NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

                                                       SCIENCE OF SCIENCE DAY

                                                                             

                                             Pierre Azoulay and Ernst Berndt, Organizers

           

                                                                 MARCH 14, 2008

                       

                                                                         NBER

3rd Floor Conference Room

                                                       1050 Massachusetts Avenue                 

                                                        Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

                                                                    PROGRAM

 

THURSDAY, MARCH 13:

 

6:30 pm Dinner

                         Restaurant Dante

                        Royal Sonesta  Hotel

                        40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard

                        Cambridge, MA 02142

 

FRIDAY, MARCH 14:

 

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             SHULAMIT KAHN, Boston University

                        MEGAN MACGARVIE, Boston University and NBER

                        How Important is Location for Research Productivity in Science?

 

                        Discussant:       RICHARD FREEMAN, Harvard University and NBER

 

10:00 am           Break

                                               

10:15 am           PIERRE AZOULAY, MIT and NBER

                        JOSHUA GRAFF ZIVIN, Columbia University and NBER

                        JIALAN WANG, MIT

                        Superstar Extinction

                                     and

                        Tables for Superstar Extinction

 

                        Discussant:       LYNNE G. ZUCKER, UC, Los Angeles and NBER

 

11:15 am           Break

 

11:30 am           LYNNE G. ZUCKER, UC, Los Angeles and NBER

                        MICHAEL R. DARBY, UC, Los Angeles and NBER

                        Star Scientists’ Knowledge Capture, Commercial Opportunity,

                        and Social Welfare

                                        and

                        Technical Appendix to Star Scientists’ Knowledge Capture, Commercial Opportunity, 

                         and Social Welfare

 

                        Discussant:       ADAM JAFFE, Brandeis University and NBER                     

                                                                                                                                   

12:30 pm           Lunch

 

 

1:30 pm LIAM BRUNT, University of Lausanne

                        JOSH LERNER, Harvard University and NBER

                        TOM NICHOLAS, Harvard University

                        Inducement Prizes and Innovation

 

                        Discussant:       MICHAEL KREMER, Harvard University and NBER              

 

2:30 pm Break

 

2:45 pm LAURE TURNER, CREST-ENSAE

                        JACQUES MAIRESSE, CREST-ENSAE and NBER

                        Individual Productivity Differences in Scientific Research:

                        An Econometric Exploration of Publications by French Physicists                 

 

                        Discussant:       IAIN COCKBURN, Boston University and NBER

 

3:45 pm Break

 

4:00 pm DAVID POPP, Syracuse University and NBER

                        RICHARD NEWELL, Duke University

                        Where Does Energy R&D Come From?

                        A First Look at Crowding Out from Environmentally-Friendly R&D

 

                        Discussant:       REBECCA HENDERSON, MIT and NBER

 

5:00 pm Adjourn

 

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