Untangling Trade and Technology: Evidence from Local Labor Markets
David Autor with David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson
Category: Research
Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation: Evidence from U.S. Patents
David Autor with David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Gary Pisano, and Pian Shu.
Manufacturing is the locus of U.S. innovation, accounting for more than three quarters of U.S. corporate patents. The rise of import competition from China has represented a major competitive shock to the sector, which in theory could benefit or stifle innovation. In this paper we empirically examine how rising import competition from China has affected U.S. innovation.
The Fall of the Labor Share and the Rise of Superstar Firms
David Autor with David Dorn, Lawrence F. Katz, Christina Patterson, and John Van Reenen
Invisible Innovation: Supplier Technology Strategy in the Auto Supply Chain
Susan Helper with Jennifer Kuan and Daniel Snow.
What Goes on Under the Hood? How Engineers Innovate in the Automotive Supply Chain
Susan Helper with Jennifer Kuan
Bargaining Failure and Failure to Bargain
Michael Meurer
Technology and Innovation
Robert Seamans
Responses to Entry in Multi-Sided Markets: The Impact of Craigslist on Local Newspapers
Robert Seamans
Forking, Fragmentation and Splintering
Timothy Simcoe (with Jeremy Watson)
Tax Credits and Small Firm R&D Spending
Timothy Simcoe (with Ajay Agrawal and Carlos Rosell)