TO: Interested Economists
FROM: Ernst R. Berndt, Program Director, Productivity/Measurement
DATE: February 20, 2009
RE: 2009 Summer Institute Call for Papers
It is that time of year again when we begin planning for the NBER Summer
Institute. The 2009 productivity/measurement workshops will take place
beginning July 13 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 27, 2009. 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 13 and 14
Joint NBER/CRIW workshop
(Ernst Berndt, Carol Corrado and Charles Hulten)
Wednesday, July 15
Macroeconomics and Productivity
(Susanto Basu/Ernst Berndt)
Thursday, July 16
Productivity Potpourri
(Ernst Berndt)
Friday, July 17
Information Technology and Economics
(Erik Brynjolfsson)
- The deadline for submissions for this workshop is April 3, 2009 -
Monday, July 20
Innovation Policy and the Economy
(Jeffrey Furman/Pai-Ling Yin)
Wednesday, July 22
Intellectual Property Policy and Innovation
(Benjamin Jones/Scott Stern)
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 or rshannon_at_nber.org)
Organizer Contact Information:
Professor Susanto Basu
Department of Economics
Boston College
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
susanto.basu_at_bc.edu
Professor Ernst R. Berndt
Sloan School of Management
MIT, E52-452
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
eberndt_at_mit.edu
Professor Erik Brynjolfsson
MIT Sloan School, E53-313
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142
erikb@ mit.edu
Dr. Carol Corrado
The Conference Board, Inc.
845 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022-6679
Carol.Corrado_at_conference-board.org
Professor Jeffrey Furman
Boston University - SMG
595 Commonwealth Ave - #653a
Boston, MA 02215
furman_at_bu.edu
Professor Jon Gruber
MIT Department of Economics
50 Memorial Drive, E52-355
Cambridge, MA 02142
gruberj_at_mit.edu
Professor Charles R. Hulten
Department of Economics
University of Maryland
Room 3105, Tydings Hall
College Park, MD 20742
hulten_at_econ.umd.edu
Professor Benjamin Jones
Kellogg School
Northwestern University
Leverone Hall, 6th Floor
2001 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-2001
bjones_at_kellogg.northwestern.edu
Professor Scott Stern
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
2001 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208
s-stern2_at_northwestern.edu
Professor Pai-Ling Yin
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E52-542, 50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142-1347
pyin_at_mit.edu
Received on Fri Feb 20 2009 - 13:06:36 EST
