Mihai Codreanu
Mihai Codreanu

About Me

I am a fourth-year PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at Stanford University. My research interests are in labor economics, particularly entrepreneurship, innovation, and firm dynamics.

When I'm not debugging code, you can find me playing racket sports, board games or traveling.

You can email me anytime at: mihaic@stanford.edu. You can find my CV here.

Research

Working Papers

Work in Progress (selected)

  • "Industry-Academia Ties & the Direction of Innovation: Evidence from Stanford Research Park" (joint with J. Bonney).
    Awards: Best Stanford Second-Year Economics Paper. Draft available upon request.
    Media: Honors Co-Op Program 70 year anniversary.
  • "The Innovation Effects of Vertical Integration: Competition and Human Capital" (joint with W. Xu).
    Presentation available upon request.
  • "Directed Technical Change. Evidence from WFH Technologies" (joint with N. Bloom, S. Davis, Y. Zhestkova).
    Media: New Things Under the Sun, Time Magazine.

Policy-Oriented Work