SI 2019 Economic Growth
Organized by Ufuk Akcigit, Francisco J. Buera, and David Lagakos
Supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
July 11-12, 2019
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
Wednesday, July 10
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 11
8:30 am
Coffee & Pastries
9:00 am

Uneven Growth: Automation's Impact on Income and Wealth Inequality

Benjamin Moll, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Lukasz Rachel, University College London
Pascual Restrepo, Yale University and NBER

Discussant:
David Hémous, University of Zurich
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Demand-Driven Labor Market Polarization

Diego A. Comin, Dartmouth College and NBER
Martí Mestieri, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Ana Danieli, Northwestern University

Discussant:
Richard Rogerson, Princeton University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

The Life-Cycle Growth of Plants: The Role of Productivity, Demand and Wedges

Marcela Eslava, Universidad de los Andes
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER

Discussant:
Venky Venkateswaran, New York University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Immigration, Innovation, and Growth

Konrad B. Burchardi, IIES, Stockholm University
Thomas Chaney, University of Southern California
Tarek Alexander Hassan, Boston University and NBER
Lisa Tarquinio, Western University
Stephen J. Terry, University of Michigan and NBER

Discussant:
William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

The Nature of Firm Growth (slides)

Benjamin Pugsley, University of Notre Dame
Petr Sedlacek, University of Oxford
Vincent Sterk, University College London

Discussant:
Costas Arkolakis, Yale University and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Taxing Top Incomes in a World of Ideas (slides)

Charles I. Jones, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 12
8:30 am
Coffee & Pastries
9:00 am

Patents to Products: Innovation and Firm Performance

David O. Argente, Yale University and NBER
Salomé Baslandze, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Douglas Hanley, University of Pittsburgh
Sara Moreira, Northwestern University and NBER

Discussant:
Jesse Perla, University of British Columbia
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

The Economic Origins of Modern Science: Technology, Institutions, and Markets

Jeremiah Dittmar, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Discussant:
Valerie A. Ramey, Stanford University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

The Macroeconomics of Intensive Agriculture

Timo Boppart, IIES, Stockholm University
Patrick Kiernan, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Per Krusell, Stockholm University and NBER
Hannes Malmberg, University of Minnesota-Madison

Discussant:
Julieta Caunedo, Cornell University
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

A Growth Model of the Data Economy

Maryam Farboodi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Laura Veldkamp, Columbia University and NBER

Discussant:
Christopher Tonetti, Stanford University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

A Theory of Falling Growth and Rising Rents

Philippe Aghion, Collège de France
Antonin Bergeaud, HEC Paris
Timo Boppart, IIES, Stockholm University
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
Huiyu Li, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Discussant:
Sina T. Ates, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Estimating Who Benefits From Productivity Growth: Direct and Indirect Effects of City Manufacturing TFP Growth on Wages, Rents, and Inequality

Richard Hornbeck, University of Chicago and NBER
Enrico Moretti, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Lorenzo Caliendo, Yale University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Friday, February 19
2:30 pm

A Theory of Falling Growth and Rising Rents (slides)

Philippe Aghion, Collège de France
Antonin Bergeaud, HEC Paris
Timo Boppart, IIES, Stockholm University
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
Huiyu Li, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco