NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 1997

Advanced Technology Program

Adam Jaffe, Organizer

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 28, 1997

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

9:00 AM Welcome and Introductions

RICHARD SPIVAK, Advanced Technology Program

ADAM JAFFE, Brandeis University and NBER

9:15 AM Progress Report

NICHOLAS VONORTAS, George Washington University

9:45 AM Progress Report

HENRY ETZKOWITZ, State University of New York

10:15 AM Progress Report

WES COHEN, Carnegie Mellon University

10:45 AM Break

11:00 AM Progress Report

JOSHUA LERNER, Harvard University and NBER

11:30 AM Progress Report

BRIAN HALL, Harvard University and NBER

12:00 PM Progress Report

WILLIAM LONG, Performance Research Associates

12:15 PM Lunch

General discussion of issues raised by morning reports

1:00 PM Research Prospectus

ADAM JAFFE, Brandeis University and NBER

1:15 PM Research Prospectus

JOHN SCOTT, Dartmouth College

1:30 PM Research Prospectus

MARIKO SAKAKIBARA, UC, Los Angeles

1:45 PM Research Prospectus

DAVID AUSTIN, Resources for the Future

2:00 PM Break

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2:15 PM Discussion of possible new areas for research, including 5-10 minute presentations of research ideas by:

ZVI GRILICHES, Harvard University and NBER

TOR KLETTE, Harvard University

3:15 PM Adjourn

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