Megan MacGarvie

Megan MacGarvie is Associate Professor in the department of Markets, Public Policy and Law at the Questrom School of Business at Boston University, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA. Her research focuses on the economics of innovation and intellectual property. Recent work has analyzed the impact of international mobility of US-trained STEM doctoral recipients on research productivity, collaboration, and knowledge diffusion; entrepreneurship among foreign-born STEM doctoral recipients; and the impact of US immigration policy on the return migration choices of Chinese and Indian scientists in the U.S. She is co-editor of the recent volume The Roles of Immigrants and Foreign Students in U.S. Science, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (U of Chicago Press).

Education

• PhD, University of California at Berkeley, 2003
• MA, University of Toronto, 1998
• BA, McGill University, 1997

Appointments

• 2011-present Associate Professor, Markets, Public Policy and Law
  Boston University School of Management, now Questrom School of Business
• 2003-2011 Assistant Professor, Finance and Economics (2003-2009) and Markets,
  Public Policy and Law (2009-2011)
  Boston University School of Management
• 2014-present Research Associate, Productivity Program
  (Faculty Research Fellow 2005-14)
  National Bureau of Economic Research

Selected Publications

• Macgarvie, M., Fry, C. (In Press). "Author Country of Origin and Attention on Open Science Platforms: Evidence from COVID-19 preprints", Management Science
• Macgarvie, M., Ganguli, I. (In Press). International students’ migration: policy impacts and implications for innovation."Migration and Innovation: A Research Agenda", Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Kahn, S., Macgarvie, M. (In Press). "Shifting US Premium in PhD STEM Salaries", All Azimuth : A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace
• Watson, J., MacGarvie, M., McKeon, J. (2023). "It Was 50 Years Ago Today: Recording Copyright Term and the Supply of Music", Management Science, 69 (1), 351-376
• Macgarvie, M., Kahn, s., Ganguli, I. (2020). Introduction. In Ina, Ganguli., Shulamit, Kahn., Megan, Macgarvie. (Eds.), "The Roles of Immigrants and Foreign Students in US Science, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship", University of Chicago Press
• Kahn, S., Macgarvie, M. (2018). "Immigration Policy and Stay Rates of STEM PhDs", Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Science and Technology Indicator 478-485
• Li, X., MacGarvie, M., Moser, P. (2018). "Dead poets' property: How does copyright influence price?", RAND Journal of Economics, 49 (1), 181-205
• Kahn, S., La Mattina, G., J. MacGarvie, M. (2017). "“Misfits,” “stars,” and immigrant entrepreneurship", Small Business Economics, 49 (3), 533-557
• Macgarvie, M., McElheran, K. (2017). Pitfalls of Data-Driven Decisions."HBR Guide to Data Analytics Basics for Managers", Harvard Business Review Press 127-136
• Kahn, S., MacGarvie, M. (2016). "Do return requirements increase international knowledge diffusion? Evidence from the Fulbright program", Research Policy, 45 (6), 1304-1322
• Kahn, S., MacGarvie, M. (2016). "How Important Is U.S. Location for Research in Science?", Review of Economics and Statistics, 98 (2), 397-414
• Macgarvie, M., Moser, P. (2015). Copyright and the Profitability of Authorship: Evidence from Payments to Writers in the Romantic Period."Economic Analysis of the Digital Economy", University of Chicago Press 357-379
• Mueller, E., Cockburn, I., MacGarvie, M. (2013). "Access to intellectual property for innovation: Evidence on problems and coping strategies from German firms", Research Policy, 42 (2), 529-541
• Kahn, S., MacGarvie, M. (2012). The Effects of the Foreign Fulbright Program on Knowledge Creation."NBER 50th Anniversary Conference Volume on the Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity", University of Chicago Press 161-197
• Koenig, P., MacGarvie, M. (2011). "Regulatory policy and the location of bio-pharmaceutical foreign direct investment in Europe", Journal of Health Economics, 30 (5), 950-965
• Cockburn, I., MacGarvie, M. (2011). "Entry and Patenting in the Software Industry", Management Science, 57 (5), 915-933
• Hall, B., MacGarvie, M. (2010). "The private value of software patents", Research Policy, 39 (7), 994-1009
• Cockburn, I., MacGarvie, M., Mueller, E. (2010). "Patent thickets, licensing and innovative performance", Industrial and Corporate Change, 19 (3), 899-925
• Furman, J., MacGarvie, M. (2009). "Academic collaboration and organizational innovation: the development of research capabilities in the US pharmaceutical industry, 1927-1946*", Industrial and Corporate Change, 18 (5), 929-961
• Cockburn, I., MacGarvie, M. (2009). "Patents, Thickets and the Financing of Early-Stage Firms: Evidence from the Software Industry", Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 18 (3), 729-773
• Furman, J., MacGarvie, M. (2009). "Organizational Innovation & Academic Collaboration: The role of universities in the emergence of U.S. Pharmaceutical research laboratories", Industrial and Corporate Change, 18 (5), 929-961
• MacGarvie, M., Furman, J. (2008). "When the Pill Peddlers Met the Scientists: the Antecedents and Implications of Early Collaborations Between US Pharmaceutical Firms and Universities", Essays in Economic and Business History, XXVI 133-146
• Furman, J., MacGarvie, M. (2007). "Academic science and the birth of industrial research laboratories in the US pharmaceutical industry", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 63 (4), 756-776
• MacGarvie, M. (2006). "Do firms learn from international trade?", Review of Economics and Statistics, 88 (1), 46-60
• Duguet, E., MacGarvie, M. (2005). "How well do patent citations measure flows of technology? Evidence from French innovation surveys", Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 14 (5), 375-393
• MacGarvie, M. (2005). "The determinants of international knowledge diffusion as measured by patent citations", Economics Letters, 87 (1), 121-126

Selected Research Presentations

• Macgarvie, M. Discussion of “Bootstrapping Science” by Ash, Cai, Draca and Liu, NBER Summer Institute, Science of Science Funding, Cambridge, MA, 2022
• Macgarvie, M. International Mobility of Researchers: Policy Impacts and Implications for Knowledge Creation and Diffusion (Keynote Address), GeoInno (Geography of Innovation) Conference 2022, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, 2022
• Kahn, S. , Macgarvie, m. Does US Science Under-Invest in International Postdocs? Evidence from the ECDS, Investments in Early Career Scientists: Data and Research Gaps, National Bureau of Economics Research - online, 2021
• Macgarvie, M. Does removing gatekeepers democratize the diffusion of knowledge? Evidence from COVID-19 preprints, Department of Economics and Management (DEM) Seminar, University of Luxembourg Zoom, 2021
• Macgarvie, M. Does removing gatekeepers democratize the diffusion of knowledge? Evidence from COVID-19 preprints, Ohio State University Economics Seminar, Ohio State University Zoom, 2021