National
Bureau of Economic Research |
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Conference on Research in Income and Wealth: |
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Ernst
R. Berndt and Charles M. Hulten, Organizers |
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HARD-TO-MEASURE GOODS AND SERVICES: ESSAYS IN MEMORY OF ZVI GRILICHES September
19-20, 2003 Hyatt Regency Bethesda One Bethesda Metro Center Bethesda MD 20814 |
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Preliminary Program |
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Friday September 19, 2003 |
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8:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:30 a.m. |
Welcome and Opening Remarks by |
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Jacques Mairesse, ENSAE and NBER |
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Ernst R. Berndt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and NBER |
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9:00 a.m. |
Session I: Zvi Griliches and Economic Measurement |
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CHAIR: Jacques
Mairesse, ENSAE |
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On the Theory and Political Economy of Data: |
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An Essay in Memory of Zvi Griliches |
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Charles R. Hulten, University of Maryland and NBER |
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9:30 a.m. |
Session II: Output Measurement in the Service Sectors |
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CHAIR: Thomas
L. Mesenbourg, Bureau of the Census |
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Services Productivity in the United States: Griliches' Services Volume Revisited |
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Barry Bosworth and Jack E. Triplett, Brookings
Institution |
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Jonathan S. Skinner and Douglas L. Staiger, Dartmouth College
and NBER |
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DISCUSSANT:
Martin Baily, Institute for International Economics |
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11:00 a.m. |
Break |
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11:15 a.m. |
Session III: Issues in the Measurement of Capital |
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CHAIR: Frank
Wykoff, Pomona College |
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Valerie Ramey, University of California, San Diego and
NBER |
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Matthew Shapiro, University of Michigan and NBER |
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Michael Geske, University of Michigan |
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Michael J. Harper, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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Discussant: Dan
Sichel, Federal Reserve Board |
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12:45 p.m. |
Luncheon |
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SPEAKER, Jack E. Triplett, Brookings Institution |
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"Zvi Griliches' Contributions to Economic Measurement" |
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2:00 p.m. |
Session IV: Issues in Data Development:
Consistent Accounting |
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CHAIR: J. Steven Landefeld, Bureau of Economic
Analysis |
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Dale W. Jorgenson, Harvard University |
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Eric J. Bartelsman, Free University of Amsterdam |
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J. Joseph Beaulieu, Federal Reserve Board |
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Discussant:
Barbara Fraumeni, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
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3:30 p.m. |
Break |
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3:45 p.m. |
Session V: Issues in the Measurement Labor Inputs |
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CHAIR: Dan
Hamermesh, University of Texas at Austin and NBER |
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Judith Hellerstein,
University of Maryland and NBER |
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David Neumark, Public Policy Institute of California and NBER |
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Where Does the Time Go?: Concepts and Measurement in
the American Time-Use Survey |
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Harley Frazis, Bureau of Labor
Statistics |
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Jay Stewart, Bureau of Labor
Statistics |
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Discussant:
John Abowd, Cornell University and NBER |
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5:15 p.m. |
CRIW MEMBERSHIP MEETING (5:15-6:00) |
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6:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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Saturday, September 20 |
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8:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 a.m. |
Session VI: New Developments in Price Measurement |
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CHAIR: Timothy
Bresnahan, Stanford University and
NBER |
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On Hedonic Quality Adjustments, the Stability of
Hedonic Coefficients |
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Saeed Heravi and Mick Silver, Cardiff University |
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A Century of Housing Shelter Prices: How Big
is the CPI Bias? |
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Robert J. Gordon, Northwestern University and NBER |
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(joint with Todd vanGoethem) |
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Price Indexes for Microsofts Personal Computer
Software Products |
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Jaison R. Abel, Analysis Group |
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Ernst R. Berndt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
and NBER |
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Alan G. White, Analysis Group |
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Discussant:
David Johnson, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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11:00 a.m. |
Break |
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11:15 a.m. |
Session VII: Issues in Data Development: Measurement Error |
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CHAIR: Katherine Abraham, University of Maryland
and NBER |
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Robert C. Feenstra, University of California, Davis and
NBER |
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Marshall B. Reinsdorf, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
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Orazio Attanasio, University College London and Institute
for Fiscal Studies |
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Erich Battistin, Institute for Fiscal Studies |
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Hide Ichimura, University College London and Cemmap |
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Discussant:
Angus Deaton, Princeton University |
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12:45 p.m. |
Luncheon |
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2:00 p.m. |
Session VIII: Measurement Problems in the "New
Economy" |
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CHAIR: Carol
Corrado, Federal Reserve Board |
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The Role of Semiconductor Inputs in IT Hardware
Price Decline: |
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Ana Aizcorbe, Federal Reserve Board |
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Kenneth Flamm and Anjum Khurshid, University of Texas at
Austin |
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Price Indices for Integrated Service Providers
during the 1990s |
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Shane Greenstein, Northwestern University and NBER |
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Greg Stranger, Boston Consulting Group |
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Computer Networks and U.S. Manufacturing Plant
Productivity: |
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The Impact of Computer Investment and Computer Network Use on Productivity |
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B. K. Atrostic and San V. Nguyen, U.S. Census Bureau |
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Discussant: Mark Roberts, Pennsylvania State University
and NBER |
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4:00 p.m. |
Break |
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4:15 p.m. |
Session IX: Panel Discussion on Zvi Griliches Remembered |
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CHAIR: Ernst
Berndt, M.I.T. and NBER |
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PANEL: Timothy
Bresnahan, Stanford University and
NBER |
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Robert J. Gordon, Northwestern University and NBER |
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Dan
Hamermesh, University of Texas at Austin and NBER |
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Judith Hellerstein,
University of Maryland and NBER |
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Walter Oi, University of Rochester and NBER |
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5:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |