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SUMMARY:Viral Privilege: Evidence from the Ebola Epidemic
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DESCRIPTION:Caroline Fry (MIT Sloan)\nCaroline Fry (MIT Sloan): "Viral Pri
 vilege: Evidence from the Ebola Epidemic" (video)\nDiscussant: Patrick Gau
 lé (University of Bath)\n\nAbstract\nRelationships with more prominent af
 filiates can be a central source of productivity and influence. However\, 
 the non-random nature of the allocation of relationships with those more e
 lite makes their value very hard to measure. I address this problem by exa
 mining the impact of an unexpected opportunity to build relationships with
  more prominent affiliates. The 2014 West African ebola epidemic afforded 
 scientists working in endemic countries an unanticipated opportunity to bu
 ild relationships with more prominent affiliates from around the globe. I 
 estimate the impact of the ebola epidemic on publication rates and interna
 tional collaborations of endemic country scientists by comparing outcomes 
 of endemic country scientists with outcomes of a matched sample of scienti
 sts from non-endemic countries before and after the outbreak. I find evide
 nce of a persistent post-epidemic boost in publication rates and internati
 onal collaborations for endemic country scientists. However\, these result
 s only hold for those endemic country scientists who were already well con
 nected with international scientists and working in disease areas similar 
 to ebola before the epidemic. This evidence highlights the importance of o
 pportunities to build relationships with more prominent affiliates\, but a
 t the same time raises concerns over the potential implications for inequa
 lity of networks outside the exclusive elite.\n\nKeywords: status\, scienc
 e\, inequality\, emerging economies\, innovation\, Africa\n\n\n\nEPFL Virt
 ual Innovation Seminar\nEVIS is a bi-weekly virtual seminar series focusin
 g on Science\, Technology and Innovation topics studied through the lens o
 f Economics\, Entrepreneurship\, Strategy and Finance.
LOCATION:Zoom
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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