London Business School, the Duke University Fuqua School of Business, and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) invite submissions for a conference on Public Policies for Innovation at London Business School on 19-20 March 2026.
The goal of this conference is to advance research bridging the micro- and macroeconomic divide in economic studies of innovation and innovation policy. We aim to connect scholars of innovation in both micro- and macroeconomic traditions to each other’s work and explore how microeconomic evidence can inform macro research and models and vice versa. Participants will include microeconomists working with patent-, publication-, and firm-level data, macroeconomists studying the effects of innovation on aggregate TFP and GDP, applied theorists, and policymakers.
Confirmed participants include Philippe Aghion (Collège de France, INSEAD, London School of Economics, and CEPR), Stefanie Stantcheva (Harvard University, CEPR, and NBER) and John Van Reenen (London School of Economics, CEPR, and NBER). The conference will feature a policy panel discussing how government budget forecasters bridge the micro-macro divide led by Heidi Williams (Dartmouth College and NBER) featuring Richard Hughes (UK Office for Budget Responsibility), Doug Elmendorf (Harvard University and NBER), Devrim Demirel (US Congressional Budget Office), and Kent Smetters (University of Pennsylvania and NBER).
This conference is by invitation only. If you wish to attend without presenting, please register your interest to attend without submitting a paper on the submission website at: https://hub.cepr.org/event/4938 please include a brief description of your research and connection to the conference’s theme.