TO: Interested Economists
FROM: Ernst R. Berndt, Program Director, Productivity/Measurement
DATE: February 15, 2008
RE: 2008 Summer Institute Call for Papers
It is that time of year again when we begin planning for the NBER Summer
Institute. The 2008 productivity/measurement workshops will take place
beginning July 14 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 28, 2008. 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 14 and 15, 2008
Joint NBER/CRIW workshop
(Ernst Berndt, Carol Corrado and Charles Hulten)
Wednesday , July 16, 2008
Macroeconomics and Productivity
(Susanto Basu/Ernst Berndt)
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Productivity Potpourri
(Ernst Berndt)
Monday, July 21, 2008
Innovation Policy and the Economy
(Jeffrey Furman/Pai-Ling Yin)
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Intellectual Property Policy and Innovation
(Benjamin Jones/Scott Stern)
Friday, July 25, 2008
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_at_nber.org email).
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
Dr. Carol Corrado
The Conference Board, Inc.
845 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022-6679
Carol.Corrado_at_conference-board.org
Professor David Cutler
Department of Economics
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
dcutler_at_harvard.edu
Professor Jeffrey Furman
Boston University - SMG
595 Commonwealth Ave - #653a
Boston, MA 02215
furman_at_bu.edu
Professor Alan M. Garber
PCOR/CHP
117 Encina Commons
Stanford, CA 94305
garber_at_stanford.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 David Wise
NBER
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
dwise_at_nber.org
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 15 2008 - 09:31:59 EST
