NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC |
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SUMMER
INSTITUTE 2007 |
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Macroeconomics Trade and
Productivity Workshop |
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Susanto Basu and Ernst R.
Berndt, Organizers |
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July 19, 2007 |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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PROGRAM |
WEDNESDAY,
JULY 18: |
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6:00
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Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, |
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THURSDAY, JULY
19: |
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8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:30 am |
RASMUS LENTZ, |
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DALE MORTENSON, Northwestern University and NBER |
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An Empirical Model
of Growth through Product Innovation |
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Discussant: JEFFREY CAMPBELL, Federal Reserve Bank of
Chicago and NBER |
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9:30 am |
Break |
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10:00 am |
AMIL PETRIN, |
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JAGADEESH SIVADASAN, |
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Job
Security Does Affect Economic
Efficiency: Theory, a New Statistic, and Evidence from Chile |
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Discussant: NICK BLOOM, |
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11:00 am |
PAUL BEAUDRY, |
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DAVID A. GREEN and BENJAMIN SAND, |
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Discussant: ROBERT HALL, |
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12:00 n |
Lunch |
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1:00 pm |
BART
VAN |
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Why is Productivity Growth in Europe still Slow? |
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Discussant: ROBERT GORDON, Northwestern University and
the NBER |
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2:00 pm |
Break |
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2:30 pm |
ANDREA
FINICELLI, PATRIZIO PAGANO and MASSIMO SBRACIA, Bank of |
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Discussant: MARK AGUIAR, |
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3:30 pm |
HÂLE UTAR, |
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Discussant: JOHN HALTIWANGER, University of Maryland and
NBER |
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4:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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5/23/07 |
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