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At the National Bureau of Economic Research Summer Institute Program on Intellectual Property Policy and Innovation, on July 18, 2012, Analysis Group affiliate Josh Lerner discussed his research analyzing the effects of copyright decisions in the European Union on venture capital investment. The work, in which he was supported by Analysis Group, summarized in a paper called “The Impact of Copyright Policy Changes on Venture Capital Investment in Cloud Computing Companies,” relates to his previous work examining how changes in electronic privacy and copyright policy have affected venture capitalists’ willingness to invest in new technologies and investments in R&D.

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