NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2001
International Technology Diffusion/Sloan/ATP Project Reports
Lee Branstetter, Organizer
NBER
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
July 24, 2001
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
TUESDAY, JULY 24:
8:30 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
Morning Session: International Technology Diffusion and Related Issues
9:00 AM MARC MELITZ, Harvard University and NBER
JAMES LEVINSOHN, University of Michigan and NBER
How Does Trade Affect Aggregate Industry Productivity?
9:40 AM AART KRAAY and ISIDRO SOLOAGA, The World Bank JAMES TYBOUT, Pennsylvania State University and NBER
Product Quality, Productive Efficiency, and International Technology Diffusion: Firm-Level Evidence
10:20 AM Discussant: WOLFGANG KELLER, University of Texas, Austin and NBER
10:35 AM Break
10:45 AM JONATHAN HASKEL, Queen Mary, University of London
SONIA PERIRA, University College London
MATTHEW SLAUGHTER, Dartmouth College and NBER
Does Inward FDI Boost the Productivity of Domestic Plants?
11:25 AM LEE BRANSTETTER, UC, Davis and NBER
Evidence from Japan's Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
12:00 PM Discussant: SCOTT STERN, MIT and NBER
12:15 PM Lunch
SI01 PRTC Program
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Afternoon Session: Research Funded by the Advanced Technology Program and the NBER Project on Industrial Technology and Productivity
1:15 PM THOMAS HUBBARD, University of Chicago and NBER
Information, Decisions, and Productivity:
On-Board Computers and Capacity Utilization in Trucking
1:55 PM Break
2:05 PM WESLEY COHEN, Carnegie-Mellon University and NBER
JOHN WALSH, University of Illinois at Chicago
R&D Spillovers, Appropriability, and R&D Intensity:
A Survey-Based Approach
2:45 PM Break
2:55 PM CIRO BIDERMAN, MIT
KAREN POLENSKE, and NICOLAS ROCKLER, MIT
A Hedonic-Price Analysis of the 2MM Program Impacts on U.S. Automobile Demand and Production Cost
3:35 PM Adjourn
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