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Graduate and Early Career Fellowships on the Fiscal and Economic Effects of Productivity Policies
Organized by Timothy F. Bresnahan, Michael A. Clemens, and Heidi L. Williams Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation June 4, 2026 Penn Global, 101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC |
| Thursday, June 4 | |
| 8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast
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| 9:00 am |
Introductions
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JCT session
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| 9:15 am |
JCT presentation
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| 10:00 am |
Discussant: Matt Marx, Cornell University and NBER
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| 10:15 am |
Discussant: Kim Rueben, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
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| 10:30 am |
Q&A
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| 10:45 am |
Break
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CBO session
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| 11:00 am |
CBO presentation
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| 11:45 am |
Discussant: Nathan Goldschlag, U.S. Census Bureau
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| 12:00 pm |
Discussant: Carolyn Stein, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
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| 12:15 pm |
Q&A
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| 12:30 pm |
Working lunch
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Job market candidate sessions
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| 1:30 pm |
Counting Clinical Trials: New Evidence on Pharmaceutical Sector Productivity |
| 2:00 pm |
Discussant: Elena Derby, Joint Committee on Taxation
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| 2:15 pm |
Discussant: Bhaven Sampat, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
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| 2:30 pm |
Q&A
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| 2:45 pm |
Regression Adjustments for Disentangling Spillover Effects |
| 3:15 pm |
Discussant: Kevin Bryan, University of Toronto
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| 3:30 pm |
Discussant: Caleb Wroblewski, Congressional Budget Office
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| 3:45 pm |
Q&A
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| 4:00 pm |
Wrap-up
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| 4:30 pm |
Adjourn
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