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

Why Don't Inventors Patent?

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