Suzanne Scotchmer: Biography
Suzanne grew up in Alaska, where her grandparents homesteaded after failing as gold rushers.
EDUCATION:
B.A., magna cum laude, University of Washington, 1970,
M.A., Statistics, U.C. Berkeley, 1979,
Ph.D., Economics, U.C. Berkeley, 1980
GRANTS, AWARDS, AND OTHER FUNDING
Toulouse Network on Information Technologies, member, 2005-
NeT Institute, New York
University, 2004.
Kauffman Foundation, 2006-2007 Scarce Ideas and Options to Invest in R&D, 2008-2011 Two Projects in Dynamics of
the Law, 1999-2003 Optimal R&D Procurement,
1997-98 On the Evolution of
Optimizing Behavior and Attitudes toward Risk, (with Eddie Dekel) 1991-93 Four Topics in Law and
Economics, 1990-92 Patent Law and Collusion in
Research, (with Jerry Green) 1989-90 Patent Law, Competition and
Technological Advance, (with Jerry Green) 1988-89 Aspects of Optimal Tax
Enforcement, (with Joel Slemrod) 1986-87 Market Provision of Shared
Goods, 1985-86
Berkeley/France Fund, 1994-95, Cumulative Research
and the Patent Law Olin
Fellowship, Yale Law School, 1992-93 Hoover
National Fellow (Stanford University), 1988-89 Harris
Trust: The Biotechnology Industry in California, 1987-88
University of California, Committee on Research
Grants, 1986-1996 Phi
Beta Kappa fellowship, 1977-78 Sloan
Fellowship, 1978-80
Description of Contributions in Who's Who in
Economics, Elgar Publishers (2003): My contributions have been
mainly in three subjects: club theory, intellectual property and incentives for
R&D, and evolutionary game theory. In club theory, my co-authors and I have
succeeded in integrating group formation into general equilibrium theory. The
main problem we solved was that of ensuring consistent choices of club
membership. Prices for memberships must be such that whenever one agent wants to
join a group of a certain type, there are other agents who want to fill the
other memberships. In intellectual property, my contributions have been twofold:
in the design of patent law when innovation is cumulative, especially as to
‘breadth’ of protection, and in the study of optimal mechanisms for supporting
R&D, recognizing that intellectual property is a single example of such
mechanisms. In evolutionary game theory, my co-author and I have studied the
attitudes toward risk that would arise from evolutionary forces, and whether the
preferences over strategies that evolve can be understood as rational behavior. (Many
Other Biographical Listings as well)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: MAIN APPOINTMENTS
U.C.Berkeley, Professor of Law, 2008-, Professor of Economics, 1995-, Professor of Public Policy, 1989 -, Assistant and Associate Professor, 1986-89
Harvard
University: Associate Prof of Economics, 1985-86, Assistant Prof, 1981-85
OTHER PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES Visiting Professor, New York
University School of Law, Spring 2008. Visiting Professor, Boalt School of Law and
Information School, University of California, Berkeley, Fall 2007. Visiting Professor of Law, Business and
Economics, University of Southern California, Spring 2007. Minicourse, Stockholm School of Economics, March
13-18, 2006. Innovation and Incentives. Olin
Visitor to Center in Law, Economics and Organizations, University of Southern
California, February 2005.
University of Auckland Foundation Visitor, New
Zealand, 2002 Scholar
in Residence, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Fall 2000
Professeur Invité, Université de Cergy-Pontoise (France), guest of Institut
Universitaire de France, 1998-99
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic
Research, 1996-
Consultant to Department of Justice Antitrust Division, 1996-97 Member,
NSF review panel for economics submissions, 1997-99.
