Namrata Narain
@nummoose
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Incoming AP at BU Questrom. PhD in Economics from Harvard. Interested in innovation, finance, economic growth, and macroeconomics.
Cambridge, MA
Joined September 2015
RT @laura_veldkamp: Claudia Goldin at Jackson Hole says: You want more children, then promote gender equality. When men help out at home, w….
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Q for scientist friends. I downloaded data on scientific publications from OpenAlex. Seems like a journal called FASEB is a really popular destination for NIH-funded science. FASEB seems to have more than tripled in size in the last 10ish years. Any leads on why FASEB is special?.
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Wow, this team of people continues to be amazingly innovative in reorganizing and identifying innovation research!.
What’s the return on government support for R&D?. To try to get a credible answer, @open_phil and @SloanFoundation are committing up to $1 million to trying something new: we call it a Pop-Up Journal. Today, we’re inviting organizations to bid on a five-year contract to
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RT @gchodorowreich: I was quoted in the WaPo saying that a new @nberpubs WP by @Jon_Hartley_ , Kevin Hassett, and @joshrauh incorrectly con….
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A top Trump official and two other economists published a paper outlining how business tax cuts boost economic investment as Republicans debate these policies in their tax legislation.
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RT @captgouda24: "Floods", by @dev_a_patel, is one of the more astounding Big Data econ papers I have ever seen. Machine learning can be us….
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RT @MaxCRoser: In 2004, it took the world a year to add one gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day.
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I find the word ``abundance'' to be an incredible clarion call. The economics of innovation and economic growth has always been about this generally (which is what attracted me to study it), but somehow this phrase helps orient my thoughts much better.
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I am excited to join the Boston University Questrom School of Business as an AP this fall! Grateful to stay in Boston, thrilled about working with the wonderful people in the Strategy and Innovation group, and eager to continue working on the important open Qs in Matt's thread.
New post! Frequently asked questions about US Government Funding for R&D. Short answers in thread, longer answers at the link in replies.
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RT @matt_blackwell: I completely missed that Republicans introduced a bill to increase the endowment tax from 1.4% to 21%. If passed, Harva….
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RT @LHSummers: Delighted to see my former student @NatashaRSarin's tremendously important work recognized in the @washingtonpost's new Pos….
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50 people shaping our society in 2025
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RT @HannoLustig: To reduce my bilateral trade deficit with Trader Joe's, I am now going to shop at Whole Foods, which is more expensive and….
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RT @PierfrancescMei: The job market is behind me, and my great time at Harvard is soon coming to an end. I’m excited to move to New York, w….
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RT @notanastronomer: based on a conversation with @paulnovosad: a philanthropic fund I would really like to exist is one that focuses on im….
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Thanks for the shout out, @marxmatt! . We plan to release this data publicly next year. Please reach out if you’re interested in learning more.
@realjoshlerner and @HarvardEcon Ph.D student Namrata Narain( @nummoose) created a dataset of patents in China, including massive de-duplication of records from multiple sources. expecting to open-source it in 2025!
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RT @parker_rog: 🚨 What happens when the gov't cuts prices on medical technologies?. New research (w/ @YunanJi) finds a 61% price cut led to….
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RT @NewYorker: In @newyorkerhumor, from 2016: “It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Bess Kalb. The cause of death was bot….
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In an attempt to prove that she’s some kind of “free spirit,” she decided to balance her body on a stranger’s hands and legs—like a child.
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RT @pseudoerasmus: In the 1980s-90s debate on the role of trade in the Industrial Revolution, Harley (& McCloskey) implicitly assumed domes….
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