NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
Innovation Policy and the Economy
Adam Jaffe, Joshua Lerner, and Scott Stern: Organizers
April 13, 2004
National Press Club
529 14th Street
Washington, DC
PROGRAM
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM ASHISH ARORA, Carnegie Mellon University
The Globalization of the Software Industry:
Perspectives and Opportunities for Developed and Developing Countries
9:45 AM WILLIAM BAUMOL, New York University
Education for Innovation: Entrepreneurial Breakthroughs vs. Corporate Incremental Improvements (draft)
10:25 AM Break
10:40 AM MARYANN FELDMAN, University of Toronto
Jurisdictional Advantage: Why Location and Local Economic Development Policy Matter
11:20 AM Break
11:30 AM R. GLENN HUBBARD, Columbia University and NBER
WILLIAM GENTRY, Williams College and NBER"Success Taxes," Entrepreneurial Entry, and Innovation
12:10 PM MICHAEL KATZ, UC, Berkeley
Merger Policy and Innovation: Must Enforcement Change to Account for Technological Change?
1:00 PM Luncheon
3/31/04