Faculty

Bronwyn H. Hall
Professor of the Graduate School
Fields: Applied econometrics and industrial organization, economics of technical change
Research Interests: Panel data estimation (linear and nonlinear models; count data models; dynamic factor models); patents as indicators of innovative output; firm size and growth; effect of corporate restructuring and mergers on innovation and R&D; market valuation of R&D and patents
Short Biography

Bronwyn H. Hall is Professor in the Graduate School at the University of California at Berkeley and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Institute for Fiscal Studies, London. She is also the founder and partner of TSP International, an econometric software firm. Professor Hall currently serves as an associate editor of the Economics of Innovation and New Technology and Industrial and Corporate Change and as advisory editor of Research Policy. She is a member of the U.S. Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee, and several research advisory boards (Deutsche Bundesbank; Solvay School of Business, Universite Libre de Bruxelles; Innovation Research Centre, Imperial College and Cambridge University). Past service includes membership in the Science, Technology, and Economic Policy Board of the U.S. National Academies and the Census Advisory Committee of the American Economic Association. She received a B.A. in physics from Wellesley College in 1966 and a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University in 1988.

Current Research:
Innovation and patent policy; incentives, tax treatment, and financing for public and private R&D, including international comparisons; valuation of intangible corporate assets, especially knowledge assets; panel data estimation (linear and nonlinear models; count data models; dynamic factor models); patents as indicators of innovative output; firm size and growth; effect of corporate restructuring and mergers on innovation and R&D; innovation in the ICT, software, and green technology sectors.
Current Status: Emeritus
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