SI 2021 Economic Growth

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

July 15-16, 2021

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, July 15
11:00 am

Customers and Retail Growth
Discussant: Emek Basker, U.S. Census Bureau
11:50 am
Break
11:55 am

‘You Will:’ A Macroeconomic Analysis of Digital Advertising
Discussant: Laura Veldkamp, Columbia University and NBER
12:45 pm
Break
12:50 pm

Can Directed Innovation Mitigate Climate Damage? Evidence from US Agriculture
Discussant: Dávid Krisztián Nagy, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI)
1:40 pm
Break
2:20 pm

The Missing Middle Managers: Labor Costs, Firm Structure, and Development
Discussant: Francesco Caselli, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
3:10 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Global Innovation Spillovers and Productivity: Evidence from 100 years of World Patent Data
Discussant: Bart Hobijn, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
4:05 pm
Break
4:10 pm

The Diffusion of Disruptive Technologies
Discussant: Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 16
11:00 am

Service-Led or Service-Biased Growth? Equilibrium Development Accounting across Indian Districts
Discussant: Klaus Desmet, Southern Methodist University and NBER
11:50 am
Break
11:55 am

Concrete Thinking about Development
Discussant: Tommaso Porzio, Columbia University and NBER
12:45 pm
Break
12:50 pm

Dispersion in Financing Costs and Development
Discussant: Ṣebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Brown University and NBER
1:40 pm
Break
2:20 pm

The S-curve: Understanding the Dynamics of Worldwide Financial Liberalization
Discussant: William Easterly, New York University and NBER
3:10 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Scalable Expertise
Discussant: Samuel S. Kortum, Yale University
4:05 pm
Break
4:10 pm

Bottlenecks: Sectoral Imbalances and the US Productivity Slowdown
Discussant: Hugo Hopenhayn, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn