michael falk

Daron Acemoglu has a new paper that argues that markup differences, externalities and other social considerations can distort the DICRECTION of innovation. Distortions are substantial in industrial automation, health care, and energy. nber.org/papers/w30922

Ok we need so solve this debate😂 Do you agree with the original patent on the direction for rolling toilet paper? Leave your votes down below!⬇️

I often wonder how unprepared we are for deepfake technology

Interesting: only three people in the USA were qualified to hand-pack the parachutes for Apollo 15. Their expertise was so vital, they were not allowed to ride in the same car together for fear that a single auto accident could cripple the space program.

@Teesmarkahn Happy to also inspect a rental for you

@Teesmarkahn Trish, my friend’s kid goes to merri creek primary, it’s got a very strong music program. Let me know if you want me to put you in touch with him for a chat. He’s based in brunswick east and we’re based in fitzroy north - these are both great areas.

@rgibli @BenMitraKahn @TheJustineHyde @doctorow @scribepub Over the ethernet @rgibli

Look what the very clever @rgibli wrote with @doctorow. Out now through @scribepub

Wordle 490 3/6 🟩⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

@BenMitraKahn @rgibli @TheJustineHyde @doctorow @scribepub That explains the incongruous jacket cover of laneway graff, latte art and artisinal jars.

@michaelrfalk @rgibli @TheJustineHyde @doctorow @scribepub What??? Mine has not come yet. Clearly a Melbourne-only release 😁

Draaaaamaaaaa ;)

The ultimate clustering standard errors paper just dropped: When Should You Adjust Standard Errors for Clustering? by some big names in the field :) academic.oup.com/qje/advance-ar…

Coming out soon! @johnvanreenen @HarvardUPLondon hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?is…

this is glorious

Can you please describe your methodology? My methodology:

love this Hilary Mantel explanation of what history actually is

*Car shopping with my wife* Her: “Why do you keep asking about what software they use at the dealership instead of about the car?” Me: “…Did you not read my vertical SaaS article?”

When a startup inventor’s first patent is acquired by an an incumbent firm it has a negative effect on the productivity of the patent’s inventor. The inventor is granted 6.7 fewer patents over the next five years. Another dark side of acquisitions? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

History of economics is no fancy dinner talk, no crossword puzzle, not for like or dislike. It's a scientific subfield that a discipline incapable of reflexivity has decided to stop teaching & publishing. The way it's being discussed by some economists here is just demeaning

Pleased to share our paper ‘Patent Transactions and the Use of Blockchain Technology’, presented at @epip2022 at the University of Cambridge. Thomas Gils and I claim that powering #patent registers with #blockchains could facilitate (global) patent trade. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…