UFUK AKCIGIT
Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
May 2015
Contact Information
Department of Economics
University of Pennsylvania
445 McNeil Building, 3718 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tel: 215-898-7711
Fax: 215-573-2057
Email: [email protected]
Webpage: http://sites.sas.upenn.edu/ufuk-akcigit/–
Citizenship: Turkish, U.S. Permanent Resident
Appointments
Assistant Professor
Faculty Research Fellow
Lecturer
University of Pennsylvania
National Bureau of Economic Research
University of Pennsylvania
July 2010 - Present
September 2010 - Present
July 2009 - June 2010
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Koc University
June 2009
June 2003
Education
Ph.D, Economics
B.A, Economics
Fields of Interest
Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Firm Dynamics, Entrepreneurship, Innovation.
Relevant Positions
Short-term Consultant
The World Bank
Dissertation Intern
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve, DC
Spring 2013
Summer 2007
Academic Visits
Department of Economics, University of Chicago
Becker Friedman Institute, University of Chicago
Cowles Foundation, Yale University
Minneapolis FED
Spring
Fall
September
October
2015
2014
2014
2012
Editorial Position
Associate Editor
Journal of the European Economic Association
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January 2015 - Present
Curriculum Vitae
Ufuk Akcigit
Publications
• “The Role of Information in Innovation and Competition,”
(joint with Qingmin Liu),
Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming.
• “Transition to Clean Technology,”
(joint with Daron Acemoglu, Douglas Hanley and William Kerr),
Journal of Political Economy, forthcoming.
• “The Shumpeterian Growth Paradigm,”
(joint with Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt),
Annual Review of Economics, 2015, Vol 7: 557-575.
• “Intellectual Property Rights Policy, Competition and Innovation,”
(joint with Daron Acemoglu),
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, 10(1): 1-42.
Earlier version: “State-dependent Intellectual Property Rights Policy”, NBER WP 12775.
Papers under Revision
• “Growth through Heterogeneous Innovations,”
(joint with William Kerr), NBER Working Paper #16443.
Status: Revise & Resubmit, Journal of Political Economy.
• “Buy, Keep or Sell: Economic Growth and the Market for Ideas,”
(joint with Murat Alp Celik and Jeremy Greenwood), NBER Working Paper #19763.
Status: Revise & Resubmit, Econometrica.
• “Innovation, Reallocation and Growth,”
(joint with Daron Acemoglu, Nick Bloom and William Kerr), NBER Working Paper #18993.
Status: Revise & Resubmit, American Economic Review.
• “Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration,”
(joint with Daron Acemoglu and William Kerr), University of Pennsylvania Working Paper.
Status: In preparation for the NBER Macro Annual 2015.
Other Publications
• “What Do We Learn from Schumpeterian Growth Theory,”
(joint with Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt), in Handbook of Economic Growth, ed. by P.
Aghion, and S. N. Durlauf, 2014, Vol 2B: 515-563.
• “Lessons from Schumpeterian Growth Theory,”
(joint with Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt), in American Economic Review, Papers and
Proceedings, 2015, 105(5): 94-99.
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Ufuk Akcigit
Working Papers
• “Taxation and the International Migration of Inventors,”
(joint with Salome Baslandze and Stefanie Stantcheva)
• “Lack of Selection and Limits to Delegation: Firm Dynamics in Developing Countries,”
(joint with Harun Alp and Michael Peters)
• “The Innovation Network,”
(joint with Daron Acemoglu and William Kerr)
• “Back to Basics: Basic Research Spillovers, Innovation Policy and Growth,”
(joint with Douglas Hanley and Nicolas Serrano-Velarde), NBER Working Paper #19473.
• “Patent Value and Citations: Creative Destruction or Strategic Disruption?”
(joint with David Abrams and Jillian Popadak), NBER Working Paper #19647.
• “Creative Destruction and Subjective Well-Being,”
(joint with Philippe Aghion, Angus Deaton and Alexandra Roulet)
• “Young, Restless and Creative: Openness to Disruption and Creative Innovations,”
(joint with Daron Acemoglu and Murat Alp Celik), NBER Working Paper #19894.
