NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
Innovation Policy and the Economy
Adam Jaffe, Joshua Lerner, and Scott Stern, Organizer
April 16, 2002
National Press Club
529 14th Street
Washington, DC
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM PAUL GOMPERS and JOSHUA LERNER, Harvard University and NBER
Boom and Bust in the Venture Capital Industry and the Impact on Innovation
9:45 AM DENNIS CARLTON, University of Chicago and NBER
ROBERT GERTNER, University of Chicago and NBER
Intellectual Property, Antitrust and Strategic Behavior
10:25 AM Break
10:40 AM ROGER NOLL, Stanford University
Federal Support for R&D in the Anti-terrorist Era
11:20 AM Break
11:30 AM JEAN LANJOUW, Yale University and NBER
Intellectual Property and the Availability of Pharmaceuticals in Poor Countires
12:10 PM JEFF SACHS, Harvard University and NBER
Technological Change and Economic Development
1:00 PM Luncheon
RANDALL KROSZNER, Council of Economic Advisors and NBER
2/25/02