SI 2018 Economic Growth

Ufuk Akcigit, Francisco J. Buera, and David Lagakos, Organizers

July 13, 2018


Skyline Room

Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, July 13
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Oded Galor, Brown University and NBER
Raphaël Franck, Hebrew University

Flowers of Evil? Industrialization and Long Run Developmet
Discussant: Francesco Caselli, London School of Economics
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Gregor Jarosch, Duke University and NBER
Ezra Oberfield, Cornell University and NBER
Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, University of Chicago and NBER

Learning from Coworkers
Discussant: Hugo Hopenhayn, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am
Kevin Donovan, Yale University and NBER
Jianyu Lu, Central Bank of Chile
Todd Schoellman, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Labor Market Flows and Development
Discussant: Tommaso Porzio, Columbia University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
David O. Argente, Yale University and NBER
Munseob Lee, University of California, San Diego
Sara Moreira, Northwestern University and NBER

How do Firms Grow? The Life Cycle of Products Matters
Discussant: John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm
Charles I. Jones, Stanford University and NBER
Christopher Tonetti, Stanford University and NBER

Nonrivalry and the Economics of Data
Discussant: Laura Veldkamp, Columbia University and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm
David Baqaee, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Emmanuel Farhi, Harvard University

Productivity and Misallocation in General Equilibrium
Discussant: Susanto Basu, Boston College and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Group Dinner - Ballroom B