NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2003
Innovation Policy and the Economy
Adam Jaffe, Joshua Lerner and
Scott Stern, Organizers
July 21, 2003
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, Massachusetts
MONDAY, JULY 21:
8:30 AM Coffee and Pastries
9:00 AM MARGARET KYLE, Carnegie-Mellon University
Pharmaceutical Price Controls and Entry Strategies
Discussant:
SEAN NICHOLSON, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
10:00 AM PIERRE AZOULAY,
Columbia University
Medical
Progress and Health Care Financing:
Research
in Academic Medical Centers Following the 1997 Medicare Cuts
(Joint
with ABIGAIL TAI, Columbia University)
Discussant:
DAVID CUTLER, Harvard University and NBER
11:00 AM Break
11:15 AM RICHARD NELSON,
Columbia University
The
Market Economy and the Scientific Commons
Discussant:
MARIE THURSBY, Georgia Institute of Technology and NBER
12:15 PM Lunch
1:15 PM LISA COOK, Stanford University
Responses
in Technical Change to Uncertainty:
Evidence
from Patenting Activity among African Americans, 1821-1919
Discussant:
PETRA MOSER, MIT
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM MICHAEL
WHINSTON, Northwestern University and NBER
Antitrust
Policy in Innovative Industries
(Joint with ILYA SEGAL, Stanford
University)
Discussant: RICHARD
SCHMALENSEE, MIT and NBER
3:30 PM Break
3:45 PM Panel Discussion:
Where
is the New Economy Today?
CHAIR:
ERNST BERNDT, MIT and NBER
SPEAKERS:
TIMOTHY BRESNAHAN, Stanford University
and NBER
KATHRYN SHAW, Carnegie-Mellon University and NBER
DAVID CUTLER, Harvard University and NBER
4:45 PM Adjourn
5/28/03