2nd Floor Conference Room
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9:
6:30PM Dinner
Davio's
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, MA 02142
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10:
8:00 AM Shuttle Van from the Royal Sonesta Hotel to the NBER.
8:15 AM Shuttle Van from the Royal Sonesta Hotel to the NBER.
8:15 AM Continental Breakfast
8:45 AM RUPERT HARRISON, IFS and UCL
JORDI JAUMANDREU, UC3M
JACQUES MAIRESSE, INSEE-CREST and NBER
BETTINA PETERS, ZEW
Does Innovation Stimulate Employment?
A Firm-Level Analysis Using Comparable Micro Data on Four European Countries
9:45 AM NICOLE NESTORIAK, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Endogenous Technology and Local Labor Market Skills
10:45 AM Break
11:00 AM WALTER OI, University of Rochester
Effort, Firm Size, and Productivity
12:00 N Lunch
1:00 PM FIONA MURRAY, MIT
SCOTT STERN, Northwestern University and NBER
Do Formal Intellectual Property Rights Hinder the Free Flow of Knowledge?
An Empirical Test of the Anti-Commons Hypothesis
Over, Please!Productivity Program, Page 2:
2:00 PM Break
2:15 PM JAMES D. ADAMS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and NBER
J. ROGER CLEMMONS, University of Florida
PAULA E. STEPHAN, Georgia State University
How Rapidly Does Science Leak Out?
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM JONATHAN S. SKINNER and DOUGLAS L. STAIGER, Dartmouth College and NBER
Technology Adoption from Hybrid Corn to Beta Blockers
4:30 PM Adjourn
11/22/04