Innovation disproportionately happens in cities. What is it about packing people together that makes them so innovative?
This is an audio read through of the (initial version of the) article Urban Social Infrastructure and Innovation, published on New Things Under the Sun.
Articles mentioned:
Carlino, Gerald A., Satyajit Chatterjee, and Robert M. Hunt. 2007. Urban density and the rate of invention. Journal of Urban Economics 61(3): 389-419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2006.08.003
Berkes, Enrico, and Ruben Gaetani. 2020. The Geography of Unconventional Innovation. The Economic Journalueaa111. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaa111
Roche, Maria P. 2020. Taking Innovation to the Streets: Microgeography, Physical Structure, and Innovation. The Review of Economics and Statistics 102(5): 912-928. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00866
Andrews, Michael. 2019. Bar Talk: Informal Social Interactions, Alcohol Prohibition, and Invention. Available at SSRN. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3489466