SI 2015 Macroeconomics and Productivity

Susanto Basu, Chang-Tai Hsieh, Christopher Woodruff, Nicholas Bloom, and Chad Syverson, Organizers

July 14, 2015

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, April 17
4:00 pm
Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago and NBER
William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER

Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration
Tuesday, July 14
9:00 am
9:45 am
9:45 am
Harald Fadinger, University of Vienna
Christian Ghiglino, University of Essex
Mariya Teteryatnikova, University of Vienna

Productivity, Networks and Input-Output Structure
11:00 am
Diego A. Comin, Dartmouth College and NBER

Endogenous Technological Change and the Great Recession
11:45 am
Fatih Karahan, Amazon
Benjamin Pugsley, University of Notre Dame
Aysegul Sahin, Princeton University and NBER

Understanding the 30 year Decline in Business Dynamism: a General Equilibrium Approach
1:30 pm
1:30 pm
Gita Gopinath, International Monetary Fund
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Brown University and NBER
Loukas Karabarbounis, University of Minnesota and NBER
Carolina Villegas-Sanchez, ESADE Business School

Capital Allocation and Productivity in South Europe
2:15 pm
Colin J. Hottman, Federal Reserve Board
Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER
David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER

What is ’Firm Heterogeneity’ in Trade Models? The Role of Quality, Scope, Markups, and Cost
3:15 pm
Lucia Foster, U.S. Census Bureau
Cheryl Grim, U.S. Census Bureau
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
Zoltan Wolf, U.S. Census Bureau

Macro and Micro Dynamics of Productivity: Is the Devil in the Details?