NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2010

Productivity Potpourri

Ernst R. Berndt, Organizer

July 22, 2010

NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY, JULY 21:
6:00 pm		Clambake, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
THURSDAY, JULY 22:
7:45 am	Shuttle buses from the Royal Sonesta to the NBER
8:00 am	Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am	JINYOUNG KIM, Harvard University
	GERARD R. MARSCHKE, Harvard University and NBER
	Teams in R&D: Evidence from Inventor Data
	Discussant: PIERRE AZOULAY, MIT and NBER
9:30 am	Break
9:45 am	NICHOLAS BLOOM, Stanford University and NBER
	BENN EIFERT, UC, Berkeley
	APRAJIT MAHAJAN and JOHN ROBERTS, Stanford University
	DAVID MCKENZIE, World Bank
	Does Management Matter? Evidence from India
	Discussant: SUSANTO BASU, Boston College and NBER
10:45 am	Break
11:00 am	ORIANA BANDIERA, London School of Economics
	LUIGI GUISO, European University Institute
	ANDREA PRAT, London School of Economics
	RAFFAELLA SADUN, Harvard University
	Matching Firms, Managers and Incentives
	Discussant: SCOTT STERN, MIT and NBER
12:00 pm	Lunch
1:15 pm	JEREMIAH DITTMAR, American University
	Information Technology and Economic Change: The Impact of the Printing Press
	Discussant: NICHOLAS ZIEBARTH, Northwestern University
2:15 pm	Break
2:30 pm	LYNNE ZUCKER and MICHAEL DARBY, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
	Movement of Star Scientists and Engineers and High-Tech Firm Entry
	Discussant: WESLEY COHEN, Duke University and NBER
3:30 pm	Break
3:45 pm	FUMIKO HAYASHI and ZHU WANG, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
	Product Innovation and Network Survival in the U.S. ATM and Debit Card Industry
	Discussant: TIM SIMCOE, Boston University
4:40 pm	Adjourn
4:45 pm	Shuttle buses to the Royal Sonesta