NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2000

Productivity Growth and the Macro Economy

Susanto Basu and Ernst Berndt, Organizers

NBER

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 27, 2000

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

THURSDAY, JULY 27:

9:00 AM Coffee and Doughnuts

9:30 AM MARK BILS, University of Rochester and NBER

PETER KLENOW, University of Chicago and NBER

Quantifying Quality Growth

Discussant: MATTHEW SHAPIRO, University of Michigan and NBER

10:30 AM Break

10:45 AM DANIEL TREFLER, University of Toronto and NBER

Productivity Gains from the North American Free Trade Agreement

Discussant: W. ERWIN DIEWERT, University of British Columbia and NBER

11:45 AM Lunch

1:00 PM ANDREW BERNARD, Dartmouth College and NBER

JONATHAN EATON, Boston University and NBER

J. BRADFORD JENSEN, University of Maryland and NBER

SAMUEL KORTUM, Boston University and NBER

Plants and Productivity in International Trade

Discussant: MARK MELITZ, Harvard University

2:00 PM WOLFGANG KELLER, University of Texas at Austin and NBER

The Geography of the World's Technology Frontiers

Discussant: JAMES HARRIGAN, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and NBER

3:00 PM Break

3:15 PM ELI BERMAN, Boston University and NBER

Does Factor-Biased Technological Change Stifle International Convergence? Evidence From Manufacturing

Discussant: DARON ACEMOGLU, MIT and NBER

4:15 PM Adjourn

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