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July 15, 2014
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8:30 am
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Coffee and Pastries
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9:00 am
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Nezih Guner, Universitat Autonoma de
Barcelona
Gustavo Ventura, Arizona State University
Managers and Productivity Differences
Discussant: Francisco J. Buera, Federal Reserve
Bank of Chicago and NBER
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9:45 am
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Dominick Bartelme, University of California at
Berkeley
Yuriy Gorodnichenko,
University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Linkages
and Economic Development
Discussant: Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University
and NBER
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10:30 am
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Break
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11:00 am
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Vasco M. Carvalho, CREI
Nico Voigtlaender,
University of California at Los Angeles and NBER
Input
Diffusion and the Evolution of Production Networks
Discussant: Ezra Oberfield, Princeton University
and NBER
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11:45 am
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Ana Cecilia Fieler, University of Pennsylvania and
NBER
Marcela Eslava, Universidad de los Andes
Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER
Trade,
Skills, and Quality Upgrading: A Theory with Evidence from Colombia
Discussant: Joaquin Blaum, Brown University
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12:30 pm
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Lunch
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Joint
session with CRIW
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1:30
pm
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Ruediger
Bachmann, Goethe University Frankfurt
Steffen Elstner, IFO Institute
Surprise, Surprise - Measuring Firm-level
Investment Innovations
Discussant: Michael F. Bryan, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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2:15 pm
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Christian Fons-Rosen, Universitat
Pompeu Fabra
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan,
University of Maryland and NBER
Bent Sorensen, University of Houston
Carolina Villegas-Sanchez, ESADE-Universitat Ramon Llull
Vadym Volosovych, Erasmus
University Rotterdam
Foreign
Ownership, Selection, and Productivity
Discussant: John Van Reenen, London School of
Economics and NBER
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3:00 pm
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Break
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3:15 pm
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Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER
Enrico Moretti,
University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Growth in Cities and Countries
Discussant: Daniel K. Fetter, Wellesley College and NBER
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4:00 pm
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Adjourn
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5:15 pm
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Reception – Grand Ballroom B
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