michael falk
@michaelrfalk
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Chief Economist at IP Australia. Views are entirely my own, except for when they‘re others.
Joined March 2009
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. https://t.co/4x25DGXifJ
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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!⬇️
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I often wonder how unprepared we are for deepfake technology
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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.
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The ultimate clustering standard errors paper just dropped: When Should You Adjust Standard Errors for Clustering? by some big names in the field :) https://t.co/1C3Wlki76n
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Abstract. Clustered standard errors, with clusters defined by factors such as geography, are widespread in empirical research in economics and many other d
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Can you please describe your methodology? My methodology:
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love this Hilary Mantel explanation of what history actually is
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*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?”
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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? https://t.co/5Z8mD7M3jj
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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
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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. https://t.co/keGtNjqFqq
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1000 drones flying in fluid formation — the largest assemblage ever at Burning Man. Produced by Drift Robotics, it filled the sky with mesmerizing beauty.
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Less than two weeks to go until the launch of this year's @AssociationEpip 2022 conference on "Opening IP for a better world?" @Cambridge_Uni. Watch out for the release of the near-final (we hope) detailed session programme early next week!
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