Innovation policy and the economy.

• Position: Conferences

The NBER's thirteenth annual Conference on Innovation Policy and the Economy took place in Washington on April 17. The conference was organized by NBER Research Associates Josh Lerner of Harvard University and Scott Stern of Northwestern University. The following papers were discussed:

* Pierre Azoulay, MIT and NBER; Joshua S. Graff Zivin, University of California, San Diego and NBER; and Gustavo Manso, University of California, Berkeley, "NTH Peer Review: Problems and Avenues for Reform"

* Fiona Murray, MIT Sloan School of Management, "Evaluating the Role of Science Philanthropy in American Research...