Dr. Rainer Widmann
Senior Research Fellow
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
+49 89 24246-568
rainer.widmann(at)ip.mpg.de
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Website:
Areas of Interest:
Innovation and Science Policy, Mobility, Labor Markets, Incentives in Organizations, Political Economy
Academic Résumé
Since 08/2018
Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Wettbewerb (Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research)
09/2012 - 07/2018
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at the Kellogg School of Management. Doctoral Thesis: “Essays on Economics of Innovation”
10/2010 - 07/2012
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Economics at the Vienna Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS)
09/2006 - 01/2010
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science at the University of Vienna
09/2006 - 06/2010
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Business, Economics and Social Science at the Vienna University of Economics and Business
Scholarships and Awards
2017 - 2018
General Motors Research Center Disseration Fellowship, Kellogg School of Management
2012 - 2017
Ph.D. Scholarship, Kellogg School of Management
2011
Austrian Lottery Award, Vienna Institute for Advanced Studies
2010 - 2012
Vienna Institute for Advanced Studies Scholarship
Publications
Discussion Papers
(2022). Allegations of Sexual Misconduct, Accused Scientists, and Their Research, Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper, No. 22-18. DOI
- We study academic consequences of non-academic misconduct for accused researchers at US universities. Focusing on allegations of sexual misconduct, we find detrimental effects on scientific impact, productivity and career. Other researchers are less likely to cite the perpetrator’s prior work after allegations surface. The effect is absent in male-dominated fields and weakens with distance in the co-authorship network, indicating that researchers learn about allegations via their peers. Although we find that alleged perpetrators tend to remain active researchers, they are less likely to be affiliated with a university and publish fewer articles following the incident.
(2021). Immigrant Inventors and Local Income Taxes: Evidence from Swiss Municipalities, Max Planck Institute for Innovation & Competition Research Paper, No. 21-17.
- This paper studies the relationship between local personal income tax rates and the attractiveness of municipalities as residential locations for immigrant inventors in Switzerland. Exploiting sharp differences in top income tax rates across state borders, I find an elasticity of the probability that an inventor takes residence in a municipality with respect to the top net-of-tax rate of around 4. Additional evidence suggests that inventors’ residential location choices are consequential for the localization of entrepreneurial activity and local knowledge spillovers.
- Available at SSRN
Presentations
19.10.2021
Open-Border Policy and Knowledge Spillovers
DRUID Conference 2021, Copenhagen Business School
Location: Kopenhagen, Dänemark
13.10.2021
Sexual Misconduct: Do You Separate the Researcher from His Research
CRC Retreat
Location: Ohlstadt
16.12.2020
Open-Border Policy and Knowledge Diffusion
University of Kassel
Location: online
14.12.2020
Open-Border Policy and Knowledge Diffusion
LMU Innovation Brown Bag
Location: online
06.09.2020
New Evidence on the Plight of Graduate Students and Post-Docs in US Higher Education
Research Seminar
Location: online
03.03.2020
Preliminary Evidence on Faculty Deaths and the Swiss’ Border Opening
Research Seminar
Location: Zugspitze
20.02.2020
Innovation and Networks
LMU Literature Bootcamp
Location: Prien/Chiemsee
29.01.2020
Immigrant Inventors and Local Income Taxes
5th Geography of Innovation Conference
University of Stavanger, RUNIN, Stavanger Centre for Innovation Research
Location: Stavanger, Norway
26.11.2019
Immigrant Inventors and Local Income Taxes: Evidence from Swiss Municipalities
Seminar, TU Munich
Location: Munich
18.09.2019
Immigrant Inventors and Local Income Taxes: Evidence from Swiss Municipalities
Seminar, EPFL Lausanne
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
26.11.2019
The Effect of Government Research Grants on Firm Innovation Theory and Evidence from Austria
Seminar, Ohio State University
Location: Columbus, Ohio, US
17.06.2019
Immigrant Inventors and Local Income Taxes: Evidence from Swiss Municipalities
LMU Munich Innovation Seminar
Location: Munich
20.05.2019
Immigrant Inventors and Local Income Taxes: Evidence from Swiss Municipalities
Swiss Workshop on Local Public Finance and Regional Economics, University of Lugano
Location: Lugano, Switzerland
17.05.2019
The Effect of Government Research Grants on Firm Innovation Theory and Evidence from Austria
8th ZEW/MaCCI Conference on the Economics of Innovation and Patenting, ZEW
Location: Mannheim
Teaching Experience
2013 - 2017
Teaching Assistant
Kellogg School of Management
2011 - 2012
Teaching Assistant
Vienna Institute for Advanced Studies
2009 - 2010
Teaching Assistant
Vienna University of Economics and Business