Innovation Policy and the Economy

by Adam B. Jaffe, Josh Lerner and Scott Stern

• ISBN13: 9780262600415
• ISBN10: 0262600412
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-22
• Publisher: Mit Pr

Summary

This new annual series, sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research, will provide a forum for research on the interactions between public policy and the innovation process. Discussions will cover all types of policy that affect the ability of an economy to achieve scientific and technological progress or that affect the impact of science and technology on economic growth.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Adam B. Jaffe
Josh Lerner
Scott Stern
Publicly Funded Science and the Productivity of the Pharmaceutical Industry	1	(34)
Iain M. Cockburn
Rebecca M. Henderson
Creating Markets for New Vaccines---Part I: Rationale	35	(38)
Michael Kremer
Creating Markets for New Vaccines---Part II: Design Issues	73	(46)
Michael Kremer
Navigating the Patent Thicket: Cross Licenses, Patent Pools, and Standard Setting	119	(32)
Carl Shapiro
Commercialization of the Internet: The Interaction of Public Policy and Private Choices or Why Introducing the Market Worked So Well	151	(36)
Shane Greenstein
Numbers, Quality, and Entry: How Has the Bayh-Dole Act Affected U.S. University Patenting and Licensing?	187	(34)
David C. Mowery
Arvids A. Ziedonis
Should the Government Subsidize Supply or Demand in the Market for Scientists and Engineers?	221
Paul M. Romer