BA in Economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an MSc in Economics from the University of Barcelona. \n\n\n\nWhether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. \n\n\n\nThe Growth Lab’s Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/from-disaster-to-discovery-the-regional-scientific-response-to-katrina-hurricane-season/
LOCATION:Perkins Room – R-429 Rubenstein 4th floor
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars,Hybrid
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SUMMARY:The Effects of U.S. Public R&D on Global Growth
DESCRIPTION:Academic Research Seminars Hybrid\n\n\nIn this Academic Research Seminar Ishan Nath will discuss his paper “The Effects of U.S. Public R&D on Global Growth” co-authored with Gustavo De Souza\, Andrew Fieldhouse\, Karel Mertens\, and Valerie Ramey. \n\n\n\nSpeaker: Ishan Nath\, Assistant Professor of Public Policy\, Faculty Associate of the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability \n\n\n\nAbstract: This paper provides the first causal estimates of the global social returns to U.S. public R&D. We use a narrative identification strategy to quantify the effects of exogenous shocks to U.S. R&D appropriations on the dynamic TFP response of 69 foreign economies from 1980–2019. A U.S. R&D appropriations shock equal to 1 percent of the federal R&D capital stock raises foreign TFP by approximately 1 percent after 12 years. This response is driven primarily by nondefense rather than defense R&D and is concentrated in non-OECD economies. These patterns are most consistent with diffusion occurring through openly accessible scientific content\, capital-embodied trade\, and technological leapfrogging by economies further from the global frontier. A back-of-the-envelope calculation suggests that the global social returns to U.S. public non-defense R&D are roughly twice as large as the domestic returns\, meaning the U.S. captures about half of these productivity benefits. When he is not thinking about economics\, Ishan can be found playing\, watching\, or talking about basketball.  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Ishan Nath is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a Faculty Associate of the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. His research focuses broadly on climate change\, international trade\, and the macroeconomics of development. He currently serves as an associate editor of the Journal of International Economics and the Review of Economics and Statistics\, and Research Director for Climate and the Environment at the International Growth Centre. Prior to joining Harvard\, Ishan worked as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and completed postdoctoral fellowships with the Climate Impact Lab at the University of Chicago and in the International Economics section at Princeton University. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago\, an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford\, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar\, and a B.A. in Economics and B.S. in Earth Systems from Stanford University. When he is not thinking about economics\, Ishan can be found playing\, watching\, or talking about basketball.  \n\n\n\nWhether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. \n\n\n\nThe Growth Lab’s Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Share
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/the-effects-of-u-s-public-rd-on-global-growth/
LOCATION:Perkins Room (R429) – Rubenstein 4th Floor
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