Mihai Codreanu

Mihai Codreanu

About Me

I am a fourth-year PhD Candidate in the Stanford Department of Economics. My primary research interests are in innovation, entrepreneurship, and firm dynamics. I've completed courses in Labor and Public Economics, IO, and Corporate Finance.

When I'm not debugging code, you can find me at Stanford Badminton. I also love watching (& playing) tennis, and I try to visit as many US states and National Parks as possible [as long as my back still keeps me going].

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

Research

Working Papers

"Rationalizing Entrepreneurs' Forecasts" (joint with N. Bloom and R. Fletcher). Presented: NBER SI Entrepreneurship, AEA, EFA, EEA-ESEM, Columbia/Wharton MAD, WMS. A (somewhat old) summarizing thread.

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.
"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

"Do Work Search Requirements Work?" (joint with T. Waters), IFS Working Paper (2023).
Media: Guardian, Bloomberg, Yahoo! Finance, ITV, Evening Standard, Independent, Morning Star, Newschain, Daily Mail.
"What Can Previous Recessions Tell Us About the Covid-19 Downturn?" (joint with B. Bell, S. Machin), LSE Briefing Note (2020).
Media: Independent, Guardian, IER, LSE Blog, Evidence to UK Parliament.
"The changing generosity of the UK state pension system to the self-employed" (joint with R. Crawford, J. Cribb, C. Emmerson), IFS Report (2020).
Media: The Times (paywall), International Investment (paywall), IFS Retirement Consortium.