Data and Code for: Private and Social Returns to R&D: Drug Development and Demographics

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Efraim Benmelech, Northwestern University; Joshua Krieger, Harvard University; Dimitris Papanikolauo, Northwestern; Janice Eberly, Northwestern University

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Project Citation: 

Benmelech, Efraim, Krieger, Joshua, Papanikolauo, Dimitris, and Eberly, Janice. Data and Code for: Private and Social Returns to R&D: Drug Development and Demographics. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-07-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E136882V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary We provide data and code for replicating the analyses in the paper, "Private and Social Returns to R&D: Drug Development and Demographics." 

The five figures in the paper come from a 3 distinct data sources: 1) The Medical Expenditures Panel Survey (MEPs), a publicly available  large-scale survey of families and individuals, medical providers and employers in the United States 2) Cortellis Investigational Drugs, a private industry intelligence data provider covering drug development, and 3) Compustat

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms prescription drugs; aging population; productivity
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D24 Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
      J11 Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
      L65 Chemicals; Rubber; Drugs; Biotechnology; Plastics
      O31 Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/1970 – 1/7/2020


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