NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2001

Innovation Policy and the Economy

Adam Jaffe, Joshua Lerner and Scott Stern, Organizers

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 23, 2001

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

MONDAY, JULY 23:

8:30 AM Coffee and Doughnuts

9:00 AM Issues in University Research and Innovation

BRENT GOLDFARB, Stanford University

The Effect of Government Contracting on Academic Research:

An Empirical Analysis of Reputation in Research Procurement

SCOTT SHANE, University of Maryland

The Halo Effect and Technology Licensing:

The Influence of Institutional Prestige on the Licensing of University Inventions

Discussant: DAVID MOWERY, UC, Berkeley and NBER

11:00 AM Break

11:15 AM TIMOTHY BRESNAHAN, Stanford University and NBER

Prospects for an IT-Led Productivity Surge

Discussant: SHANE GREENSTEIN, Northwestern University and NBER

12:15 N Lunch

SI01 PRIPE program

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1:15 PM Issues in Patent Policy

JENNY LANJOUW, Yale University and NBER

A Patent Policy Proposal for Global Diseases

BRONWYN HALL, UC, Berkeley and NBER

DIETMAR HARHOFF, Institute for Innovation Research

DAVID MOWERY, UC, Berkeley and NBER

Exploring the Effects of Patent Oppositions:

A Comparative Study of U.S. and European Patents

(Joint with STUART GRAHAM)

Discussant: RICHARD NELSON, Columbia University

3:15 PM Break

3:30 PM Panel Discussion: Research Priorities in Technological Change and Economic Development

Participants: JEFFREY SACHS, Harvard University and NBER

MICHAEL KREMER, Harvard University and NBER

CHRISTOPHER UDRY, Yale University

4:30 PM Adjourn

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