SI 2022 Macroeconomics and Productivity
Organized by Susanto Basu, Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, and Chad Syverson
July 19, 2022
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us
Room: Charles Room
Tuesday, July 19
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning Session joint with CRIW
9:00 am

Technology, Vintage-Specific Human Capital, and Labor Displacement: Evidence from Linking Patents with Occupations

Leonid Kogan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Dimitris Papanikolaou, Northwestern University and NBER
Lawrence Schmidt, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Bryan Seegmiller, Northwestern University

Discussant:
Stephen Hansen, University College London
9:40 am

Robot Adoption, Organizational Capital, and the Productivity Paradox

Rodimiro Rodrigo, The George Washington University

Discussant:
Daniela Scur, Monash University
10:20 am
Break
10:40 am

Inappropriate Technology: Evidence from Global Agriculture

Jacob Moscona, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Karthik Sastry, Princeton University and NBER

Discussant:
Laura E. Boudreau, Columbia University and NBER
11:20 am

Good Rents versus Bad Rents: R&D Misallocation and Growth (slides)

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

Discussant:
Maarten De Ridder, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
12:00 pm
Lunch - Macroeconomics and Productivity continues in Charles B after lunch
1:20 pm

Foreign Demand Shocks to Production Networks: Firm Responses and Worker Impacts

Emmanuel Dhyne, National Bank of Belgium
Ken Kikkawa, University of British Columbia and NBER
Toshiaki Komatsu, National Taiwan University
Magne Mogstad, The University of Chicago and NBER
Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER

Discussant:
Nicola Pierri, International Monetary Fund
2:00 pm

How do Entrants Build Market Share? The Role of Demand Frictions (slides)

David Argente, Yale University and NBER
Doireann Fitzgerald, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Sara Moreira, Northwestern University and NBER
Anthony S. Priolo, Lancaster University

Discussant:
Gideon Bornstein, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
2:40 pm
Break
3:00 pm

The Plant-Level View of an Industrial Policy: The Korean Heavy Industry Drive of 1973

Minho Kim, Korea Development Institute (KDI)
Munseob Lee, University of California, San Diego
Yongseok Shin, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER

Discussant:
Kei-Mu Yi, University of Houston and NBER
3:40 pm
Adjourn