Lecturer, Boalt School of Law, U.C., Berkeley,
1994-96 Visiting
Scholar, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, March 1997 Visiting
Scholar, Institute for Empirical Macroeconomics, Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis, February 1996 Visiting
Professor of Economics, European University Institute, Florence, Italy, Summer
1995, lecturing
on models of group formation Visiting
Professor of Economics, Tel Aviv University, Winter 1995-96, lecturing
on the economics of intellectual property
Distinguished Olin Visiting Professor of Law and Economics, University of
Toronto, Fall 1993, lecturing
on the economics of intellectual property law Visiting
Scholar, Institute for Government Research, Helsinki, lecturing on current
topics in public finance Visiting
Professor of Economics, New Economics School (at CEMI) Moscow, Russia, Spring
1993, lecturing
on microeconomics: revelation mechanisms, contracts, signalling models, decision
theory
Olin Fellow, Yale Law School, Fall 1992
Professeur Invité, Université de Paris-I, Sorbonne-Panthéon, January and March
1993, lecturing
on the economics of R&D
Visiting Scholar, CORE, University of Louvain,
Spring 1992
Consultant, Arthur D. Little, Inc., 1986 Research
Assistant, ECON, Inc., Princeton, N.J., 1977
Consultant to California Air Resources Board, 1978 Computer
Consultant for Statistical Packages, U.C.B., 1978-80
Washington University, St. Louis, Lecturer, Resource Economics, Spring 1981
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
Associate Editor: Journal of Economic Literature (1998-2002), Journal of
Economic Perspectives (1994-97), American Economic Review (1991-95), Journal of
Public Economics (1988-2004), Regional Science and Urban Economics (1987-2005)
Referee for: Journal of Public Economics, American Economic Review,
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Econometrica, The Rand Journal, Regional Science
and Urban Economics, Economics Letters, National Science Foundation, European
Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Economica, Games and Economic
Behavior, Journal of Economic Theory, International Review of Economics, Les
Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, Southern Economic Journal
Program Committee: Advisory Group, European Patent Office, from 2004;
Steering Committee, National Research Council (National Academic of Sciences),
Promoting Access to Scientific and Technical Data for the Public Interest,
1998-99, International Economics Association World Congress, Buenos
Aires, Summer 1999; Econometric Society Winter Meetings, 1990;
International Economics Association World Congress, Moscow, August 1992;
International Game Theory Conference at Stonybrook, industrial organization
section, Summer 1990; Committee to select Invited Speakers, American Economic
Association, 1993 , Other National Research Council (National Academy of
Sciences) panels: tax evasion (1984), plant biology (1995), digital content
on the internet (1997).
Guest Editor for Symposium on Club theory, Journal of Public Economics,
Summer 1997, Puzzles Column, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Professional
Advice and Other Hazards, Fall 1990.
Visiting Committee: University of Auckland,
Dept. of Economics, 2002
Visiting Committee: Harvard University,
Dept. of Economics, 2002
Visiting Committee: University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Economics, 1995
Invited Lectures 2000 to present
National Bureau of Economic Research Summer Institute, July 2009. Scarcity of Ideas and R&D Options: Use it, Lose it, or Bank it.
European Workship on General Equilibrium Theory, June 2009, Verifiability and Group Formation in Markets.
American Law and Economics Association, lecture, May 15, 2009. Cap and Trade. And Innovate?
Society of Labor Economists, lecture, May 8, 2009. Risk Taking and Gender in Hierarchies.
Economic Games and Mechanisms to Address Climate Change, conference, MSRI, May 4, 2009. Cap and Trade. The Problem of Technology Adoption.
ERS, Department of Agriculture, March 26, 2009. Cap and Trade. And Innovate?
Brookings Institution, conference on Abstract Patents, Jan 14, 2009. Independent Invention.
Lectures on Innovation, Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation Summer School, August 2008, Helsinki.
Conference speaker, Innovation Policy, Helsinki Center for Economic Research, August 2008.
Speaker, Kauffman Summer Legal Institute at Dana Point, “Picking Winners in Rounds of Elimination”, July 10-13, 2008.
Panelist, Inauguration de l’ecole d’economie de Toulouse, June 2008.
Speaker, European Patent Forum “Inventing a Cleaner Future, Climate Change the Opportunities for IP”, Slovenia, May 2008.
Plenary speaker, Tilburg University, 5th Anniversary Conference of TILEC on Market Governance and Innovation. April 2008.
Frey lecture, Duke University School of Law, “A Nonobvious Discussion of Patents.” April 2008.
Speaker, IP and Entrpreneurship Symposium. Boalt School of Law. March 2008. “What we Don’t Know about Entrepreneurship.”
Plenary Speaker. Hitotsubashi University, Institute of Economic Research, Conference on Law and Economics of Intellectual Property. February 2008. “Digital Rights Management and Collective Rights Organizations.”
Seminar. Columbia University School of Law. February 2008. “Scarcity of Ideas and Options for R&D.”
