People are underestimating the significance of drug pricing provisions in Inflation Reduction Act
Rena Conti, Leslie Dach and Richard Frank, Opinion Article The Hill, October 6, 2023.
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Bipartisan battle over prescription intermediaries heats up
Rena Conti, TPRI Faculty Director, quoted in The Hill, 09/28/23
Second House Oversight Hearing Shines a Harsh Light on PBM Practices
Rena Conti, TPRI Faculty Director, quoted in Pharmacy Practice News, 09/19/23
Pay Transparency and Inventor Productivity: Evidence from State-level Pay Secrecy Laws
By Huasheng Gao, Po-Hsuan Hsu, and Jin Zhang
It is well-known that firms commonly use “pay secrecy rules and practices” — contracts and internal rules prohibiting or strongly discouraging employees from disclosing their wages to coworkers.
Innovation and Appropriability: Revisiting the Role of Intellectual Property
By Filippo Mezzanotti and Timothy Simcoe
Economists generally view innovation as the most significant driver of long-run productivity growth. In their new working paper, Filippo Mezzanotti and Tim Simcoe study how firms capture the benefits of innovation using survey data collected by the US Census between 2008 and 2015.
How Software Stifles Competition and Innovation
James Bessen, TPRI Executive Director’s, new article “How Software Stifles Competition and Innovation” in Communications of the ACM, Volume 66, Issue 10, October 2023 pp 34–36.
Want to Find the Next Big Company? IP Offers a Clue.
Timothy Simcoe, TPRI Faculty Director and Filippo Mezzanotti’s research cited in Kellogg Insight, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, August 3, 2023.
Tornado damage to Pfizer factory highlights vulnerabilities of drug supply
Rena Conti, TPRI Faculty Director, quoted in NPR, July 27, 2023
Big Tech’s Battle Royale Is Coming. The Winner? You
James Bessen, TPRI’s Executive Director, quoted in The Wall Street Journal, June 29, 2023
Will a Noncompete Ban Impact Innovation Beyond Tech Hubs?
Timothy Simcoe, TPRI Faculty Director, quoted in the MIT Sloan Management Review, June 28, 2023.