SI 2024 Economic Growth

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

July 15-16, 2024

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

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 15
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Growth Through Innovation Bursts
Discussant: Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Capital, Ideas, and the Costs of Financial Frictions
Discussant: Corina Boar, New York University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

The Life-Cycle of Concentrated Industries (slides)
Discussant: Boyan Jovanovic, New York University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

The Network Origins of Firm Dynamics: Contracting Frictions and Dynamism with Long-Term Relationships
Discussant: Conor Walsh, Columbia University
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

On the Investment Network and Development
Discussant: Christian vom Lehn, Brigham Young University
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Economic Development According to Chandler
Discussant: Michael Peters, Yale University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 16
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Population and Welfare: The Greatest Good for the Greatest Number
Discussant: David N. Weil, Brown University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am

Gender Barriers, Structural Transformation, and Economic Development
Discussant: Claudia Olivetti, Dartmouth College and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am

Job Search in Developing Countries: Crowd-In and Crowd-Out Externalities
Discussant: Alessandra Peter, New York University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Technological Synergies, Heterogeneous Firms, and Idiosyncratic Volatility
Discussant: Stephen J. Terry, University of Michigan and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm

R&D Subsidy and Import Substitution: Growing in the Shadow of Protection
Discussant: Isabela Manelici, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Transition to Green Technology along the Supply Chain
Discussant: Eric Donald, University of Pittsburgh
5:00 pm
Adjourn