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Ajay Agrawal
Researcher at University of Toronto
Publications - 132
Citations - 12573
Ajay Agrawal is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Knowledge transfer & Wage. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 118 publications receiving 11055 citations. Previous affiliations of Ajay Agrawal include Queen's University & National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Putting Patents in Context: Exploring Knowledge Transfer from MIT
Ajay Agrawal,Rebecca Henderson +1 more
TL;DR: The authors explored the degree to which patents are representative of the magnitude, direction, and impact of the knowledge spilling out of the university by focusing on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and in particular, on the Departments of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.
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Some Simple Economics of Crowdfunding
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a preliminary exploration of the underlying economics of nonequity crowdfunding and highlight the extent to which economic theory, in particular transaction costs, reputation, and market design, can explain the rise of crowdfunding and offer a framework for speculating on how eq...
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Putting Patents in Context: Exploring Knowledge Transfer from MIT
TL;DR: The degree to which patents are representative of the magnitude, direction, and impact of the knowledge spilling out of the university by focusing on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and in particular, on the Departments of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering is explored.
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Crowdfunding: Geography, Social Networks, and the Timing of Investment Decisions
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine a crowdfunding platform that connects artists with funders and find that local and distant funders exhibit different funding patterns, and that local funders appear less responsive to information about the cumulative funds raised by an artist.
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Gone but not Forgotten: Knowledge Flows, Labor Mobility, and Enduring Social Relationships
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the role of social relationships in facilitating knowledge flows by estimating the flow premium captured by a mobile inventor's previous location and find that knowledge flows to an inventor's prior location are approximately 50% greater than if they had never lived there.