NBER Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy and the Economy Conference
Organized by Benjamin Jones and Josh Lerner
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
April 29, 2025
National Press Club, 529 14th Street, N.W., Washington DC
Tuesday, April 29
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Public Support for Innovation
9:00 am

Policies to Reduce Federal Budget Deficits by Increasing Economic Growth (slides)

Douglas W. Elmendorf, Harvard University and NBER
R. Glenn Hubbard, Columbia University
Zachary Liscow, Yale University
9:00 am

The Social Returns to Public R&D

Andrew J. Fieldhouse, Texas A&M University
Karel Mertens, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
9:00 am

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
10:46 am

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, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
11:45 am
Break
12:00 pm
Innovation Policy and National Security
12:01 pm

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 and NBER
12:02 pm

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