Economic Growth Small Group Meeting
Organized by Martí Mestieri and Christopher Tonetti
February 28, 2019
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Yellen Conference Center, First Floor, 101 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
Thursday, February 28
FORMAT: For each paper, there will be a 20 min presentation by the author followed by a 20 min discussion by the discussant and 20 min of open-floor questions.
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Knowledge Diffusion, Trade and Innovation across Countries and Sectors

Jie Cai, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Nan Li, International Monetary Fund
Ana Maria Santacreu, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Discussant:
Andrés Rodríguez-Clare, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Bringing Data to the Model: Quantitative Implications of an Equilibrium Diffusion Model

Wyatt Brooks, Arizona State University
Kevin Donovan, Yale University and NBER
Terence R. Johnson, University of Virginia

Discussant:
Melanie Morten, Stanford University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

From Population Growth to Firm Demographics: Implications for Concentration, Entrepreneurship and the Labor Share

Hugo Hopenhayn, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Julian Neira, University of Exeter
Rish Singhania, University of Exeter

Discussant:
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch - Market Street Dining Room
1:30 pm

Income Growth and the Distributional Effects of Urban Spatial Sorting

Victor Couture, University of Toronto
Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Alessandra Fogli, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

Workers’ Home Bias and Spatial Wage Gaps: Lessons from the Enduring Divide between East and West Germany

Sebastian Heise, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Tommaso Porzio, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Michael Peters, Yale University and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Demographic Transitions Across Time and Space (slides)

Matthew J. Delventhal, Claremont McKenna College
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Nezih Guner, CEMFI

Discussant:
Ananth Seshadri, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Saturday, October 26
1:30 pm

Income Growth and the Distributional Effects of Urban Spatial Sorting

Victor Couture, University of Toronto
Cecile Gaubert, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jessie Handbury, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Erik Hurst, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Donald R. Davis, Columbia University and NBER