TO: Interested Economists
FROM: Nick Bloom and Josh Lerner
DATE: February 22, 2011
RE: 2011 Summer Institute Call for Papers
It is that time of year again when we begin planning for the NBER
Summer Institute. The 2011 productivity/measurement workshops will
take place beginning July 18 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We invite
you to submit proposed papers to the various topics we will be
considering. All abstracts/proposals should be submitted by using
the links below.
The preliminary program for this year is:
Monday and Tuesday, July 18 and 19
Joint NBER/CRIW workshop
(Ernst Berndt, Carol Corrado, Charles Hulten, Nick Bloom and Josh Lerner)
http://www.nber.org/confsubmit/backend/cfp?id=SI11PRCR
submission deadline is March 18
Wednesday, July 20
Macroeconomics and Productivity
(Susanto Basu, Nick Bloom and Chad Syverson)
http://www.nber.org/confsubmit/backend/cfp?id=SI11PRMP
submission deadline is March 31
Thursday, July 21
Development and Productivity
(Nick Bloom, Chang-Tai Hsieh and Chris Woodruff)
http://www.nber.org/confsubmit/backend/cfp?id=SI11PRDP
submission deadline is April 15
Friday and Saturday, July 22 and 23
IT and Economics
(Erik Brynjolffson, Susan Athey, Hal Varian and Shane Greenstein)
http://www.nber.org/confsubmit/backend/cfp?id=SI11PRIT
submission deadline is March 31
Monday, July 25
Innovation Policy and the Economy
(Pierre Azoulay and Jeffrey Furman)
http://www.nber.org/confsubmit/backend/cfp?id=SI11PRIPE
submission deadline is March 31
Tuesday, July 26
Entrepreneurship Working Group
(Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar)
http://www.nber.org/confsubmit/backend/cfp?id=SI11PRENT
submission deadline is March 31
Wednesday, July 27
Intellectual Property Policy and Innovation
(Benjamin Jones and Scott Stern)
http://www.nber.org/confsubmit/backend/cfp?id=SI11PRIPP
submission deadline is March 31
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)
Received on Wed Feb 23 2011 - 15:22:13 EST