Conference paper. NBER Law and Economics Group, February 2008. “Scarcity of Ideas and Options for R&D.”
Seminar, Boalt School of Law, U.C., Berkeley. November 2007. “Profit Neutrality in Licensing: The Boundary between Patent Law and Antitrust Law.”
Seminar, U.C., Berkeley, Information School. November 2007. “Nonobviousness, Scarcity of Ideas, and Options for R&D.”
Speaker, Conference on Nonobviousness, Lewis and Clark Law School, “Nonobviousness, Scarcity of Ideas, and Options for R&D.” October 2007.
Lecture, Microsoft Research (Redmond), “Nonobviousness, Scarcity of Ideas, and Options for R&D.” (paper joint with Nisvan Erkal) September 2007.
Keynote address, European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) September 2007, Valencia, Spain. Innovation and the Creative Environment.
Seminar,
Public
Lecture, Eidgenoessische Technische
Hochschule
Workshop, Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule
Lecturer,
Conference
paper, NBER Law and Economics Group, “Risk Taking and
Gender in Hierarchies,”March 2007.
Seminar, USC Dept of Economics, “Risk Taking and
Gender in Hierarchies.”
January 2007
Brown Bag Lunch, the
Lecture,
Microsoft Corporation, “Disclosure in Intellectual Property Law,”
Econometric Society Australasian Meeting (invited
lecture), July 2006. “Digital Rights Management and the Pricing of Digital Products.
Invited Lecture, Intellectual Property Research
Institute of
Guest Lecture. Workshop on Organizational Design.
University of Melbourne Department of Economics. June
2006.
Plenary speaker, Conference on Access to Knowledge,
Stockholm School of Economics, Lecture series and
seminar,
Swiss Society for Economics and
Statistics, Lugano (
ECLAC (United Nations),
International General Equilibrium Conference, speaker
at plenary session, U.C.,
Toulouse Network on Information Technology,
Keynote speaker,
conference,
Industrial organization and Innovation, Laboratoire d' Economie Appliquée de
Panelist, The Berkeley Conference on Antitrust in the
Technology Economy co-sponsored by the ABA, Sections of Antitrust Law and
Intellectual Property Law and the Competition Policy Center at UC- Berkeley,
June 9-10, 2005.
Conference presentation, 4th
Workshop on the Economics of Information Security, Kennedy School of
Government,
Seminar, ECARES, Universite Libre de Bruxelles,
Lecturer, summer school for European graduate students
in economics, CORE, Universite
Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve
Department Seminar, Department of Economics, Universite Catholique de Louvain,
Intellectual Property Rights And
Innovation: Shifting Economic and Legal Paradigms.
Olin Visitor to the Center in Law, Economics and
Organizations,
Conference on The Economics
of the Software and Internet Industries, IDEI-Toulouse, Jan 21/22, 2005.
Digital Rights Management and the Pricing of Digital Products.
Lecture, National Graduate Institute for Policy
Studies (
Conference on IT Innovation, Institute for Innovation
Research, Hitotsubashi Univeristy
(
European Patent Office (
Arne Ryde Memorial Lectures,
University of
University of
Meeting on
Center for the Study of Innovation and Productivity,
Federal Reserve Bank of
Antitrust and Patents Conference, Ecole
des Mines (
Southern
Universtitat Autonoma,
Social Science and Technology
seminar,
National
Research Council (National Academies of Sciences), International Scientific and
Technical Informnation Programs, Symposium on the
Role of Scientific and Technical Data and Information in the Public Domain. September
2002
Journees d’Economie Publique,
Ecole des Mines (
IDEP,
Competition and Intellectual Property
Law Public Hearings, Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice
Antitrust Division,
Industrie
Harvard University Computer Science Department,
colloquium, February 2002
New York University School of Law colloqium,
February 2002
U.C.,
Conference on the Law, Economics and History of
Intellectual Property,
IOFest, a Berkeley/Stanford conference in industrial
organization (economics) November 2001
U.C.,
National Research Council (NAS), Board on Geophysical
and Environmental Data,
National Research Council (NAS), Science, Technology and
Economic Policy Board, January 2000.
SSRC Program In Applied
Economics, Summer institute, August 1999
Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics,
contracts conference, July 1999
International Judges Conference,
National Research Council, Consortium for Geographic
Information Systems, conference