Tuesday, April 29

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Public Support for Innovation

Policies to Reduce Federal Budget Deficits by Increasing Economic Growth

Douglas W. Elmendorf, Harvard University and NBER
R. Glenn Hubbard, Columbia University
Zachary Liscow, Yale University

The Social Returns to Public R&D

Andrew J. Fieldhouse, Texas A&M University
Karel Mertens, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Tax Incentives for Research and Development: Policy Design and Evidence

Timothy Simcoe, Boston University and NBER
Nirupama L. Rao, University of Michigan

10:30 am

Break

10:45 am

Small Business Innovation Applied to National Needs

Kyle R. Myers, Harvard University and NBER
Lauren Lanahan, University of Oregon
Evan J. Johnson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Indirect Cost Recovery in U.S. Innovation Policy: History, Evidence, and Avenues for Reform

Pierre Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER
Bhaven N. Sampat, Arizona State University and NBER

11:45 am

Break

12:00 pm

Innovation Policy and National Security

Should Governments Restrict Foreign Investments in Startups?

Fiona Paine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Richard R. Townsend, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Ting Xu, University of Toronto

How Geopolitics is Changing the Economics of Innovation

Aaron Chatterji, Duke University and NBER
Fiona Murray, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

1:00 pm

Lunch

2:00 pm

Wrap up and Adjourn