THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30:

6:30 PM Dinner

Dante Restaurant

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Edwin H. Land Boulevard

Cambridge, MA

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1:

7:45 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue

8:00 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue

8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM JAN DE LOECKER, New York University

Product Differentiation, Multi-Product Firms and Structural Estimation of Productivity

Discussant: MARC MUENDLER, UC, San Diego

9:30 AM Break

9:45 AM FRANCINE LAFONTAINE and JAGADEESH SIVADASAN, University of Michigan

The Microeconomic Implications of Input Market Regulations:

Cross-Country Evidence from Within the Firm

Discussant: LEE BRANSTETTER, Carnegie-Mellon University and NBER

10:45 AM Break

11:00 AM NICK BLOOM, Stanford University and NBER

RAFFAELA SADUN, London School of Economics

JOHN VAN REENEN, London School of Economics and NBER

It Ain't What You Do But the Way that You Do It:

Investigating the US Productivity Miracle Using Multinationals

Discussant: SUSANTO BASU, Boston College and NBER

PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAM, PAGE 2:

12:00 N Lunch

1:00 PM ANNE BARTEL and CASEY ICHINOWSKI, Columbia University and NBER

KATHRYN SHAW, Stanford University and NBER

How Does Information Technology Affect Productivity?

Plant-Level Comparison of Product Innovation, Process Improvement and Worker Skills

Discussant: SCOTT STERN, Northwestern University and NBER

2:00 PM Break

2:15 PM SABIEN DOBBELAERE, Ghent University

JACQUES MAIRESSE, CREST and NBER

Product Market and Labor Market Imperfections and Heterogeneity in Panel Data Estimates of the Production Function

Discussant: CHAD SYVERSSON, University of Chicago and NBER

3:15 PM Break

3:30 PM BRONWYN HALL, UC, Berkeley and NBER

GRID THOMA, University of Bocconi

SALVATORE TORRISI, University of Bologna

The Market Value of Patents and R&D:

Evidence from European Firms

Discussant: MEGAN MACGARVIE, Boston University and NBER

4:30 PM Adjourn

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