Innovation Policy and the Economy 2019
Organized by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern
Supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
April 16, 2019
555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

Tuesday, April 16

8:00 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

The Gift of Global Talent

(Based on his recent book)

William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER

9:10 am

The Changing Structure of American Innovation: Cautionary Remarks for Economic Growth

Ashish Arora, Duke University and NBER
Sharon Belenzon, Duke University and NBER
Andrea Patacconi, Norwich Business School
Jungkyu Suh, New York University

9:50 am

Break

10:05 am

The Alignment of Innovation Policy and Social Welfare: Evidence from Pharmaceuticals

Margaret Kyle, MINES ParisTech

10:45 am

Antitrust and Innovation: Welcoming and Protecting Disruption

Fiona Scott Morton, Yale University and NBER
Carl Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Giulio Federico, European Commission

11:25 am

Break

11:40 am

Experimental Innovation Policy

Albert Bravo-Biosca, Innovation Growth Lab (IGL) & BSE

12:20 pm

The Spatial Mismatch Between Innovation and Joblessness

Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
Naomi Hausman, Hebrew University

1:00 pm

Luncheon
Keynote Speaker: Ron Jarmin, U.S. Census Bureau (slides)

2:30 pm

Adjourn