SI 2015 Macroeconomics and Productivity
Organized by Susanto Basu, Chang-Tai Hsieh, Christopher Woodruff, Nicholas Bloom, and Chad Syverson
July 14, 2015
Royal Sonesta Hotel

Friday, April 17

4:00 pm

Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER

Tuesday, July 14

9:00 am

9:45 am

Productivity, Networks and Input-Output Structure

Harald Fadinger, University of Vienna
Christian Ghiglino, University of Essex
Mariya Teteryatnikova, University of Vienna

11:00 am

Endogenous Technological Change and the Great Recession

Diego A. Comin, Dartmouth College and NBER

11:45 am

Understanding the 30 year Decline in Business Dynamism: a General Equilibrium Approach

Fatih Karahan, Amazon, Inc.
Benjamin Pugsley, University of Notre Dame
Aysegul Sahin, Princeton University and NBER

1:30 pm

Capital Allocation and Productivity in South Europe

Gita Gopinath, Harvard University and NBER
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Brown University and NBER
Loukas Karabarbounis, University of Minnesota and NBER
Carolina Villegas-Sanchez, ESADE Business School

2:15 pm

What is ’Firm Heterogeneity’ in Trade Models? The Role of Quality, Scope, Markups, and Cost

Colin J. Hottman, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Stephen J. Redding, Stanford University and NBER
David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER

3:15 pm

Macro and Micro Dynamics of Productivity: Is the Devil in the Details?

Lucia Foster, U.S. Census Bureau
Cheryl Grim, U.S. Census Bureau
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Zoltan Wolf, U.S. Census Bureau