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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Program Meeting on Technological Progress and Productivity Measurement

Ernst Berndt and David Popp, Organizers

March 5, 2010

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, MARCH 4:
6:30 pm	Group Dinner - Bambara Restaurant, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge
	(across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel)
FRIDAY, MARCH 5:
	Program Meeting on Technological Progress and Productivity Measurement
	(3rd Floor Conference Room)
8:15 am	Shuttle Vans Depart from The Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	JAN DELOECKER, Princeton University and NBER
	FREDERIC WARZYNSKI, Aarhus University
	Markups and Firm-level Export Status
	Discussant: AMIL PETRIN, University of Minnesota and NBER.
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	JEFF FURMAN, Boston University and NBER
	FIONA MURRAY, MIT
	SCOTT STERN, Northwestern University and NBER
	Growing Stem Cells: The Impact of US Policy on the Geography and Organization of Scientific Discovery
	Discussant: JOSEPH NEWHOUSE, Harvard University and NBER
11:15 am	Break
11:30 am	ROBERT PINDYCK, MIT and NBER
	NENG WANG, Columbia University
	The Economic and Policy Consequences of Catastrophes
	Discussant: FRANCOIS GOURIO, Boston University and NBER
12:30 pm	Lunch
	Joint meeting with the Environmental and Energy Economics Program
	(2nd Floor Conference Room)
1:30 pm	KAREN FISHER-VANDEN, Pennsylvania State University
	ERIN MANSUR, Yale University and NBER
	JULIANA WANG, Yale University
	Costly Blackouts? Measuring Productivity and Environmental Effects of Electricity Shortages
	Discussant: JOSHUA LINN, MIT
2:30 pm	Break
2:45 pm	SUZANNE SCOTCHMER, University of California, Berkeley, and NBER
	Cap-and-Trade, Emissions Taxes, and Innovation
	Discussant: CAROLYN FISCHER, Resources for the Future
3:45 pm	Break
4:00 pm	THIJS DEKKER, VU University Amsterdam
	HERMAN R.J. VOLLEBERGH, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
	FRANS P. DE VRIES, University of Stirling
	CEES A. WITHAGEN, VU University Amsterdam
	Inciting Protocols: How International Environmental Agreements Trigger Knowledge Transfers
	Discussant: ADAM JAFFE, Brandeis University and NBER
5:00 pm	Adjourn
5:00 pm	Shuttle Vans Depart from the NBER for The Royal Sonesta Hotel