Ernst Berndt, Organizer
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6:
6:00 PM Dinner
Restaurant Dante
(Royal Sonesta Hotel)
40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard
Cambridge, MA
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7:
7:45 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue
8:15 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue
8:15 AM Continental Breakfast
8:45 AM TIMOTHY BRESNAHAN, Stanford University and NBER
SHANE GREENSTEIN, Northwestern University and NBER
REBECCA HENDERSON, MIT and NBER
Making Waves: The Interplay between Market Incentives and Organizational Capabilities in the Evolution of Industries
Discussant: BOYAN JOVANOVIC, New York University and NBER
9:45 AM Break
10:00 AM NICK BLOOM, Stanford University and NBER
RAFFAELLA SADUN, London School of Economics
JOHN VAN REENEN, London School of Economics and NBER
Measuring and Explaining Firm Organization Across Firms and Countries
Discussant: ROBERT GIBBONS, MIT and NBER
11:00 AM Break
11:15 AM IAN DEW-BECKER, Harvard University
ROBERT J. GORDON, Northwestern University and NBER
The Role of Labour-Market Changes in the Slowdown of European Productivity Growth
Discussant: NICK BLOOM, Stanford University and NBER
12:15 PM Lunch
1:15 PM PETRA MOSER, Stanford University and NBER
Discussant: F. MICHAEL SCHERER, Harvard University
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM ANA AIZCORBE and NICOLE NESTORIAK, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Changes in Treatment Intensity, Treatment Substitution and Price Indexes for Health Care Services
Discussant: ERNST R. BERNDT, MIT and NBER
3:30 PM Adjourn
12/4/07