NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2002

Productivity and the Macroeconomy

Susanto Basu and Ernst R. Berndt, Organizers

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 26, 2002

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

8:30 AM Coffee and Pastries

9:00 AM KEVIN STIROH, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Reassessing the Role of IT in the Production Function:

A Meta-Analysis

Discussant: ERIK BRYNJOLFSSON, MIT

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM JOHANNES VAN BIESEBROECK, University of Toronto

Impact of Measurement Error on Productivity Estimates

Discussant: MARK MELITZ, Harvard University and NBER

11:15 AM Break

11:30 AM DONALD DAVIS and DAVID WEINSTEIN, Columbia University and NBER

Market Size, Linkages and Productivity: A Study of Japanese Regions

Discussant: JOHN FERNALD, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

12:30 PM Lunch

1:30 PM CHAD SYVERSON, University of Chicago

Price Dispersion: The Role of Product Substitutability and Productivity

Discussant: AVIV NEVO, UC, Berkeley and NBER

2:30 PM Break

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2:45 PM DIEGO COMIN, New York University

R&D? A Small Contribution to Productivity Growth

Discussant: SAM KORTUM, University of Minnesota and NBER

3:45 PM Break

4:00 PM Adjourn

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