• “Optimal Capital versus Labor Taxation with Innovation-Led Growth,”
(joint with Philippe Aghion and Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde), NBER Working Paper #19086.
Work in Progress
• “Optimal Taxation and R&D Policies,”
(joint with Douglas Hanley and Stefanie Stantcheva)
• “Dancing with the Stars: Interactions and Human Capital Accumulation,”
(joint with Ernest Miguelez, Stefanie Stantcheva, and Valerio Sterzi)
• “Living the American Dream in Finland: The Social Mobility of Innovators,”
(joint with Philippe Aghion and Otto Toivanen)
• “Mechanics of Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Historical Patents,”
(joint with William Kerr and Tom Nicholas)
• “Technology Adoption and the TFP Gap in Latin American Countries,”
(joint with Harun Alp, Maya Eden and Ha Nguyen)
• “Innovation and Top Income Inequality,”
(joint with Philippe Aghion, Antonin Bergeaud Richard Blundell, and David Hemous)
• “Patents as Collateral and Directed Technical Change,”
(joint with Murat Alp Celik, Olga Itenberg and Guillermo Ordonez)
• “Technological Leadership and Innovation Policy in the World Economy,”
(joint with Sina Ates and Giammario Impullitti)
• “Patent Trolls: Benevolent Middleman or Stick-Up Artist?,”
(joint with David Abrams and Gokhan Oz)
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Ufuk Akcigit
Honors, Fellowships and Awards
National Science Foundation Research Grant
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Grant
Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellow
Kravis Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of Pennsylvania
NBER Innovation Policy and the Economy Research Grant
MIT Economics Fellowship
Koc University Presidents Special Award
2015 - 2017
2014 - 2016
April 2014
2011
2009-2010, 2011-2012
2003-2005
2003
Teaching
Econ 102, Undergraduate Macroeconomics, UPenn
Econ 242, Undergraduate Economic Growth, UPenn
Econ 712, Graduate Economic Growth, UPenn
Econ 712, Topics in Macro: Credit Constraints and Technical Change, UPenn
Econ 235, Undergraduate Industrial Organizations, UPenn
14.102, Graduate Mathematics for Economists, MIT
14.00, Graduate Math Camp, MIT
2010 - 2014
2012 - 2014
2011 - 2014
2011
2010
2005 - 2008
2006 - 2008
Student Advising
g Student g
g First Job g
Douglas Hanley
University of Pittsburgh, Economics
Olga Itenberg
University of Rochester, Finance
Felipe Saffie
University of Maryland, Economics
Salom´e Baslandze
Einaudi Institute for Economics
Sina Ates
Board of Governors of Federal Reserve
Zach Stangebye
University of Notre Dame, Economics
g Grad Year g
g Advising Role g
2014
2014
2014
2015
2015
2015
Committee Chair
Committee Co-chair
Committee Chair
Committee Co-chair
Committee Member
Committee Member
Conference Organizations
NBER EFJK/Growth Meeting
Across Time and Space Conference (NBER & Philadelphia FRB)
SED Organization Committee
ITAM-PIER Conference, University of Pennsylvania
Barcelona GSE Summer Forum, Structural Macro and Economic Growth
Firm and Technology Dynamics Conference, University of Nottingham
Econometric Society Winter Meetings Organization Committee
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February
October
June
August
June
June 2014,
January
2015
2015
2015
2015
2015
2015
2016
Curriculum Vitae
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Conference and Seminar Presentations
AEA Meetings (Boston), Stanford, Chicago Econ, Chicago Booth, Chicago FED, Minneapolis FED, CEPR Conference on Innovation and Productivity (Vienna), Koc University, Royal Economic Society Conference, Washington University in St. Louis, Boston
FED, Syracuse, U of Virginia, 30th NBER Macro Annual Conference.
2015
AEA Meetings (Philadelphia), Yale, London School of Economics, University College
London, Goethe University (Frankfurt), U of Cologne, NBER Summer Institute,
Vanderbilt, FED Board of Governors, Firm and Technology Dynamics Conference
(U of Nottingham), Minnesota Macro Workshop, Penn State, Productivity Growth
and Innovation Conference (OECD), Northwestern University, NBER EFG Meeting
(Chicago), Kauffman Entrepreneurship Conference, Cornell University, Census Bureau,
University of British Columbia, Brown University.
