Episode 62: Elisabeth Perlman on Federal Funding, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

The paper discussed in this episode is ‘Cutting the Innovation Engine: How Federal Funding Shocks Affect University Patenting, Entrepreneurship, and Publications (academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/138/2/89…)’, by Tania Babina (taniababina.com), Alex Xi He (alexxihe.com), Sabrina T. Howell (sabrina-howell.com), Elisabeth Ruth Perlman (elisabethperlman.net), and Joseph Staudt (josephstaudt.weebly.com). The paper was published at the Quarterly Journal of Economics in 2023.