R&D Investment and Economic Growth (Conference: March 26-28, 1999)

R&D Investment and Economic Growth in the 20th Century
(Conference: March 26-28, 1999)

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A Forum on the Past and Future Role of R&D

This conference provides a scholarly forum to present papers and discuss the past and future role of research and development (R&D) investment in economic growth. Papers on this subject, broadly defined, are invited. Subject areas may include, but are not limited to:

• The role of research universities in shaping agriculture and new technology driven sectors of the economy.
• National R&D investment and "new growth" theories of post-World War II economic development.
• Case studies of R&D investment in industry.
• The role of public law and patent policy in R&D and technological innovation.
• National and international comparative studies of R&D policy and their relationship to economic growth.

The program committee includes Elliot Brownlee (UC Santa Barbara), Kenneth Sokoloff (UCLA), David Zilberman (UC Berkeley), David Mowery (UC Berkeley), and John Douglass (UC Berkeley).

Funding support for the conference is being provided by the All-UC Group in Economic History, the Center for Studies in Higher Education, the UC Universitywide Office of Research, the UC Office of the President, the Institute of Governmental Studies, and the Institute of Business and Economic Research.