M E M O R A N D U M

TO:       Researchers in Productivity and Technical Change
FROM:     Lee Branstetter
DATE:     February 5, 2001
RE:       Summer Institute 2001 Call for Papers

As part of the NBER Summer Institute's "Productivity" workshop, we are holding a
session on international technology diffusion as well as a session focusing on NBER-
sponsored studies with the U.S. Advanced Technology Program and NBER studies
conducted under the aegis of the NBER Program on Industrial Technology and
Productivity, funded by the Sloan Foundation.  These sessions will take place on 
July 24, 2001 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Recently, a number of researchers in the fields of international trade and investment have
been studying international technology diffusion, using micro-level data and increasingly
sophisticated empirical methodologies similar to those found in the recent productivity
literature.  The morning session on July 24 will seek to present some of the best recent
work on international technology diffusion as a way of fostering dialogue between the
traditional "productivity" research community and international economists with similar
interests.  

The afternoon session will feature papers generated by research projects supported
through the NBER-ATP Research Program and the NBER Project and Industrial Science and
Technology.  However, this session is not limited solely to papers sponsored through
these programs.  Because a range of topics will covered in this session, we also welcome
submissions from affiliates of the Productivity Program whose paper topics do not fit with
the themes of the other sessions in the Summer Institute workshop.  

If you have a paper you would like to present in either session, please send it or an
abstract to:

Lee Branstetter
Department of Economics
One Shields Avenue
University of California
Davis, CA  95616
TEL 530-752-3033
FAX 530-752-9382
branstet@ucdavis.edu

Submissions must be received by March 15, 2001.  Electronic submissions must be in
PDF or Microsoft Word format.  Unfortunately, space is limited at the Summer Institute
and thus it will not be possible to invite everyone who receives this call for papers. 
Invited participants will receive logistical information at the beginning of April.

If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact Rob in the NBER
conference department, 617/868-3900 phone, 617/864-1825 fax, or e-mail to
confer@nber.org.