Economics of Science and Technology
Jeffrey Parker, Reed College
Fall Semester, 2012
This is the home page for Economics 354 for the Fall 2012 semester. Students in the course should bookmark this page and watch the news items below. The links at the left margin will take to you the course information page and the class reading list.
Econ 354 Class News
- (12/4) The final essay assignment is now available. Your responses are due by the beginning of the final exam period on December 12.
- (11/20) Andrew Nelson of the University of Oregon will visit to present a talk on measurement and diffusion of innovation on Monday, November 26, 4:00pm, GCC-D. Papers for this session are now posted on the reading list after the venture capital section.
- (10/26) The second essay assignment is now posted. Your essays are due at noon on Friday, November 9.
- (10/26) A non-required problem set (from last year) on the Scotchmer licensing model. Working through these cases will help you understand the model. Solutions.
- (10/10) Information on the Friday visit from Anthony Brown is now posted. The talk will be October 12 at 4pm.
- (9/7) Some of my favorite patents
- (9/6) The tables projected in class on Wednesday 9/5 can be found here.
- (9/4) Request: Please include your last name in the filename when you send attachments. That helps me avoid having 6 anonymous files with the name "Section 1 Notes" in my folder!