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NATIONAL BUREAU OF
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The Changing Frontier:
Rethinking Science and Innovation Policy Conference |
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Adam Jaffe and Ben
Jones, Organizers |
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Renaissance Hotel |
1871
Entrepreneurship Incubator |
Chicago IL |
Chicago IL |
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August 2-3, 2013 |
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PROGRAM |
Friday, August 2,
Renaissance Hotel |
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8:15
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Continental
Breakfast |
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8:45 |
Welcome
and Introductions |
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Geography and Innovation |
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9:00
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Lee Branstetter, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER |
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Guangwei Li, Carnegie
Mellon University |
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Francisco Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University |
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The
Globalization of R&D: China, India, and the Rise of International
Co-invention |
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Discussant:
Bronwyn Hall, UC Berkeley and NBER |
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10:00
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Hezekiah Agwara, George Mason University |
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Philip Auerswald, George Mason University |
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Brian
Higginbotham, George Mason University |
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Discussant: Tim Simcoe, Boston University and NBER |
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11:00
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Break |
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11:20
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Christopher
Forman, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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Avi Goldfarb, University of
Toronto |
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Shane
Greenstein, Northwestern University and NBER |
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Information Technology and
the Distribution of Inventive Activity |
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Discussant: Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and NBER |
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12:20
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Lunch |
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The
Science Enterprise |
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1:30
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Paula
Stephan, Georgia State University and NBER |
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Discussant:
Bruce Weinberg, Ohio State University and NBER |
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2:30
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Break |
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2:45
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Annamaria Conti,
Georgia Institute of Technology |
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Christopher
Liu, University of Toronto |
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The (Changing) Knowledge Production Function:
MIT Department of Biology from 1966-2000 |
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Discussant: Fabian Waldinger,
University of Warwick |
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3:45
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Break |
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4:00
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Ajay Agrawal, University of Toronto and NBER |
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John McHale,
National University of Ireland |
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Alexander Oettl, Georgia Institute of Technology |
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Collaboration, Stars, and the
Changing Organization of Science: Evidence from Evolutionary Biology |
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Discussant:
Julia Lane, American Institutes for Research |
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5:00
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Adjourn |
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6:00
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Conference
Dinner at Coco Pazzo |
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Saturday, August 3,
1871 Entrepreneurship Incubator |
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8:00
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Continental
Breakfast |
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The
Science Enterprise (contd) |
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8:30
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Richard
Freeman, Harvard University and NBER |
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Ina Ganguli, SITE, Stockholm School of Economics |
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Raviv Murciano-Goroff,
Harvard University |
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Discussant: Manuel Trajtenberg,
Tel-Aviv University and NBER |
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9:30
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Joshua Gans, University of Toronto and NBER |
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Fiona
Murray, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Discussant: Suzanne Scotchmer,
University of California at Berkeley and NBER |
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10:30
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Entrepreneurship |
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11:00
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Timothy Bresnahan, Stanford University and NBER |
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Pai-Ling Yin, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology |
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Jason
Davis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Discussant: Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER |
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12:00
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Lunch |
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1:00
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Maryann Feldamn, University of North Carolina |
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Lauren Lanahan, University of North Carolina |
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State
Science Policy Experiments in the Laboratories of Democracy |
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Discussant: Irwin Feller, Pennsylvania State University |
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2:00
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Break |
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2:15
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Ramana Nanda, Harvard University |
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Ken Younge, University of Colorado |
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Lee
Fleming, University of California at Berkeley |
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Discussant: Steven Kaplan, University of Chicago and
NBER |
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3:15
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Break |
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3:30
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Roundtable:
Rethinking Science and Innovation Policy |
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4:30
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Adam
Jaffe and Ben Jones |
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Wrap-up and Next
Steps |
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5:00
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Adjourn |