Scholarship and Biography

The sources and consequences of technological innovation and research. The patent system. Public funding of research.

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Honors

Research Associate
National Bureau of Economic Research (United States, Cambridge) - NBER, 1995
Coordinator, Innovation Policy and the Economy Group
National Bureau of Economic Research (United States, Cambridge) - NBER, 1999-2008
Venice Intellectual Property Award, Honorable Mention for "Innovation and Its Discontents"
World Intellectual Property Organization (Switzerland, Geneva) - WIPO, 2007
Lead Author, Fifth Assessment Report
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Switzerland, Geneva) - IPCC, 2011
Publication of Enduring Quality for “The Induced Innovation Hypothesis and Energy-Saving Technological Change”
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (United States, Washington D.C.) - AERE, 2017

Organizational Affiliations

Professor Emeritus of Economics, Department of Economics, Brandeis University

Senior Research Associate, Motu Research, New Zealand

Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (United States, Cambridge) - NBER

Education

Harvard University
Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S.