NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008

Economic Growth Workshop

Charles Jones and Pete Klenow, Organizers

July 11, 2008

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Skyline Rooms

40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, JULY 11:
8:30 am	Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am	THOMAS HOLMES, University of Minnesota and NBER
	DAVID LEVINE, Washington University and NBER
	JAMES SCHMITZ, JR., Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
	Monopoly and the Incentive to Innovate When Adoption Involves Switchover Disruptions
	Discussant: KLAUS DESMET, Universidad Carlos III
10:00 am	Break
10:15 am	DIEGO RESTUCCIA, University of Toronto
	GUILLAUME VANDENBROUCKE, University of Southern California
	The Evolution of Education: A Macroeconomic Analysis
	Discussant: LAWRENCE KATZ, Harvard University and NBER
11:15 am	BETSEY STEVENSON and JUSTIN WOLFERS, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
	Economic Growth and Subjective Well-Being: Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox
	Discussant: DAVID LAIBSON, Harvard University and NBER
12:15 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	BENJAMIN JONES, Northwestern University and NBER
	The Knowledge Trap: Human Capital and Development Reconsidered
	Discussant: MARK BILS, University of Rochester and NBER
2:15 pm	Break
2:30 pm	NATALIA RAMONDO, University of Texas
	ANDRES RODRIGUEZ-CLARE, Pennsylvania State University
	The Gains from Openness: Trade, Multinational Production, and Diffusion
	Discussant: ELLEN MCGRATTAN, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and NBER
3:30 pm	THOMAS ANDERSEN, JEANET BENTZEN, CARL-JOHAN DALGAARD and
	PABLO SELAYA, University of Copenhagen
	On the Impact of Digital Technologies on Corruption: Evidence from U.S. States and Across Countries
	Discussant: BENJAMIN OLKEN, MIT and NBER
4:30 pm	Adjourn
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