Episode 55 (Job Market Edition): Martin Schmitz on Communication Costs and Innovation

The paper discussed in this episode is “A Penny for your Thoughts (martinbschmitz.github.io/martinbschmitz.com/w3…)", by Walker Hanlon, Stephan Heblich, and Ferdinando Monte, and Martin Schmitz (martinbschmitz.com).
Other papers mentioned in this episode are:
Biasi, B., & Moser, P. (2021). Effects of copyrights on science: Evidence from the WWII book republication program. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 13(4), 218-60.
Donaldson, D., & Hornbeck, R. (2016). Railroads and American economic growth: A “market access” approach. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 131(2), 799-858.
Iaria, A., Schwarz, C., & Waldinger, F. (2018). Frontier knowledge and scientific production: evidence from the collapse of international science. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(2), 927-991.
Steinwender, C. (2018). Real effects of information frictions: When the states and the kingdom became united. American Economic Review, 108(3), 657-96.