Subject: NBER Summer Institute 2007, Productivity Workshops, Call for Papers
From: Rob Shannon (rshannon@nber.org)
Date: Fri Feb 16 2007 - 11:40:00 EST
TO: Interested Economists
FROM: Ernst R. Berndt, Program Director, Productivity/Measurement
DATE: February 16, 2007
RE: 2007 Summer Institute Call for Papers
It is that time of year again when we begin planning for the NBER Summer
Institute. The 2007 productivity/measurement workshops will take place
beginning July 16 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 23, 2007. 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 or .pdf formats.
The preliminary program for this year is:
Monday and Tuesday, July 16 and 17, 2007
Joint NBER/CRIW workshop
(Ernst Berndt, Carol Corrado and Charles Hulten)
Wednesday, July 18,22007
Productivity Potpourri
(Ernst Berndt)
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Macroeconomics and Productivity
(Susanto Basu/Ernst Berndt)
Monday, July 23, 2007
Innovation Policy and the Economy
(Pierre Azoulay/Jeffrey Furman)
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Intellectual Property Policy and Innovation
(Benjamin Jones/Scott Stern)
Friday, July 27, 2007
Productivity/Health Care/Aging Joint Meeting
(Ernst Berndt, David Cutler, Alan Garber and David Wise)
Invitations and logistical information will be distributed 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;
rshannon@nber.org email).
Organizer Contact Information
Professor Pierre Azoulay
MIT Sloan School of Management
50 Memorial Drive E52-555
Cambridge, MA 02142
pazoulay@mit.edu
Professor Susanto Basu
Department of Economics
Boston College
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
susanto.basu@bc.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 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 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
