NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2001

July 26, 2001

Productivity Growth and the Macroeconomy

Susanto Basu and Ernst R. Berndt, Organizers

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

THURSDAY, JULY 26:

8:30 AM
Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM
LUCIA FOSTER, Bureau of the Census

JOHN HALTIWANGER, University of Maryland and NBER

C. J. KRIZAN, Fannie Mae

The Link Between Aggregate and Micro Productivity Growth: Evidence from Retail Trade

Discussant: JEFFREY CAMPBELL, University of Chicago and NBER

10:00 AM
Break

10:30 AM
DIEGO COMIN, New York University

Can Missmeasurement account for the evolution of TFP?

Discussant: JOHN G. FERNALD, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

11:30 AM
SANGHOON AHN, OECD

Technology Upgrading with Learning Cost:

A Solution to Two "Productivity Puzzles"

Discussant: TBA

12:30 PM
Lunch

SI01 PRBB program

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1:30 PM
JOSH LERNER, Harvard University and NBER

150 Years of Patent Protection

Discussant: TBA

2:30 PM
PLUTARCHOS SAKELLARIS, University of Maryland

Patterns of Plant Adjustment

Discussant: RUSSELL COOPER, Boston University and NBER

3:30 PM
Break

4:00 PM
JAMES LEVINSOHN, University of Michigan and NBER

MARC MELITZ, Harvard University and NBER

Estimating Firm-Level Productivity in Differentiated-Products Industries

Discussant: TOR JAKOB KLETTE, University of Oslo

5:00 PM
Adjourn

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