About the Authors

Kirstin R. W. Matthews

krwm@rice.edu

Affiliation Science and Technology Policy Program, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kara M. Calhoun

Affiliation Science and Technology Policy Program, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Nathan Lo

Affiliation Science and Technology Policy Program, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Vivian Ho

Affiliations Science and Technology Policy Program, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KRWM VH. Performed the experiments: KMC NL. Analyzed the data: KRWM KMC NL VH. Wrote the paper: KRWM KMC NL VH.