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
Giuseppe Berlingieri, ESSEC Business School and CEP
Maarten C. De Ridder, London School of Economics
Danial Lashkari, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Davide Rigo, London School of Economics

Growth Through Innovation Bursts
Discussant: Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Pablo Ottonello, University of Maryland and NBER
Thomas Winberry, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

Capital, Ideas, and the Costs of Financial Frictions
Discussant: Corina Boar, New York University and NBER
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am
Martin Beraja, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Francisco J. Buera, Washington University in St. Louis and NBER

The Life-Cycle of Concentrated Industries (slides)
Discussant: Boyan Jovanovic, New York University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Johannes Boehm, Sciences Po
Ezra Oberfield, Princeton University and NBER
Ruairidh T. South, Princeton University
Mazhar Waseem, University of Manchester

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
Julieta Caunedo, Cornell University
Lucia Casal, Cornell University

On the Investment Network and Development
Discussant: Christian vom Lehn, Brigham Young University
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Niklas Engbom, New York University and NBER
Tommaso Porzio, Columbia University and NBER
Hannes Malmberg, University of Minnesota-Madison
Todd Schoellman, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Federico Rossi, University of Warwick

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
Mohamad Adhami, Stanford University
Mark Bils, University of Rochester and NBER
Charles I. Jones, Stanford University and NBER
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER

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
Gaurav Chiplunkar, University of Virginia
Tatjana Kleineberg, The World Bank

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

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
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Yang Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Francesco Zanetti, University of Oxford

Technological Synergies, Heterogeneous Firms, and Idiosyncratic Volatility
Discussant: Stephen J. Terry, University of Michigan and NBER
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm
Gustavo De Souza, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Gabriel Garber, Central Bank of Brazil

R&D Subsidy and Import Substitution: Growing in the Shadow of Protection
Discussant: Isabela Manelici, London School of Economics
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Philippe Aghion, London School of Economics
Lint Barrage, ETH Zurich
David Hémous, University of Zurich
Ernest Liu, Princeton University and NBER

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