John Van Reenen
Programme on Innovation and Diffusion, LSE
2022
December 14-15 - Empirical Management Conference, IFC, USA, Keynote presentation "The Natural Laws of
December 3 - UCL Stone Centre, London: Workshop on Economic dynamism and distributive justice, "Innovation and
investment inequality", slides
November 14 - University of Michigan, USA: Labor and Public Finance Seminar, "The Impact of Regulation on
Innovation", slides
November 7 - Tel Aviv University, Israel: Applied Economics Seminar, "FDI and Superstar Spillovers: Evidence from
Firm-to-Firm Transactions", slides
October 26 - DG COMP, European Commission, Brussels: Economic Seminar, "The Rise of Superstar Firms: Causes
and Consequences", slides
October 25 - LSE Economics Society Sen Club, London, "Have Productivity and Pay Decoupled in the UK?", slides
October 5 - Harvard Kennedy School, USA: Reimagining the Economy Project - Workshop on Firm Support
Policies, "Reimagining the Economy: Harvard Kennedy School Discussion", slides
September 30 - University of Oklahoma, USA: Applied Microeconomics Seminar, "The impact of Regulation on
Innovation", slides
September 21 - LSE Environment Week, London, Public Lecture 'Ray of Hope? Innovation and the Climate Crisis',
"The Case for Growth: Threats, Opportunities and Climate Change", slides
September 13-15 - Presentation in Sweden:
- Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), "The Impact of Regulation on Innovation", slides
- Centre for Business and Policy Studies (SNS), "The Case for Growth: Threats, Opportunities and Climate
Change", slides
- Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), Department of Economics, "OPENing up Military Innovation: Causal
Effects of Reforms to U.S. Defense Research", slides
August 25 - EEA-ESEM 2022 Congress, Bocconi University, Milan, "The Case for Growth: Threats and Opportunities"
(slides) and "Do tax incentives for research increase firm innovation? An RD Design for R&D" (slides)
July 21 - NBER "Innovation Research Boot Camp, Summer 2022", Boston, Lectures on "The Economics of Innovation
Policy", (slides: The Economics of Innovation Policy: Syllabus; Innovation Policies II: Introduction; Innovation Policies: R&D Spillovers; R&D Tax Credits; General Taxation and Innovation Policies; Direct R&D Subsidies; Innovation and Human Capital Policy)
July 8 - Annual Conference of the OECD Global Forum on Productivity (GFP) 2022, Keynote speech "The Case for
Growth: Threats and Opportunities", slides
June 28 - EU Joint Research Centre, Italy, "OPENing up Military Innovation: An Evaluation of Reforms to the U.S. Air
Force SBIR Program", slides
June 20 - Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), Germany, "The Impact of Regulation on Innovation", slides
June 17 - University of Kent, "The Impact of Labour Regulation on Innovation", paper
June 16 - NYU-LMU Panel on "Superstar Firms and Innovation", video
June 10 - CEPR Annual Symposium in Labour Economics 2022, Keynote lecture "Inequalities among firms: Implications
for Labour Markets", slides
May 28 - LSE CEP/Becker Friedman Institute (UChicago): The Chicago/LSE Crime Conference 2022, "Policing and
management", slides, NBER WP 29851
May 26 - UCL Stone Wealth Inequality Centre Launch, "The Future isn't what is used to be", slides, video
May 25 - British Academy Conference on Inequalities in the 21st Century: the IFS Deaton Review, London, "Deaton
Review: Firms and Inequality", slides
May 19 - University of Chicago: Coase Conference on Innovation and Environment, Panel on "Global Diffusion of Solar
Power and the Role of China", slides
May 5 - ZEW Public Finance Conference, Mannheim, Keynote "The Case for Growth: Innovation and Diffusion Policies",
April 29 - The Sandmo Lecture on Public Policy, Bergen, Norway, Keynote "Inequality and Superstar Firms", slides
April 27 - Bundesbank Research Seminar, Germany, "The aggregate consequences of default risk: evidence from firm-
level data", slides
March 25 - Nova School of Business and Economics' Finance Seminar, Portugal, "OPENing up Military Innovation:
Causal effects of Reforms to U.S. Defense Research", slides
March 24 - British Academy Conference on Technology and the Future of Labour: Historical and Contemporary
Perspectives, "Technology, Labour Markets and Firms", slides
March 15 - LSE/Labour UK/CEA/The Resolution Foundation webinar, "Bidenomics: Lessons for the UK", video
March 11 - NBER Labor Studies Discussion of: “Why Do Larger Firms have Lower Labor Shares?” by de Frahan,
Lamadon, Meling and Mogstad, slides
March 4 - LSE Economy 2030 Inquiry Workshop, "Economy 2030: Firms", slides
March 3 - IFS Seminar on Firms, market power, innovation and inequality, "Deaton Review: Firms and Inequality", slides
February 3 - Department of Management and Technology, Bocconi University, “OPENing up Military Innovation: Causal
effects of Reforms to U.S. Defense Research”, slides
January 27 - Policy Unit @ No. 10, London, "Policies to Raise Pay and Productivity: Innovation and Diffusion", slides
January 14 - 15th Digital Economics Conference, Toulouse, "The Rise of Superstar Firms: Causes and Consequences",
January 7 - American Economic Association Conference, USA, "FDI and Superstar Spillovers: Evidence from Firm-to-
Firm Transactions", slides
January 7 - American Economic Association Conference, USA, "Management and Misallocation Evidence from
Mexican Firms", slides