Spring 2014
- As the semester progresses, a link to each lecture will be added to this page. The link will include a summary of the main points from that day’s lecture.
Introduction
Lecture #1 — 1/13/14 — Introduction
Lecture #2 — 1/15/14 — Technology and Economic Growth
The Economics of Knowledge
Lecture #3 — 1/22/14 — Market Failures
Lecture #4 — 1/27/14 — Measuring Knowledge
Sources of Technological Change
Lecture #5 — 1/29/14 — Sources of Technological Change
Lecture #6 — 2/3/14 — Sources of Technological Change
Policies to Promote Innovation
2/5/14 — No class: Snow day
Lecture #7 — 2/10/14 — What is Intellectual Property Protection?
Lecture #8 — 2/12/14 — How Firms Use Intellectual Property Protection?
Lecture #9 — 2/17/14 — Strategic Patenting/Medical Biotechnology
Lecture #10 — 2/19/14 — Patent Policy Reform
Lecture #11 — 2/24/14 — Science vs. Profit
Lecture #12 — 2/26/14 — Government Subsidies of R&D
Lecture #13 — 3/3/14 — Evaluating Public R&D
Lecture #14 — 3/5/14 — Evaluating Public R&D/Technology Transfer
Diffusion of Knowledge
Lecture #15 — 3/17/14 –Technology Transfer
Lecture #16 — 3/19/14 –Government Policy for Technology Transfer/Tech Policy for Local Governments
Lecture #17 — 3/24/14 — Theories of Diffusion
International Technology Diffusion
Lecture #18 — 3/26/14 — International Technology Diffusion
Lecture #19 — 3/31/14 — International Technology Policy
Lecture #20 — 4/2/14 — IP in Developing Countries
Lecture #21 — 4/7/14 — Technology in Developing Countries
Lecture #22 — 4/9/14 — Technology in Emerging Economies
Information Technology and the Economy
Lecture #23 — 4/14/14 — Economics of Information
Lecture #24 — 4/16/14 — Economics of the Internet: Net Neutrality and the Digital Divide
Policy Issues