THURSDAY, MARCH 11:
6:30 PM Dinner
Davio's Restaurant
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, MA
FRIDAY, MARCH 12:
8:15 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.
8:30 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM BOYAN JOVANOVIC, New York University and NBER
Discussant: CHAD SYVERSON, University of Chicago and NBER
10:00 AM Break
10:10 AM FRANK LICHTENBERG, Columbia University and NBER
Availability of New Drugs and Americans' Ability to Work
Discussant: ERNST BERNDT, MIT and NBER
11:10 AM Break
11:20 AM DARON ACEMOGLU, MIT and NBER
JOSHUA LINN, MIT
Market Size in Innovation: Theory and Evidence from the
Pharmaceutical Industry
Discussant: DAVID POPP, Syracuse University and NBER
12:20 PM Lunch
1:10 PM LEE BRANSTETTER, Columbia University and NBER
Is Academic Science Driving a Surge in Industrial Innovation?
Evidence from Patent Citations
Discussant: JAMES ADAMS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and NBER
2:10 PM Break
2:20 PM ANA AIZCORBE, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Product Innovation, Product Introductions and Intel's Productivity
over the 1990s
Discussant: SAMUEL KORTUM, University of Minnesota and NBER
3:20 PM Break
3:30 PM LUCY ELDRIDGE and PATRICIA GETZ, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Alternative Hours Data and Their Impact on Productivity Change
Employment from the BLS Household and Payroll Surveys:
Summary of Recent Trends
Discussant: LISA LYNCH, Tufts University and NBER
4:30 PM Adjourn
3/2/04