SI 2017 Macroeconomics and Productivity

Susanto Basu, Nicholas Bloom, and Chad Syverson, Organizers

July 18, 2017


Charles Room

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Tuesday, July 18
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning session is joint with the CRIW group
9:00 am

Older and Slower: The Startup Deficit's Lasting Effects on Aggregate Productivity Growth (AUTHOR SLIDES)
Discussant: Steven J. Davis, Stanford University and NBER
9:45 am

Changing Business Dynamism and Productivity: Shocks vs. Responsiveness (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Matthias Kehrig, Duke University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Misallocation or Mismeasurement? (AUTHOR SLIDES)  (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Chad Syverson, University of Chicago and NBER
11:45 am

Measuring Cross-Country Differences in Misallocation (AUTHOR SLIDES) (DISCUSSANT SLIDES)
Discussant: Allan Collard-Wexler, Duke University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
Macroeconomics and Productivity continues in Charles B
1:30 pm

Innovation and Trade Policy in a Globalized World
Discussant: Danial Lashkari, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
2:15 pm

Human Capital and Development Accounting Revisited
Discussant: David N. Weil, Brown University and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm

The Macroeconomic Impact of Microeconomic Shocks: Beyond Hulten's Theorem
Discussant: Susanto Basu, Boston College and NBER
4:00 pm
Adjourn
5:15 pm
Reception at the Royal Sonesta Hotel (Grand Ballroom Foyer)