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
Benjamin Moll, London School of Economics
Lukasz Rachel, University College London
Pascual Restrepo, Yale University and NBER

Uneven Growth: Automation's Impact on Income and Wealth Inequality
Discussant: David Hémous, University of Zurich
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Diego A. Comin, Dartmouth College and NBER
Martí Mestieri, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Ana Danieli, Northwestern University

Demand-Driven Labor Market Polarization
Discussant: Richard Rogerson, Princeton University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am
Marcela Eslava, Universidad de los Andes
John C. Haltiwanger, University of Maryland and NBER

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
Konrad B. Burchardi, IIES, Stockholm University
Thomas Chaney, University of Southern California
Tarek Alexander Hassan, Boston University and NBER
Lisa Tarquinio, University of Western Ontario
Stephen J. Terry, University of Michigan and NBER

Immigration, Innovation, and Growth
Discussant: William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm
Benjamin Pugsley, University of Notre Dame
Petr Sedlacek, University of Oxford
Vincent Sterk, University College London

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

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
David O. Argente, Yale University and NBER
Salomé Baslandze, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Douglas Hanley, University of Pittsburgh
Sara Moreira, Northwestern University and NBER

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

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
Timo Boppart, IIES, Stockholm University
Patrick Kiernan, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Per Krusell, Stockholm University and NBER
Hannes Malmberg, University of Minnesota-Madison

The Macroeconomics of Intensive Agriculture
Discussant: Julieta Caunedo, Cornell University
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Maryam Farboodi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Laura Veldkamp, Columbia University and NBER

A Growth Model of the Data Economy
Discussant: Christopher Tonetti, Stanford University and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm
Philippe Aghion, London School of Economics
Antonin Bergeaud, HEC Paris
Timo Boppart, IIES, Stockholm University
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
Huiyu Li, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

A Theory of Falling Growth and Rising Rents
Discussant: Sina T. Ates, Federal Reserve Board
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Richard Hornbeck, University of Chicago and NBER
Enrico Moretti, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

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
Philippe Aghion, London School of Economics
Antonin Bergeaud, HEC Paris
Timo Boppart, IIES, Stockholm University
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
Huiyu Li, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

A Theory of Falling Growth and Rising Rents (slides)