2027: The inaugural issue
The first issue of the Pop-Up Journal, gathering the commissioned papers, expert elicitation, and review essay produced during 2026.
11 items in this issue
Annual review
- The returns to R&D: the state of knowledge, 2027To be commissioned
Papers
- The Social Returns to Public R&DAndrew J. Fieldhouse, Karel Mertens
- A Calculation of the Social Returns to InnovationBenjamin F. Jones, Lawrence H. Summers
- Public R&D Investments and Private-sector Patenting: Evidence from NIH Funding RulesPierre Azoulay, Joshua S. Graff Zivin, Danielle Li, Bhaven N. Sampat
Estimates
- Fieldhouse & Mertens, nondefense public R&D
- Jones & Summers, aggregate innovation investment
- Mansfield et al., industrial innovations
- Griliches, hybrid corn
Visualisations
- Distribution of published estimates of the social return to R&D
Conferences & CFPs
- Inaugural research conference on the returns to R&D
Announcements
- The Pop-Up Journal on the Returns to R&D opens