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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2012

Economic Growth Workshop

Chad Jones and Pete Klenow, Organizers

July 13, 2012

Royal Sonesta Hotel
40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard
Cambridge, Massachusetts

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

FRIDAY, JULY 13:

8:30 am
Coffee and pastries



9:00 am

David Lagakos, Arizona State University
Benjamin Moll, Princeton University
Nancy Qian, Yale University and NBER
Experience Matters: Human Capital and Development Accounting

Discussant:  TBA
10:00 am
Break

10:15 am

Natalia Ramondo, Arizona State University
Andres Rodriguez-Clare, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Milagro Saborio-Rodriguez, Penn State University
Increasing Returns and Economic Prosperity: How Can Size Not Matter?

Discussant:  TBA

11:15 am

Michael Peters, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Heterogeneous Mark-Ups and Endogenous Misallocation

Discussant:  TBA
12:15 pm
Lunch

1:15 pm

Nir Jaimovich, Duke University and NBER
Sergio Rebelo, Northwestern University and NBER
Don't Cross the Line: Non-Linear Effects of Taxation on Growth
Discussant:  Emmanuel Farhi, Harvard University and NBER
2:15 pm
Break

2:30 pm

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Ufuk Akcigit, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University and NBER
William R. Kerr, Harvard University and NBER
Innovation, Reallocation and Growth

Discussant:  TBA

3:30 pm
 
Richard Hornbeck, Harvard University and NBER
Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER
When the Levee Breaks: Labor Mobility and Economic Development in the American South

Discussant:  Hoyt Bleakley, University of Chicago and NBER

4:30 pm
Adjourn

6:30 pm

Reception and Dinner for the Economic Fluctuations and Growth Research Meeting