National Bureau of Economic Research
NBER: NBER Summer Institute 2006, Productivity Workshops, Call for Papers

Subject: NBER Summer Institute 2006, Productivity Workshops, Call for Papers
From: Rob Shannon (rshannon@nber.org)
Date: Fri Feb 24 2006 - 15:36:23 EST


TO: Interested Economists
FROM: Ernst R. Berndt, Program Director, Productivity/Measurement
DATE: February 24, 2006
RE: 2006 Summer Institute Call for Papers

It is that time of year again when we begin planning for the NBER Summer
Institute. The 2006 productivity/measurement workshops will take place
beginning July 17, 2006 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 24, 2006. 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 17, 2006
Joint NBER/CRIW workshop on Service Prices
(Ernst Berndt, Carol Corrado and Charles Hulten)

Tuesday and Wednesday, July 18 and 19, 2006
Joint NBER/CRIW workshop
(Ernst Berndt, Carol Corrado and Charles Hulten)

Thursday, July 20, 2006
Macroeconomics and Productivity
(Susanto Basu/Ernst Berndt)

Friday, July 21, 2006
Productivity Potpourri
(Ernst Berndt)

Monday, July 24, 2006
Innovation Policy and the Economy
(Amy Finkelstein/Jeffrey Furman/Joshua Lerner)

Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Intellectual Property Policy and Innovation
(Benjamin Jones/Scott Stern)

Thursday, July 27, 2006
Productivity/Health Care/Aging Joint Meeting
(Ernst Berndt, David Cutler, Alan Garber and David Wise)

Invitations and logistical information will be sent 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

Dr. Carol Corrado
Division of Research and Statistics
Federal Reserve Board
Mail Stop 82
Washington, DC 20551
carol.a.corrado@frb.gov

Professor David Cutler
Department of Economics
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
dcutler@harvard.edu

Professor Amy Finkelstein
Department of Economics
MIT E52 262F
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge MA 02142
afink@mit.edu

Professor Jeffrey Furman
Boston University - SMG
595 Commonwealth Ave - #653a
Boston, MA 02215
furman@bu.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 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

Professor David Wise
NBER
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
dwise@nber.org