SI 2019 Economic Growth

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

July 11-12, 2019

University Room

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

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, July 10
6:00 pm
Clambake at the Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, July 11
8:30 am
Coffee & Pastries
9:00 am

Uneven Growth: Automation's Impact on Income and Wealth Inequality
Discussant: David Hémous, University of Zurich
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Demand-Driven Labor Market Polarization
Discussant: Richard Rogerson, Princeton University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

The Life-Cycle Growth of Plants: The Role of Productivity, Demand and Wedges
Discussant: Venky Venkateswaran, New York University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Immigration, Innovation, and Growth
Discussant: William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

The Nature of Firm Growth (slides)
Discussant: Costas Arkolakis, Yale University and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Taxing Top Incomes in a World of Ideas (slides)
Discussant: Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 12
8:30 am
Coffee & Pastries
9:00 am

Patents to Products: Innovation and Firm Performance
Discussant: Jesse Perla, University of British Columbia
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

The Economic Origins of Modern Science: Technology, Institutions, and Markets
Discussant: Valerie A. Ramey, Stanford University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

The Macroeconomics of Intensive Agriculture
Discussant: Julieta Caunedo, Cornell University
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

A Growth Model of the Data Economy
Discussant: Christopher Tonetti, Stanford University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

A Theory of Falling Growth and Rising Rents
Discussant: Sina T. Ates, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Estimating Who Benefits From Productivity Growth: Direct and Indirect Effects of City Manufacturing TFP Growth on Wages, Rents, and Inequality
Discussant: Lorenzo Caliendo, Yale University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Friday, February 19
2:30 pm

A Theory of Falling Growth and Rising Rents (slides)