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NATIONAL BUREAU OF
ECONOMIC RESEARCH |
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Cities and
Entrepreneurship Conference |
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Edward Glaeser, Stuart
Rosenthal and William Strange, Organizers |
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May 1 and 2, 2009 |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAM |
Thursday, April 30 |
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7:00 pm |
Reception, Royal Sonesta
Hotel |
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Friday, May 1 |
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7:45 8:15 |
Breakfast |
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8:15 8:30 |
Opening Remarks, Robert
Strom, |
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8:30 9:30 |
AJAY AGRAWAL, |
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IAIN COCKBURN, |
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CARLOS ROSELL, Deptartment
of |
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Discussant 1: DAVID
AUDRETSCH, Indiana Univ./Max Planck Institute |
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Discussant 2: RON |
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9:30 10:30 |
WILLIAM KERR, |
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How Important Is Local Innovation for Entrepreneurship?
An Assessment through US Scientific Immigration |
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Discussant 1: MEGAN
MacGARVIE, |
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Discussant 2: AJAY AGRAWAL,
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10:30 10:45 |
Break |
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10:45 11:45 |
PAUL GOMPERS, |
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ANNA KOVNER, Federal
Reserve Bank of |
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JOSH LERNER, |
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HENRY CHEN, Harvard
University |
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Buy Local?
The Geography of Successful and Unsuccessful Venture Capital Expansion |
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Discussant 1: SUE HELPER, |
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Discussant 2: OLAV
SORENSON, |
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11:45 1:15 |
Lunch |
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1:15 2:15 |
JED KOLKO, PPIC |
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DAVID NEUMARK, UC, |
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Discussant 1: DAN BLACK, |
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Discussant 2: MARK DOMS, Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
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2:15 3:15 |
MICHAEL DAHL, |
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OLAV SORENSON, |
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Discussant 1: ALBERT SAIZ, |
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Discussant 2: IAIN
COCKBURN, |
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3:15 3:30 |
Break |
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3:30 4:30 |
MARK DOMS, Federal Reserve
Bank of |
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ETHAN LEWIS, |
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ALICIA ROBB, UC, |
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Local Labor Market
Endowments, New Business Characteristics, and Performance |
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Discussant 1: KEVIN LANG, |
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Discussant 2: JED KOLKO,
PPIC |
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6:30 pm |
Dinner at Legal Seafood, 5 |
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Saturday, May 2 |
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8:00 8:30 |
Breakfast |
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8:30 9:30 |
EDWARD GLAESER, |
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GIACOMO PONZETTO, |
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WILLIAM KERR, |
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Geographic Amenities and the Agglomeration of
Innovation Entrepreneurship |
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Discussant 1: ZOLTAN ACS, |
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Discussant 2: WILLIAM
STRANGE, |
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9:30 10:30 |
STEVEN KLEPPER, |
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The Origin and Growth of
Industry Clusters: The Making of Silicon Valley and Detroit |
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Discussant 1: ROBERT MARGO,
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Discussant 2: STUART
ROSENTHAL, |
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10:30 10:45 |
Break |
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10:45 - 11:45 |
JOHN HALTIWANGER, |
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RON |
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C.J. |
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Discussant 1: JAMES
REBITZER, |
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Discussant 2: DAVID
NEUMARK, UC, |
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11:45 12:45 |
AMANDA ROSS, |
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STUART ROSENTHAL, |
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Discussant 1: JONAH
ROCKOFF, |
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Discussant 2: DAN BLACK, |
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12:45 |
Lunch and adjourn |