Hall , Bronwyn Full Professor of Economics of Technology and Innovation Phone: +31 (0)43 3884485 Email:  bhhall@econ.berkeley.edu

”My research centres on the economics of innovation and technical change and contributes to many policy debates on how to grow the knowledge society, the Lisbon agenda, and the role of the government in encouraging innovation. Topics include the patent system, incentives for and performance of business R&D, the contribution of scientific research, and the valuation of knowledge assets. Recently I have been studying the U.S. and European patent systems comparatively; this work helps to inform policymakers about problems and areas in which these systems can be improved. Several of my studies in this area focus on the ICT sector, where developments in technology and the use of patents may have been harmful for innovation in some cases. Other research looks at the market valuation of firms’ intangible knowledge assets, using R&D expenditure, patents, and patent citation data as indicators of the underlying assets. A third line of research has focused on measuring the returns to R&D and innovation at the firm level and the evaluation of technology policies such as R&D subsidies and tax incentives for firm. My research has also made substantial contributions to applied economic research via the creation of computer software for econometric estimation and of firm-level datasets for the study of innovation, including the widely used NBER dataset for U.S. patents. This dataset is currently being updated by a group headed by Iain Cockburn, Boston University, in which I am participating.” Additional functions: Professor of the Graduate School, University of California at Berkeley Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass International Research Associate, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London Partner, TSP International, Palo Alto, CA Selected Committees: Advisory Board, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology Kauffman Project on Patent Reform and Entrepreneurship Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC), US Government, Washington, DC Research Advisory Council, Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt International Advisory Board, New Economics School, Moscow Science Technology, and Economic Policy (National Academies) Board Committee on Comparative Innovation Policy Associate Editor of Research Policy, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and Economics of Innovation and New Technology Links: UC Berkeley home page SSRN working papers RePEc abstracts NBER IFS TSP