NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2007

Economic Fluctuations and Growth

Growth Meeting

Chad Jones and Pete Klenow, Organizers

NBER

2nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 13, 2007

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, JULY 13:
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	ELLEN MCGRATTAN, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and NBER
	EDWARD PRESCOTT, Arizona State University and NBER
	Openness, Technology Capital, and Development
	Discussant:  PAUL ROMER, Stanford University and NBER
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	ROC ARMENTER, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
	AMARTYA LAHIRI, University of British Columbia
	Endogenous Productivity and Development Accounting
	Discussant:  FRANCESCO CASELLI, London School of Economics and NBER
11:15 am	LAURA ALFARO, Harvard University and NBER
	ANDREW CHARLTON, London School of Economics
	FABIO KANCZUK, Universidad de Sao Paolo
	Firm-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences
	Discussant:  CHANG-TAI HSIEH, UC, Berkeley and NBER
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	JAMES FEYRER, Dartmouth College
	BRUCE SACERDOTE, Dartmouth College and NBER
	Colonialism and Modern Income- Islands as Natural Experiments
	Discussant:  BENJAMIN JONES, Northwestern University and NBER
2:15 pm	Break
2:30 pm	FRANCISCO BUERA, Northwestern University
	JOSEPH KABOSKI, Ohio State University
	Scale and the Origins of Structural Change
	Discussant:  RICHARD ROGERSON, Arizona State University and NBER
3:30 pm	DARON ACEMOGLU, MIT and NBER
	UFUK AKCIGIT, MIT
	State-Dependent Intellectual Property Rights Policy
	Discussant:  SAM KORTUM, University of Chicago and NBER
4:30 pm	Adjourn
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