Megafirms and the Economy

Chad Syverson and John Van Reenen, Organizers

May 23-24, 2023

FORMAT: 30 minutes for the presenter, 15 minutes for Q&A.

Tuesday, May 23
8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 am	Welcome and Short Presentation by John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER
9:30 am	Global Sourcing and Multinational Activity: A Unified Approach
10:15 am	Break
10:30 am	The Decline of Labor Share and New Technology Diffusion: Implications for Markups and Monopsony Power
11:15 am	Job Transitions and Employee Earnings After Acquisitions: Linking Corporate and Worker Outcomes
12:00 pm	Break
12:15 pm	Keynote on Antitrust Enforcement by Nancy Rose, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
1:00 pm	Lunch - ArtBar Patio
2:00 pm	Mega Firms and Recent Trends in the U.S. Innovation: Empirical Evidence from the U.S. Patent Data
2:45 pm	Patents to Products: Product Innovation and Firm Dynamics
3:30 pm	Break
3:45 pm	Market Power and Political Connections
4:30 pm	Sanctions and Misallocation: How Sanctioned Firms Won and Russia Lost
5:15 pm	Adjourn
6:30 pm	Group Dinner at Bambara (across the street from the Royal Sonesta)
Wednesday, May 24
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	Big Tech Acquisitions
9:15 am	The Savings of Corporate Giants
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	Pay, Productivity and Management
11:00 am	Information and Communication Technology and Firm Geographic Expansion
11:45 am	Break
12:00 pm	A Macroeconomic Perspective on Taxing Multinational Enterprises
12:45 pm	Adjourn and Lunch - ArtBar Patio