Subject: NBER Summer Institute 2004, Productivity Workshops, Call for Papers
From: Rob Shannon (rshannon@nber.org)
Date: Wed Mar 03 2004 - 15:58:53 EST
TO: Interested Economists
FROM: Ernst R. Berndt, Program Director, Productivity/Measurement
DATE: March 3, 2004
RE: 2004 Summer Institute Call for Papers
It is that time of year again when we begin planning for the NBER Summer
Institute. The 2004 productivity/measurement workshops will take place
beginning July 19, 2004 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 26, 2004. 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 19, 2004
Innovation Policy and the Economy
(Adam Jaffe/Joshua Lerner/Scott Stern)
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Economics and Intellectual Property
(Benjamin Jones/Scott Stern)
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Macroeconomics and Productivity
(Susanto Basu/Ernst Berndt)
Thursday, July 22, 2004
Productivity Potpourri
(Ernst Berndt)
Friday, July 23, 2004
Joint NBER/CRIW Pre-conference on Microeconomics
(Timothy Dunne/Brad Jensen/Mark Roberts)
Monday, July 26 and Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Joint NBER/CRIW meeting on Measurement Issues
(Ernst Berndt, Carol Corrado, and Charles Hulten)
Thursday, August 5, 2004
Productivity/Measurement in Health Care (joint with Health Care and Aging)
(Ernst Berndt and Alan Garber)
Invitations and logistical information will be mailed out in late
April. 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; confer@nber.org email).
Organizer Contact Information
Professor Susanto Basu
Dept. of Economics
Harvard University
Littauer Center
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
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
Federal Reserve Board
Division of Research and Statistics
20th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20551
carol.a.corrado@frb.gov
Professor Timothy Dunne
Department of Economics
University of Oklahoma
301 Hester Hall
729 Elm Ave.
Norman, OK 73019
tdunne@ou.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 Brad Jensen
Bureau of the Census
Center for Economic Studies
4700 Silver Hill Road
Washington, DC 20233-6300
jbjensen@ces.census.gov
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 Mark Roberts
Dept. of Economics
Pennsylvania State University
513 Kern Graduate Building
University Park, PA 16802
mroberts@psu.edu
Professor Scott Stern
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
2001 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208
s-stern2@northwestern.edu
