The Rise of the Megafirm: Causes and Consequences for Labor and Product Markets
Kathryn L. Shaw and John Van Reenen, Organizers
October 19, 2018
Supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation
Cambridge, MA
| Thursday, October 18 | ||||
| 6:00 pm | Group Dinner - Bambara Restaurant at Hotel Marlowe (across the street from the Royal Sonesta Hotel) | |||
| Friday, October 19 | ||||
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FORMAT 25 mins presenter 10 mins discussant 10 mins open discussion |
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| 8:15 am | Shuttle Van Leaves Royal Sonesta Hotel for NBER | |||
| 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast | |||
| 9:00 am |
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER Increasing Differences between Firms: Market Power and the Macro-Economy |
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| 9:30 am |
Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University and NBER Fatih Guvenen, University of Minnesota and NBER Brian Lucking, Charles River Associates Benjamin S. Smith, University of California at Los Angeles Jae Song, Social Security Administration Till M. von Wachter, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER The Large Firm Pay Premium Redux
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| 10:15 am | Coffee Break | |||
| 10:30 am |
Robert E. Hall, Stanford University and NBER New Evidence on Market Power, Profit, Concentration, and the Role of Mega-Firms in the US Economy
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| 11:15 am |
Sharat Ganapati, Georgetown University and NBER The Modern Wholesaler: Global Sourcing, Domestic Distribution, and Scale Economies
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 pm |
José A. Azar, IESE Business School Ioana Marinescu, University of Pennsylvania and NBER Marshall I. Steinbaum, University of Utah Department of Economics Labor Market Concentration
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| 1:45 pm |
Xavier Gabaix, Harvard University and NBER Ralph Koijen, University of Chicago and NBER Granular Identification
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| 2:30 pm | Coffee Break | |||
| 2:45 pm |
Chinhui Juhn, University of Houston and NBER Kristin McCue, U.S. Census Bureau Brooks Pierce, Congressional Budget Office Kathryn L. Shaw, Stanford University and NBER The Use of Performance-Based Pay versus Wage Insurance within the Megafirm: Implications for the Within-Person Volatility of Income
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| 3:30 pm |
Ryan Decker, Federal Reserve Board John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER Ron S. Jarmin, U.S. Census Bureau Javier Miranda, Friedrich-Schiller University Changing Business Dynamism and Productivity: Shocks vs. Responsiveness
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| 4:15 pm | Adjourn | |||