SEMINAR ON INNOVATION

Econ 222/PhDBAC279I-1

Fall 2009: C-320 Haas School, Wednesday 12:10-2 PM

Professors David Mowery and Catherine Wolfram

The innovation seminar is open to graduate students, faculty, and visitors from Economics, Haas, ARE, and other departments in the university who have an interest in the economics of innovation, technical change, and intellectual property. Here are some lists of past presentations:

Spring 2009 Fall 2008 Spring 2008 Fall 2007 Spring 2007 Fall 2005 Fall 2004 Fall 2003 Fall 2002

Information for Masters students only

August 26^th	ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
September 2	ASHLEY LANGER, UC Berkeley Demographic Price Discrimination in New Vehicle Sales
September 9	NO SEMINAR
September 16	JENNY KUAN, Stanford University Hostages and the Rise of Modern Venture Capital
September 23	YOSHIFUMI NAKATA, Doshisha University A Survival Analysis of Patent Examination Requests in Japanese Electrical and Electronic Manufacturing Firms (with Xingyuan Zhang)
September 30	HWA RYUNG LEE, UC Berkeley Bankruptcy and Low Cost Expansion in the Airline Industry
October 7	JOACHIM HENKEL, Technical University of Munich Patent Trolls on Markets for Technology: An Empirical Analysis of Trolls’ Patent Acquisitions (with Timo Fischer)
October 14	VICTOR BENNET, UC Berkeley Organization and Firm Performance: Hierarchy and Teams in Negotiated Pricing
October 21	ELENA OBUKHOVA, MIT When Sea Turtles Come Home: Return Migration and Cross-Border Brokerage
October 28	NO SEMINAR
November 4	RICHARD WANG, UC Berkeley Spatial Competition among Heterogeneous Firms: Evidence from the Chinese Satellite TV Industry
November 11	VETERANS DAY, NO SEMINAR
November 18	DEEPAK HEGDE, UC Berkeley Imperfect Information and Contracting in the Market for Ideas
December 2	GREG LEWIS, Harvard University Demand Estimation in Auction Platform Markets