michael falk

Chief Economist at IP Australia. Views are entirely my own, except for when they‘re others.

[Florian Ederer @florianederer]

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

[The Patent Professor® @ThePatentProf]

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!⬇️

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

I often wonder how unprepared we are for deepfake technology

[World of Engineering @engineers_feed]

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.

[michael falk @michaelrfalk]

@Teesmarkahn Happy to also inspect a rental for you

[michael falk @michaelrfalk]

@Teesmarkahn Trish, my friend’s kid goes to merri creek primary, it’s got a very strong music program. Let me know if you want me to put you in touch with him for a chat. He’s based in brunswick east and we’re based in fitzroy north - these are both great areas.

[michael falk @michaelrfalk]

@rgibli @BenMitraKahn @TheJustineHyde @doctorow @scribepub Over the ethernet @rgibli

[michael falk @michaelrfalk]

Wordle 490 3/6

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[michael falk @michaelrfalk]

@BenMitraKahn @rgibli @TheJustineHyde @doctorow @scribepub That explains the incongruous jacket cover of laneway graff, latte art and artisinal jars.

[Pierre Charbonnier @picharbonnier]

Draaaaamaaaaa ;)

[Asjad Naqvi @AsjadNaqvi]

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

[Ufuk Akcigit @ufukakcigit]

Coming out soon!

@johnvanreenen @HarvardUPLondon

https://t.co/Hqj9au8KMJ

[Elijah Wood @elijahwood]

this is glorious

[Stephen Hopkins @phil_lol_ogist]

Can you please describe your methodology?

My methodology:

[Jim Pickard 🐋 @PickardJE]

love this Hilary Mantel explanation of what history actually is

[Pratyush @pratyushbuddiga]

*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?”

[Florian Ederer @florianederer]

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

[Beatrice Cherrier @Undercoverhist]

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

[Arina Gorbatyuk @ArinaGorbatyuk]

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