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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Modelling Technological Change in the Energy Transition
DESCRIPTION:The 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.Speaker: Bessie Noll\, Doctoral Researcher at ETH Zürich 	In this seminar\, Bessie  will walk through the motivation\, methods\, and results of  her research as well expand on the question of why certain technologies learn faster than others using innovation and technology complexity theory as explanatory factors. The presentation will conclude with thoughts on how this work may impact or inform larger climate models.  	Location: HYBRID W-434 A.B. HKS (Harvard Community) / ZoomWhether attending in person or virtually\, please register in advance. 	About the Speaker: Bessie Noll is a Postdoctoral researcher with the Energy and Technology Policy Group (EPG) at ETH Zürich. In September 2023\, she successfully defended her PhD\, presenting a dissertation that aims to enhance our comprehension of how public policy can accelerate transformative change in the road transport sector towards low-carbon technologies. In particular\, the thesis argues that policymakers need up-to-date\, quantitative\, approaches to evaluate and project dynamic technology competition and to assess prospective policy impacts on the transition. 	Her current research explores two distinct areas. The first focuses on improving the representation of technological innovation in Integrated Assessment Models\, looking specifically at technology complexity to understand why some technologies learn faster than others. The second focuses on the low-carbon transport transition in Africa\, assessing the role of battery electric versus synthetic fuel vehicles as options for decarbonizing passenger transport.  	Paper: The effects of local interventions on global technological change through spillovers: A modeling framework and application to the road- freight sector 	Abstract 	To address global sustainability challenges\, (public) policy interventions are needed to induce or accelerate technological change. While most policy interventions occur on the local level\, their innovation effects can spill over to other jurisdictions\, potentially having global impact. These spillovers can increase or reduce the incentive for interventions. Lacking to date are computational models that capture these spillover dynamics. In this study\, we devise a conceptual and methodological approach to quantify ex ante the effects of local demand-side interventions on global competition between incumbent and novel technologies. We apply these frameworks to the case of commercial road-freight\, assessing global spillover effects due to different demand-pull interventions and shocks.  	The presentation will walk through the motivation\, methods\, and results of this study\, and as well expand on the question of why certain technologies learn faster than others using innovation and technology complexity theory as explanatory factors. The presentation will conclude with thoughts on how this work may impact or inform larger climate models.  	 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-modelling-technological-change-in-the-energy-transition/
CATEGORIES:Academic Research Seminars
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SUMMARY:Faculty Webinar: Strategies for Inclusive Growth
DESCRIPTION:Join Profs. Matt Andrews and Ricardo Hausmann for a one-hour webinar on the rapidly evolving paths to economic prosperity and how rethinking economic policy\, from design to implementation\, can advance shared prosperity for all.  	Registration is required.  	This free\, live webinar is a precursor to the upcoming Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education program\, Strategies for Inclusive Growth. The recording will be distributed to all registrants. This presentation does not qualify for a certificate.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/faculty-webinar-strategies-for-inclusive-growth/
LOCATION:Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Growth Lab
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Contracting Frictions\, Geography\, and Multinational Firms: Evidence from Mexico
DESCRIPTION:The 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.Speaker: Luis M. Espinoza Bardales\, Ph.D. candidate in Economics from University of Michigan 	Location: Online only. Please register in advance.Abstract: This paper explores how contracting frictions and geography influence the trade costs faced by multinationals’ affiliates located in Mexico relative to domestic firms. Luis documents two key facts. First\, distance to firm’s home countries influences firms’ sourcing patterns. Second\, sectors with a larger presence of foreign affiliates are more intensive in relationship-specific inputs. He develops a small open economy model with multiple sectors\, imperfect contracting\, input relationship-specificity\, global sourcing and multinational production. Luis computes a set of counterfactual equilibria to gauge the relative importance of contracting frictions\, trade costs\, and productivity in the price advantage of multinationals over domestic firms. He finds small median differences between foreign and domestic firms regarding inward trade and contracting costs\, with high variability across industries and home countries. \nAbout the Speaker: Luis Espinoza is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics from University of Michigan. He is also a former Growth Lab Fellow (2014-2016) and holds a MPAID (2014) degree from HKS. He will be joining the International Affairs faculty at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M this Fall. Luis’ research interest lies at the intersection of trade and development. His research focuses on economic development from a sectorial/macro perspective\, with an eye on potential lessons for policy.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-contracting-frictions-geography-and-multinational-firms-evidence-from-mexico/
