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Entrepreneurship Working Group Meeting |
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Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar,
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December 2, 2011 |
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Feldstein Conference Room |
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1050 Massachusetts Avenue |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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PROGRAM |
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1: |
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6:00 pm |
Group
Dinner - Bambara Restaurant, 25 Edwin H. Land
Blvd., Cambridge (across the street from the Royal Sonesta
Hotel) |
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2: |
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8:30 am |
Shuttle Vans Depart from The Royal
Sonesta Hotel for the NBER |
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8:45 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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Entrepreneurs and opportunities |
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9:15 am |
Ola Bengtsson,
University of Illinois |
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Magnus Johannesson,
Stockholm School of Economics |
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Tino Sanandaji University of Chicago |
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Discussant: David Robinson, Duke University and NBER |
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10:00 am |
Konrad Burchardi,
London School of Economics |
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Tarek Hassan, University of Chicago
and NBER |
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The
Economic Impact of Social Ties: Evidence from German Reunification |
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Discussant: Erik Hilt, Wellesley University and
NBER |
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10:45 am |
Break |
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Obstacles to firm growth |
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11:00 am |
Luis Garicano, London School of Economics |
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Claire Lelarge, CREST Insee |
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John
Van Reenen, London School of
Economics and NBER |
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Firm
Size Distortions and the Productivity Distribution: Evidence from France |
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Discussant: Ariel Pakes,
Harvard University and NBER |
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11:45 am |
Lunch |
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12:45 pm |
Luis Cabral, New York University |
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Good Turnover and
Bad Turnover: Barriers to Business and Productivity |
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Discussant: Dimitris Papanikolaou, Northwestern University |
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1:30 pm |
Break |
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Venture capital performance |
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1:45 pm |
Thomas J. Chemmanur,
Boston College |
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Elena Loutskina, University of Virginaia |
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Xuan Tian,
Indiana University |
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Discussant: Thomas Hellman,
University of British Columbia and NBER |
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2:30 pm |
Deepak Hegde,
New York University |
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Justin Tumlinson,
University of Munich |
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Can Birds of a Feather Fly
Together? Evidence For the Economic Payoffs of Ethnic Homophily
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Discussant: Lauren Cohen, Harvard University |
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3:30 pm |
Adjourn |
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11/1/11 |
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