2014
Stanford, Harvard, World Bank, U of Chicago Booth, SITE (Stockholm), IIES, New
York FED Real Side Macro Conference, Notre Dame, Nottingham, St Louis FED
Growth & Development Conference, Norwegian Business School, U of Zurich, GATech
Reer Conference, U of Maryland, Tinbergen, NBER Summer Institute, Nemmers Prize
Conference in Honor of Daron Acemoglu (Northwestern), Conference in Honor of Peter
Howitt, Barcelona GSE Workshop, U of Southern California, Philadelphia FED Time
and Space Conference.
2013
AEA Meetings (Chicago), Industry and Labor Market Dynamics Conference
(Barcelona), World Bank, University of Toronto Growth and Development Conference, Society for Economic Dynamics Conference (Cyprus), UCLA Innovation
and Growth Conference, CREI-MOVE Workshop on Misallocation and Productivity,
Economic Growth and Development Conference (Nice), Turkish Central Bank, 4th
World Congress of the Game Theory Society (Istanbul), Bilkent University, Minneapolis
FED, European Economic Association Meetings (Malaga), Rice University, Canadian
Macro Study Group, North Carolina State.
2012
AEA Meetings - Denver, Brown University, Drexel University, Oxford, Cambridge,
European University Institute, NBER/Philadelphia FED Time and Space Conference,
NBER Summer Institute Growth Group, SED 2011, Innovation Conference - Queen’s
School of Business, Bank of Italy, Penn State, NYU
2011
NBER Summer Institute Macro/Productivity Group, Canadian Macro Study Group,
University of Maryland, Richmond FED, NBER Productivity Lunch Seminar, Koc
University Winter Workshop, Bilkent University, METU
2010
Harvard Business School, MIT, University of Pennsylvania, World Bank, Board of
Governors, Einaudi, Cambridge University, Oxford University, UT Austin, Wharton,
University of Toronto, CEMFI, Pompeu Fabra/CREI, INSEAD, NBER Productivity
Lunch Seminar, SED 2009
2009
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Curriculum Vitae
Ufuk Akcigit
Professional Activities
Referee for: American Economic Review, AEJ: Macroeconomics, Econometrica, International
Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal
of Economic Theory, Journal of European Economic Association, Journal of Political Economy,
Journal of Public Economics, National Science Foundation, Quantitative Economics, Quarterly
Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, The
Economics of Transition.
Paper Discussions
• “Capital Depreciation and Labor Shares Around the World: Measurement and Implications”, Loukas Karabarbounis and Brent Neiman, 3rd INET Conference on Macroeconomic
Externalities, IMF, 2015.
• “Standard-Essential Patents”, Josh Lerner and Jean Tirole, ASSA Meetings, Boston, 2015.
• “The Rise of the Machines: Automation, Horizontal Innovation and Income Inequality”,
David Hemous and Morten Olsen, ASSA Meetings, Boston, 2015.
• “Economic Development and the Organization of Production”, Nicolas Roys and Ananth
Seshadri, Workshop on Macroeconomic Policy and Income Inequality, IMF, 2014.
• “Aggregate Implications of Innovation Policy”, Andrew Atkeson and Ariel Burstein, Conference on Firm and Technology Dynamics, University of Nottingham, UK, 2014.
• “How Destructive is Innovation?”, Daniel Garcia-Macia, Chang-Tai Hsieh, Pete Klenow,
Cowles Summer Conference, Yale University, 2014.
• “Agglomeration and Innovation”, Gerald Carlino and William Kerr, Handbook of Regional
and Urban Economics Conference, Wharton, 2014.
• “Necessity is the Mother of Invention”, Walker Hanlon, NBER Summer Institute, 2012.
Administrative Committees
Deans Council of Innovation, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
Economics Department PhD Admissions Committee, University of Pennsylvania
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2013-14
2009-14