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NATIONAL
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Summer
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Macroeconomics
and Productivity Workshop |
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Susanto
Basu and Ernst Berndt, Organizers |
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July 21,
2004 |
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Royal
Sonesta Hotel |
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5
Cambridge Parkway |
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Cambridge,
Massachusetts |
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PROGRAM |
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 21: |
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8:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 a.m. |
DOMENICO
MARCHETTI, Banca
dItalia |
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FRANCESCO NUCCI, Università di
Roma La Sapienza |
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Pricing Behavior and the
Comovement of Productivity and Labor: Evidence from Firm-Level Data |
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Discussant: VALERIE RAMEY, UC, San Diego and NBER |
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10:00 a.m. |
Break |
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10:30 a.m. |
NEZIH GUNER, GUSTAVO VENTURA and
XU YI, Pennsylvania State University |
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Discussant: LEE BRANSTETTER,
Columbia University and NBER |
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11:30 a.m. |
DANIEL WILSON, Federal Reserve
Bank of San Francisco |
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IT and Beyond: The Contribution of Heterogeneous Capital
to Productivity |
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Discussant: KEVIN STIROH,
Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
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12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:30 p.m. |
XAVIER GABAIX, MIT and NBER |
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Discussant:
JOHN HALTIWANGER, University of Maryland and NBER |
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2:30
p.m. |
Break |
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3:00
p.m. |
DIEGO
COMIN, New York University |
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SUNIL
MULANI, Economic Analysis Group |
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Discussant:
JOHN SHEA, University of Maryland and NBER |
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4:00
p.m. |
ZHU
WANG, University of Chicago |
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Discussant: JOHN VAN REELAN, London School of Economics |
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5:00
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Adjourn |
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5/27/04 |
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