SI 2020 Economic Growth

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

July 9-10, 2020

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, July 9
11:00 am

European Immigrants and the United States' Rise to the Technological Frontier
Discussant: William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER
11:50 am
Break
11:55 am

The End of Economic Growth? Unintended Consequences of a Declining Population (slides)
Discussant: Matthias Doepke, Northwestern University
12:45 pm
Break
12:50 pm

Tapping into Talent: Coupling Education and Innovation Policies for Economic Growth
Discussant: Fabian Waldinger, University of Munich
1:40 pm
Break
2:20 pm

Misallocative Growth
Discussant: Harun Alp, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
3:10 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Accounting for Cross-Country Income Differences: New Evidence from Multinational Firms (slides)
Discussant: Todd Schoellman, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
4:05 pm
Break
4:10 pm

Achieving Scale Collectively (slides)
Discussant: Joseph P. Kaboski, University of Notre Dame and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 10
11:00 am

The Changing Economics of Knowledge Production
Discussant: Ellen McGrattan, University of Minnesota and NBER
11:50 am
Break
11:55 am

The Aggregate Importance of Intermediate Input Substitutability (slides)
Discussant: Ezra Oberfield, Cornell University and NBER
12:45 pm
Break
12:50 pm

Labor Substitutability among Schooling Groups
Discussant: Hannes Malmberg, University of Minnesota
1:40 pm
Break
2:20 pm

The Research University, Invention, and Industry: Evidence from German History
Discussant: Petra Moser, New York University and NBER
3:10 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Are Markups Too High? Competition, Strategic Innovation, and Industry Dynamics (slides)
Discussant: Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University and NBER
4:05 pm
Break
4:10 pm

Occupational Exposure to Capital Embodied Technical Change
Discussant: Matthias Kehrig, Duke University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn

FORMAT: 20 min presenter, 15 min discussant and 15 min Q&A.