@bfjo

Professor, Kellogg School of Management

kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/directory/jones_benjamin_f.aspx
Joined July 2009
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Announcing a short course! ifp.org/economics-of-ideas/ Pierre Azoulay (@pierre_azoulay) Matt Clancy (@mattsclancy) Janet Freilich Ina Ganguli (@inaganguli) Ben Jones (@bfjo) Chad Jones (@ChadJonesEcon) Kyle Myers (@KRoyMyers) John Van Reenen (@johnvanreenen) + me (@heidilwilliams_)

Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation Online PhD Short Course | Institute for Progress

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I could not be more excited about @IFP's new partnership with @NSF to help them design and execute experiments on improving scientific grantmaking. NSF has shown tremendous leadership in this area, and we are thrilled to support their efforts.
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📢 Future episodes of @POID_LSE @POID_cast have interviews with @heidilwilliams_ @PMoserEcon @bfjo @ufukakcigit @pierre_azoulay @XJaravel Naomi Lamoreaux buff.ly/3PwkiA7 (Spotify) buff.ly/46te8HT (Apple) @ruveyda_gozen
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A 🧵 about voting rights, judicial elections, and an informed electorate:
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Are governments basing COVID policy on good science or dubious science? Profs. @dashunwang and @bfjo explore. kell.gg/822

How Well Does COVID Public Policy Align with Science?

In an era of misinformation, policy based on “dubious science” could mean a greater loss of life and economic hardship.

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Yian Yin
@yian_yin8 Jan 2021
🚨New paper alert🚨 Super excited to share our latest piece @ScienceMagazine policy forum: Coevolution of policy and science during the pandemic in collaboration, with @gaojian08 (co-first author ) and @dashunwang @bfjo science.sciencemag.org/conte… [1/n]
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Here is the key figure in the paper. Immigrant and Native-Born Entrepreneurship: Firm Size Distributions using all start-up firms in the US census data (2005-2010), for US-born and immigrant-founded firms. 1/2
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@IanHathaway7 Sep 2020
"The findings suggest that immigrants act more as "job creators" than "job takers" and that non-U.S. born founders play outsized roles in U.S. high-growth entrepreneurship." @pierre_azoulay @bfjo @jdanielkim papers.nber.org/tmp/50650-w2…
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