This volume provides a forum for research on the interactions among public policy, the innovation process, and the economy. Issues covered in Volume 9 include Congressional R&D spending on the physical sciences, intellectual property as a bargaining environment; pricing patents, and market design and innovation.About the Author: Joshua Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard BusinessSchool, with a joint appointment in the finance and entrepreneurial management units, and a research associate of the NBER. Scott Stern is associate professor of management and strategy at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a research associate of the NBER.