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NATIONAL
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SUMMER
INSTITUTE 2004 |
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Economics
of Intellectual Property |
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Ben Jones
and Scott Stern, Organizers |
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Royal
Sonesta Hotel |
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5
Cambridge Parkway |
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Cambridge,
Massachusetts |
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July 20, 2004 |
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PROGRAM |
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TUESDAY, JULY 20: |
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8:30 a.m. |
Coffee and Pastries |
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Module 1: |
The Use of Inventor and Examiner
Identities |
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9:00 a.m. |
BHAVEN SAMPAT, Georgia Institute
of Technology |
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JUAN ALCACER and MICHELLE
GITTELMAN, New York University |
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How Do
I Know what You Know? Patent
Examiners and the Generation of Patent Citations |
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Discussant: IAIN COCKBURN, Boston University and NBER |
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10:30 a.m. |
Break |
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10:40 a.m. |
MANUEL TRAJTENBERG, Tel Aviv
University and NBER |
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The
Names Game: Using Inventors Patent
Data in Economic Research |
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Discussant: FIONA MURRAY, MIT |
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Module 2: |
The International Location of
R&D |
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11:30 a.m. RACHEL GRIFFITH, University
College London |
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RUPERT HARRISON, Institute for
Fiscal Studies |
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JOHN VAN REENEN, London School
of Economics |
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How Special is the
Special Relationship? Using the
Impact of Us |
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Discussant: LEE BRANSTETTER, Columbia University and
NBER |
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12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:15 p.m. |
MINYUAN ZHAO, New York
University |
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Discussant: REBECCA HENDERSON, MIT and NBER |
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2:15 p.m. |
Break |
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Module 3: |
Industry Studies |
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2:30 p.m. |
JOSH LERNER, Harvard University
and NBER |
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Discussant: ANDREW LO, MIT and NBER |
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3:20 p.m. |
ROSEMARIE HAM ZIEDONIS,
University of Michigan |
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Dont
Fence Me In: Fragmented Markets for
Technology and the Patent Acquisition Strategies of Firms |
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Discussant: SHANE GREENSTEIN, Northwestern University
and NBER |
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4:15 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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7/6/04 |
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