Tuesday, July 18

8:30 am

Coffee and Pastries

Morning session is joint with the CRIW group

9:00 am

Older and Slower: The Startup Deficit's Lasting Effects on Aggregate Productivity Growth

Titan M. Alon, University of California, San Diego
David W. Berger, Duke University and NBER
Benjamin Pugsley, University of Notre Dame
Robert C. Dent, Nomura Securities

Discussant:
Steven J. Davis, Stanford University and NBER

9:45 am

Changing Business Dynamism and Productivity: Shocks vs. Responsiveness

(DISCUSSANT SLIDES)

Ryan Decker, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
Ron S. Jarmin, U.S. Census Bureau
Javier Miranda, Friedrich-Schiller University

Discussant:
Matthias Kehrig, Duke University and NBER

10:30 am

Break

11:00 am

Misallocation or Mismeasurement?

(AUTHOR SLIDES) (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)

Mark Bils, University of Rochester and NBER
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
Cian Ruane, Central Bank of Ireland

Discussant:
Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER

11:45 am

Measuring Cross-Country Differences in Misallocation

(AUTHOR SLIDES) (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)

Martin Rotemberg, New York University
Kirk White, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
Allan Collard-Wexler, Duke University and NBER

12:30 pm

Lunch

Macroeconomics and Productivity continues in Charles B

1:30 pm

Innovation and Trade Policy in a Globalized World

Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
Sina T. Ates, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Giammario Impullitti, University of Nottingham

Discussant:
Danial Lashkari, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

2:15 pm

Human Capital and Development Accounting Revisited

Hannes Malmberg, University of Minnesota-Madison

Discussant:
David N. Weil, Brown University and NBER

3:00 pm

Break

3:15 pm

The Macroeconomic Impact of Microeconomic Shocks: Beyond Hulten's Theorem

Emmanuel Farhi, Harvard University
David Baqaee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

Discussant:
Susanto Basu, Boston College and NBER

4:00 pm

Adjourn

5:15 pm

Reception at the Royal Sonesta Hotel (Grand Ballroom Foyer)