NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2002
Innovation Policy and the Economy
Adam Jaffe, Joshua Lerner and Scott Stern, Organizers
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, Massachusetts
July 22, 2002
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
MONDAY, JULY 22:
8:30 AM Coffee and Pastries
9:00 AM FRANK LICHTENBERG, Columbia University and NBER
JOEL WALDFOGEL, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Does Misery Love Company? Evidence from Pharmaceutical Markets Before and After the Orphan Drug Act
Discussant: TIMOTHY BRESNAHAN, Stanford University and NBER
10:00 AM AMY FINKELSTEIN, Harvard University and NBER
Health Policy and Technological Change:
Evidence from the Vaccine Industry
Discussant: PIERRE AZOULAY, Columbia University
11:00 AM Break
11:15 AM GIOVANNI PERI, UC, Davis
Knowledge Flows and Knowledge Externalities
Discussant: MARYANN FELDMAN, Johns Hopkins University
12:15 PM Lunch
1:15 PM JOHN DE FIGUEIREDO, MIT and NBER
BRIAN SILVERMAN, University of Toronto
Academic Earmarks and the Returns to Lobbying
Discussant: BHAVIN SAMPAT, Georgia Institute of Technology
2:15 PM Break
SI02 PRIPE program
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2:30 PM JONATHAN LEVIN, Stanford University
RICHARD LEVIN, Yale University
Discussant: BRIAN WRIGHT, UC, Berkeley
3:30 PM Break
3:45 PM Panel Discussion:
R&D, Innovation and Defense/Security Policy in the Anti-terrorist Era
CHAIR, MARTIN FELDSTEIN, Harvard University and NBER
ROGER NOLL, Stanford University
JOHN ALIC, Johns Hopkins University
MANUEL TRAJTENBERG, Tel Aviv University and NBER
4:45 PM Adjourn
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