Replication data for: Restructuring Research: Communication Costs and the Democratization of University Innovation

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Project Citation:

Agrawal, Ajay, and Goldfarb, Avi. Replication data for: Restructuring Research: Communication Costs and the Democratization of University Innovation. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2008. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113260V1

Project Description

Summary: We report evidence that Bitnet adoption facilitated increased research collaboration between US universities. However, not all institutions benefited equally. Using panel data from seven top engineering journals, Bitnet connection records, and institution ranking data, we find that middle-tier universities were the primary beneficiaries; they benefited largely by increasing their collaboration with top-tier schools. Furthermore, we find that the magnitude of this effect is greatest for co-located pairs. Thus, the advent of Bitnet – and likely of subsequent networks – seems to have increased the role of middle-tier universities as producers of new knowledge in the national innovation system. (JEL D85, I23, O31, O33)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D85 Network Formation and Analysis: Theory
      I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
      O31 Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
      O33 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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