Subject: NBER Summer Institute 2005, Productivity Workshops, Call for Papers
From: Rob Shannon (rshannon@nber.org)
Date: Fri Mar 18 2005 - 12:48:41 EST
TO: Interested Economists
FROM: Ernst R. Berndt, Program Director, Productivity/Measurement
DATE: March 18, 2008
RE: 2005 Summer Institute Call for Papers
It is that time of year again when we begin planning for the NBER Summer
Institute. The 2005 productivity/measurement workshops will take place
beginning July 18, 2005 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I invite you to
submit proposed papers to the various topics we will be considering. All
abstracts/proposals should be submitted to the workshop organizer(s) no
later than March 31, 2005. In the case where there is more than one
organizer, be sure that you send your submission to each one. Contact
information for all organizers follows.
Electronic submissions should be sent in Word, WordPerfect or pdf formats.
The preliminary program for this year is:
Monday, July 18, 2005
Innovation Policy and the Economy
(Adam Jaffe/Joshua Lerner/Scott Stern)
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Intellectual Property Policy and Innovation
(Benjamin Jones/Scott Stern)
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Macroeconomics and Productivity
(Susanto Basu/Ernst Berndt)
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Productivity Potpourri
(Ernst Berndt)
Monday, July 25 and Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Joint NBER/CRIW meeting
(Ernst Berndt, Charles Hulten and David Wilcox)
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Productivity/Health Care/Aging Joint Meeting
(Ernst Berndt, David Cutler, Alan Garber and David Wise)
Invitations and logistical information will be mailed out in May. If you
have any questions, or need additional information, please contact Rob
Shannon in the NBER's Conference Department (617-868-3900 phone;
617-864-1825 fax; rshannon@nber.org email).
- Organizer Contact Information -
Professor Susanto Basu
Dept. of Economics
University of Michigan, Lorch Hall
611 Tappan Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220
sbasu@umich.edu
Professor Ernst R. Berndt
Sloan School of Management
MIT, E52-452
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
eberndt@mit.edu
Professor David Cutler
Department of Economics
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
dcutler@harvard.edu
Professor Alan M. Garber
PCOR/CHP
117 Encina Commons
Stanford, CA 94305
garber@stanford.edu
Professor Charles R. Hulten
Department of Economics
University of Maryland
Room 3105, Tydings Hall
College Park, MD 20742
hulten@econ.umd.edu
Professor Adam Jaffe
MS 021
Brandeis University
Waltham MA 02454
ajaffe@bandeis.edu
Professor Benjamin Jones
Kellogg School
Northwestern University
Leverone Hall, 6th Floor
2001 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-2001
bjones@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Professor Joshua Lerner
Graduate School of Business
Harvard University
Morgan 395
Boston, MA 02163
jlerner@hbs.edu
Professor Scott Stern
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
2001 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208
s-stern2@northwestern.edu
Mr David Wilcox
Federal Reserve Board
20th and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20551
david.w.wilcox@frb.gov
Professor David Wise
NBER
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
dwise@nber.org
