George Mason University Law School and Microsoft announce the first in an annual series of conferences on The Law and Economics of Innovation.

The first one, The Regulation of Innovation and Economic Growth, will be held on Friday, May 4, 2007, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (plus reception) at GMU Law School in Arlington. Blurb:

The . . . Conference Series . . . will bring together leading academics to present and discuss new scholarship touching on diverse aspects of a key question affecting the technology industry and the process of innovation. Each conference will conclude with a roundtable discussion among top technology industry representatives and regulators to begin to assess the concrete implications of the scholarship for the development of innovative industries.

This first conference in the series will address the complex problem of regulation and how regulation fosters or impedes economic growth through innovation: How should a jurisdiction, particularly an emerging or developing economy, approach its IP or its antitrust regime if it seeks to maximize economic growth—to optimize the role of innovation in growth?

No charge - limited space. Registration required. For further information, contact Melissa at lawconf@gmu.edu.

posted by James DeLong @ 9:29 AM | Academia , Economics , Innovation

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The ten principles of economics.

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 10:10 AM | Economics

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Also from the International Intellectual Property Alliance: Copyright Industries in the U.S. Economy: The 2006 Report, written by Stephen Siwek of Economists Incorporated, which updates ten previous studies detailing the economic impact and contributions of U.S. copyright industries – including theatrical films, TV programs, home video, DVDs, business software, entertainment software, books, music and sound recordings – on the U.S. economy.

Numbers:

o The U.S. “core” copyright industries accounted for an estimated $819.06 billion or 6.56% of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2005, up from 6.48% of the U.S. GDP ($760.49 billion) in 2004.

o The U.S. “total” copyright industries accounted for an estimated $1.38 trillion or 11.12 % of GDP in 2005, up from 11.09% of the U.S. GDP ($1.3 trillion) in 2004.

o The “core” copyright industries were responsible for 12.96% of the growth achieved in 2005 for the U.S. economy as a whole. For the first time, this report includes estimates of the annual contributions made by the copyright industries to real growth experienced by the U.S. economy. This means that the growth contributed by these core industries (12.96%) was almost double their current dollar share of GDP (6.56%).

posted by James DeLong @ 1:41 PM | Economics

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