SUMMER INSTITUTE 2007

Innovation Policy and the Economy

Pierre Azoulay and Jeff Furman; Organizers

July 23, 2007

NBER

2nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

MONDAY, JULY 23:
9:00am	Coffee and Pastries
9:30am	SHARON BELENZON, Nuffield College, Oxford University
	Sequential Innovation, R & D, and Market Value
	Discussant:  BEN JONES, Kellogg School of Management and NBER
10:30am	CHIARA CRISCUOLO, London School of Economics
	RALF MARTIN, London School of Economics
	HENRY OVERMAN, London School of Economics
	JOHN VAN REENEN, London School of Economics and NBER
	The Impact of Government Subsidies on Firm Performance
	Discussant:  SCOTT STERN, Kellogg School of Management and NBER
11:30am	Break
11:45am	JONATHAN B. BAKER, American University
	Beyond Schumpeter vs. Arrow: How Antitrust Fosters Innovation
	Discussant:  MICHAEL KATZ, UCLA
12:45pm	Lunch
2:00pm	MERCEDES DELGADO, NBER
	MICHAEL E. PORTER, Harvard University
	SCOTT STERN, Northwestern University and NBER
	Convergence, Clusters, and Economic Performance?
	Discussant:  MATTHEW KAHN, UCLA and NBER
3:00pm	JEFFREY LIN, UCSD
	Innovation, Cities, and New Work
	Discussant:  ALBERT SAIZ, University of Pennsylvania
4:00pm	Panel discussion: Innovation Incentives in the Climate Change Debate
	Panelists:
	ADAM JAFFE (Brandeis University)
	MICHAEL GREENSTONE (MIT)
	ERNEST J. MONIZ, (MIT-Physics)
	WILLIAM NORDHAUS (Yale University)