| NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
  RESEARCH, INC. | |
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| Innovation Policy and the Economy | |
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| Joshua Lerner and Scott Stern,
  Organizers | |
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| April 17, 2012 | |
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| National
  Press Club | |
| 529 14th
  Street, NW | |
| Washington,
  DC | |
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| FINAL
  PROGRAM | |
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| 8:15 am | Continental Breakfast | 
| 8:45 am | Pierre
  Azoulay, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER | 
| (Joint
  with Joshua
  Graff Zivin and Gustavo Manso) | |
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| 9:30 am | Fiona
  Murray, Massachusetts
  Institute of Technology | 
|  | Evaluating the Role of
  Science Philanthropy in American Research Universities | 
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| 10:10 am | Break | 
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| 10:35 am | Josh Lerner, Harvard University and NBER | 
|  | The Boulevard of Broken Dreams: 
  Innovation Policy and Entrepreneurship | 
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| 11:15 am | Break | 
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| 11:35 am | Mark Lemley, Stanford University | 
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| 12:15 pm | Jeff Furman, Boston University and NBER | 
|  | The America COMPETES
  Act:  History, Overview, &
  Implementation | 
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| 1:00 pm | Luncheon  | 
|  | Luncheon Speaker:  Rebecca M. Blank, Deputy Secretary of Commerce | 
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