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SUMMARY:Research Seminar: Property Rights and Innovation Dynamism: The Role of Women Inventors
DESCRIPTION:The 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. 	Speaker: Ruveyda Gozen\, Ph.D. – London School of Economics. 	Location: Online only. Please register in advance. 	Paper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K5C4dMtp1toJ7AKAHnORAEZYgX5q84I5/view 	Abstract: How do stronger property rights for disadvantaged groups affect innovation? Dr. Ruveyda Gozen investigates the impact of strengthened property rights for women on U.S. innovation by analyzing the Married Women’s Property Acts\, which granted equal property rights to women starting in 1845 in New York State. She examines the universe of granted patents from 1790 until 1901\, exploiting the staggered adoption of the laws over time across states. The strengthening of women’s property rights led to a 39% increase in patenting activity among women in the long run\, with effects peaking about a decade after the laws were introduced. Importantly\, women’s innovations were not of lower quality (as measured by a novelty index based on patent text analysis)\, without generating negative effects on innovations by men. Therefore\, these findings suggest that there does not appear to be an equity and efficiency trade-off. Finally\, she shows that the main mechanism was through innovation incentives\, and higher human capital accumulation among women inventors rather than an increase in participation in STEM fields\, labor force participation\, or relieving financial frictions. 	Speaker Bio: Dr. Ruveyda Gozen is a research economist at the London School of Economics (LSE) at the Programme of Innovation and Diffusion (POID) directed by John Van Reenen. She is an applied microeconomist with a focus on economics of innovation\, growth\, entrepreneurship\, institutions\, inequality\, and technological progress.
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/research-seminar-property-rights-and-innovation-dynamism-the-role-of-women-inventors/
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SUMMARY:Development Talk: Economic Gardening and Capitalism’s Conundrum
DESCRIPTION:The Growth Lab’s “Development Talks” is a series of conversations with policymakers and academics working on economic growth and development in countries\, regions\, states and cities in the US and around the world. The seminar provides a platform for practitioners and researchers to discuss both economic growth and development and analytical work centered on policy. This event is co-sponsored with the Taubman Center for State & Local Government. 	Speaker: Christian Gibbons\, founder of the National Center for Economic Gardening (NCEG) and creator of “Economic Gardening\,” an entrepreneurial approach to economic development. 	Moderator: Lara Gale\, Economic Development Program Manager\, Taubman Center for State & Local Government. 	This session will be an interactive discussion of capitalism’ conundrum and the role of Economic Gardening- an entrepreneurial\, grow-your-own approach to economic development.  Economic Gardening is based in part on the science of complex adaptive systems\, systems theory and Stage 2 companies with a focus on commodity traps.  	Whether attending in-person or virtually\, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come\, first-served basis. Lunch will be provided. The Zoom webinar is open to the public. 	Speaker Bio: Chris Gibbons is the founder of the National Center for Economic Gardening (NCEG).  He is the creator of “Economic Gardening\,” an entrepreneurial approach to economic development.  The program\, created in Littleton CO in 1987\, is widely regarded as introducing the first entrepreneurial element into economic development.  It is a major strategy used in many economic development programs today.  	From the period 1990 to 2010 the number of jobs in Littleton doubled from 15\,000 to 30\,000 and sales tax revenues more than tripled from $6 to $21 million.  The city did not recruit one business during this period\, nor did it offer one cent in incentives or tax rebates. The NCEG was created in 2012 to assist communities across the country to start and operate Economic Gardening programs.  	  	  	 
URL:https://growthlab.hks.harvard.edu/event/development-talk-economic-gardening-and-capitalisms-conundrum/
LOCATION:HYBRID T-520 NYE BC\, HKS / Zoom (registration information below)
CATEGORIES:Development Talks
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