Superstar Extinction. Forthcoming in the Quarterly Journal of Economics (with Joshua Graff Zivin and Jialan Wang). Also NBER Working Paper #14577.

The Effect of Academic Patenting on the Rate, Quality, and Direction of (Public) Research Output. Journal of Industrial Economics, 57(4), pp. 637-676, 2009 (with Waverly Ding and Toby Stuart). Also NBER Working Paper #11917 [Slides].

The Anatomy of Medical School Patenting. New England Journal of Medicine, 357(20), pp. 2049-2056, 2007 (with Ryan Michigan and Bhaven Sampat).

The Determinants of Faculty Patenting Behavior: Demographics or Opportunities? Journal of Economic Behavior & Organizations, 63(4), pp. 599-623, 2007 (with Waverly Ding and Toby Stuart).

PublicationHarvester: An Open-Source Software Tool for Science Policy Research. Research Policy, 35(7), pp. 970-974, 2006 (with Andrew Stellman and Joshua Graff Zivin).

Capturing Knowledge Within and Across Firm Boundaries: Evidence from Clinical Development. American Economic Review, 94(5), pp. 1591-1612, 2004.

Consumption Externalities and Diffusion in Pharmaceutical Markets: Anti-Ulcer Drugs. Journal of Industrial Economics, 51(2), pp. 243-270, 2003 (with Ernst Berndt and Robert Pindyck).

Do Pharmaceutical Sales Respond to Scientific Evidence? Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 11(4), pp. 551-594, 2002.

Entrepreneurs, Contracts, and the Failure of Young Firms. Management Science, 47(3), pp. 337-358, 2001 (with Scott Shane).