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Innovation and Economic Growth

Researchers today are trying to understand how information technology affects innovation, productivity, and economic growth while studying the impact of political and legal ground rules. Academics featured here are looking at the potential to create jobs and keep policymakers aware of emerging trends in technology.

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TAP Academics

Shane Greenstein
Harvard University
Innovation and Economic Growth, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Networks and Infrastructure, Broadband

Bronwyn Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Innovation and Economic Growth, Intellectual Property, Patents

Gordon Hanson
University of California, San Diego
Innovation and Economic Growth

Marco Iansiti
Harvard University
Innovation and Economic Growth, Interoperability, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence

F. Scott Kieff
George Washington University
Innovation and Economic Growth, Intellectual Property, Competition Policy and Antitrust, Patents

Bruce Kobayashi
George Mason University
Innovation and Economic Growth, Interoperability, Intellectual Property, Privacy and Security, Competition Policy and Antitrust

Josh Lerner
Harvard University
Innovation and Economic Growth, Interoperability, Intellectual Property, Competition Policy and Antitrust, Open Source, Standards

Jonathan Levin
Stanford University
Innovation and Economic Growth, Intellectual Property, Competition Policy and Antitrust

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The Importance of Markets for Technology for Innovation – New Study by Daniel Spulber and Pere Arque'-Castells

In a recent paper, Professors Daniel Spulber, Northwestern University, and Pere Arque´-Castells, University of Groningen, show that some of the external benefits of R&D are transmitted through markets for technology.

TAP Staff Blogger

August 15, 2022

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Fact Sheets

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to technologies that perform learning and reasoning in ways that simulate human cognitive abilities.

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How Software Is Stifling Competition and Slowing Innovation

“There is an advantage to software that economists haven’t really reckoned with yet. Software isn’t accelerating creative destruction today. Software is suppressing it.” — James Bessen, Executive Director of the Technology & Policy Research, Boston University

James Bessen
The New York Times
July 21, 2022

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Breaking the Privacy Gridlock: A Broader Look at Remedies

Regulatory systems outside of privacy can serve as models for the enforcement of consumer privacy legislation. Regulatory oversight, self-regulation, and class action suits may be effective in enforcing privacy standards.

By: Chris Hoofnagle, Ira Rubinstein, James Dempsey, Katherine Strandburg

April 7, 2021

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