NATIONAL
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER
INSTITUTE 2004 |
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Innovation
Policy and the Economy |
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Adam
Jaffe, Joshua Lerner and Scott Stern, Organizers |
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July 19,
2004 |
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Royal
Sonesta Hotel |
5
Cambridge Parkway |
Cambridge,
Massachusetts |
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PROGRAM |
MONDAY, JULY 19: |
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8:30 a.m. |
Coffee and Pastries |
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9:00 a.m. |
BEN JONES, Northwestern
University |
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The
Burden of Knowledge and the Death of the Renaissance Man: |
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Discussant: PETER HOWITT, Brown
University and NBER |
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10:00 a.m. |
ARI GOLDFARB, University of
Toronto |
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The
(Teaching) Role of Universities in the Diffusion of the Internet |
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Discussant: ERIK BRYNJOLFSSON,
MIT |
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11:00 a.m. |
Break |
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11:15 a.m. |
AMY FINKELSTEIN, Harvard
University and NBER |
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Discussant: DARON ACEMOGLU, MIT
and NBER |
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12:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:15 p.m. |
LINDA COHEN, UC, Irvine |
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PAROMA SANYAL, Brandeis
University |
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Discussant: DAVID POPP, Syracuse University and NBER |
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2:15 p.m. |
Break |
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2:30 p.m. |
NICK BLOOM, MARK
SCHANKERMAN and JOHN VAN REENEN |
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London School of Economics |
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Identifying Technological
Spillovers and Product Market Rivalry: |
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Theory and Evidence
form a Panel of U.S. Firms -- TABLES -- TABLE |
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Discussant: JOEL WALDFOGEL,
Wharton School and NBER |
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3:30 p.m. |
Panel Discussion: The Future of US Scientific and
Technological Leadership |
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Chair: ADAM B. JAFFE, Brandeis
University and NBER |
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MARTIN BLUME, American Physical
Society |
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MICHAEL PORTER, Harvard
University |
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MANUEL TRAJTENBERG, Tel Aviv
University and NBER |
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4:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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7/6/04 |
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