Ruben Gaetani
@ruben-gaetani.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Strategy at the University of Toronto. Interested in growth, innovation, and urban economics.
Wonderful to finally see this in print!
Out in print -- "Lockdowns and Innovation: Evidence from the 1918 Flu Pandemic". My first experiment with a short paper!
w/ the wonderful @jeffrlin.bsky.social @ruben-gaetani.bsky.social Enrico Berkes, & Olivier Deschênes
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w/ the wonderful @jeffrlin.bsky.social @ruben-gaetani.bsky.social Enrico Berkes, & Olivier Deschênes
direct.mit.edu/rest/article...
Lockdowns and Innovation: Evidence from the 1918 Flu Pandemic
Abstract. Does social distancing harm innovation? We estimate the effect of nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)—policies that restrict interactions in an attempt to slow the spread of disease—on lo...
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May 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Wonderful to finally see this in print!
After a long journey, our paper “Technological Waves, Knowledge Diffusion, and Local Growth,” with Enrico Berkes and Marti Mestieri, is forthcoming in the JPE Macro: journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jpema/0/ja
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Why do technological waves lead to the rise of some regions and the fall of others?
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Why do technological waves lead to the rise of some regions and the fall of others?
November 18, 2024 at 4:06 PM
After a long journey, our paper “Technological Waves, Knowledge Diffusion, and Local Growth,” with Enrico Berkes and Marti Mestieri, is forthcoming in the JPE Macro: journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jpema/0/ja
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Why do technological waves lead to the rise of some regions and the fall of others?
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Why do technological waves lead to the rise of some regions and the fall of others?