NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2004

 

Innovation Policy and the Economy

 

Adam Jaffe, Joshua Lerner and Scott Stern, Organizers

 

July 19, 2004

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

PROGRAM

 

MONDAY, JULY 19:

 

 

 8:30 a.m.

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 9:00 a.m.

BEN JONES, Northwestern University

 

The Burden of Knowledge and the Death of the Renaissance Man:

 

Is Innovation Getting Harder?

 

 

 

Discussant: PETER HOWITT, Brown University and NBER

 

 

10:00 a.m.

ARI GOLDFARB, University of Toronto

 

The (Teaching) Role of Universities in the Diffusion of the Internet

 

 

 

Discussant: ERIK BRYNJOLFSSON, MIT

 

 

11:00 a.m.

Break

 

 

11:15 a.m.

AMY FINKELSTEIN, Harvard University and NBER

 

Health Insurance and the Growth of Health Spending:

 

Evidence from the Introduction of Medicare

 

 

 

Discussant: DARON ACEMOGLU, MIT and NBER

 

 

12:15 p.m.

Lunch

 

 

 1:15 p.m.

LINDA COHEN, UC, Irvine

 

PAROMA SANYAL, Brandeis University

 

R&D Choice in Restructured Industries: In-House vs. Collaborative Research in the U.S. Electric Industry

 

 

 

 

Discussant:  DAVID POPP, Syracuse University and NBER

 

 

 2:15 p.m.

Break

 

 

 2:30 p.m.

NICK BLOOM, MARK SCHANKERMAN and JOHN VAN REENEN

 

London School of Economics

 

Identifying Technological Spillovers and Product Market Rivalry:

 

Theory and Evidence form a Panel of U.S. Firms -- TABLES -- TABLE

 

 

 

Discussant: JOEL WALDFOGEL, Wharton School and NBER

 

 

 3:30 p.m.

Panel Discussion:

The Future of US Scientific and Technological Leadership

 

Chair: ADAM B. JAFFE, Brandeis University and NBER

 

MARTIN BLUME, American Physical Society

 

MICHAEL PORTER, Harvard University

 

MANUEL TRAJTENBERG, Tel Aviv University and NBER

 

 

 4:30 p.m.

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

7/6/04