NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2002
Conference on Research in Income and Wealth
Ernst R. Berndt, Charles R. Hulten and David W. Wilcox, Organizers
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, Massachusetts
July 29-31, 2002
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
MONDAY, JULY 29:
CONVENTIONAL ONE HOUR PRESENTATIONS/DISCUSSIONS
8:30 AM Coffee and Pastries
9:00 AM ERIC BARTELSMAN, Free University of Amsterdam
J. JOSEPH BEAULIEU, Federal Reserve Board
A Consistent Accounting of U.S. Productivity Growth
Discussant: BARBARA FRAUMENI, Bureau of Economic Analysis
10:00 AM Break
10:15 AM MICK SILVER and SAEED HERAVI, University of Cardiff
Discussant: ERNST BERNDT, MIT and NBER
11:15 AM Break
11:30 AM ERICH BATTISTIN, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London
Errors in Survey Reports of Consumption Expenditures
Discussant: ARTHUR KENNICKELL, Federal Reserve System
12:30 PM Lunch
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1:30 PM MARY AHEARN and JET YEE, Department of Agriculture
WALLACE E. HUFFMAN, Iowa State University
R&D, Productivity and Structural Change in U.S. Agriculture,
1960-1996
Discussant: M. ISHAQ NADIRI, New York University and NBER
2:30 PM Break
SHORT 30-MINUTE PRESENTATIONS WITHOUT FORMAL DISCUSSANT (ZVI PRE-CONFERENCE)
2:45 PM MICHAEL GORT, SUNY- Buffalo
SEONG-HOON LEE, US Census Bureau
Survival of the Fittest and Learning by Doing as Sources of Productivity Change and Growth
B. K. ATROSTIC and SAN V. NGUYEN, US Census Bureau
Computer Networks and U.S. Manufacturing Plant Productivity:
New Evidence from the CNUS Data
3:45 PM Break
4:00 PM LINDA WONG, University of Binghamton
General Skills and Wage Inequality
TAKANOBU NAKAJIMA, Keio University
ALICE NAKAMURA, University of Alberta
MASAO NAKAMURA, University of British Columbia
Technical Progress and Returns to Scale in Japanese Manufacturing Industries
Before and After the Burst of the 1990 Financial Bubble
5:00 PM DAMON CLARK, IZA Bonn
Wage Compression and Firm Investment in General Training:
Evidence from Plant-Level Production Functions and Wage Equations
5:30 PM Adjourn
6:00 PM Clambake
Harvard Faculty Club
20 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA
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TUESDAY, JULY 30:
CONVENTIONAL ONE HOUR PRESENTATIONS/DISCUSSIONS
8:30 AM Coffee and Pastries
8:45 AM ANA AIZCORBE, Federal Reserve Board
Discussant: TIMOTHY BRESNAHAN, Stanford University and NBER
9:45 AM MICHAEL J. HARPER, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Technology and the Theory of Vintage Aggregation
Discussant: W. ERWIN DIEWERT, University of British Columbia and NBER
10:45 AM Break
11:00 AM WILLIAM NORDHAUS, Yale University and NBER
The Alchemist Fallacy and the New Economy
Discussant: ROBERT GORDON, Northwestern University and NBER
12:00 N Lunch
1:00 PM MICHAEL GESKE, University of Michigan
VALERIE A. RAMEY, UC, San Diego and NBER
MATTHEW SHAPIRO, University of Michigan and NBER
Why Do Computers Depreciate?
Discussant: CHARLES HULTEN, University of Maryland and NBER
2:00 PM Break
SHORT 30-MINUTE PRESENTATIONS WITHOUT FORMAL DISCUSSANT (ZVI PRE-CONFERENCE)
2:15 PM SHANE GREENSTEIN, Northwestern University and NBER
GREG STRANGER, Northwestern University
Pricing at the ON-ramp to the Internet:
Price Indices for ISPs during the 1990s
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2:45 PM CHARLES HULTEN, University of Maryland and NBER
Price Hedonics: A Critical Review
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM WOLFGANG KELLER, University of Texas and NBER
STEPHEN R. YEAPLE, University of Pennsylvania
MEGAN MACGARVIE, UC, Berkeley
Do Firms Learn from International Trade? An Analysis of French Micro Data
JACQUES MAIRESSE, CREST at ENSAE and NBER
LAURE TURNER, EUREQua, University Paris1
Looking at Individual Differences in Scientific Research Productivity:
An Econometric Analysis of the Publications of the French CNRS Physicists in Condensed Matter (1980-1997)
5:00 PM Adjourn
WEDNESDAY, JULY 31:
PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE REPORT,
"AT WHAT PRICE? CONCEPTUALIZING AND MEASURING COST-OF-LIVING AND PRICE INDEXES"
8:30 AM Coffee and Pastries
8:45 AM Session I: Overview and Implications of Recommendations in the
NAS Report
DENNIS FIXLER, Bureau of Economic Analysis
ROBERT J. GORDON, Northwestern University and NBER
WILLIAM D. NORDHAUS, Yale University and NBER
CHARLES L. SCHULTZE, Brookings Institution
KATHARINE G. ABRAHAM, University of Maryland and NBER
10:15 AM Break
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10:30 AM Session II: A Closer Look at Selected Issues Addressed by the NAS Report
DAVID M. CUTLER, Harvard University and NBER
W. ERWIN DIEWERT, University of British Columbia and NBER
FRANKLIN M. FISHER, MIT
MATTHEW D. SHAPIRO, University of Michigan and NBER
CHARLES M. HULTEN, University of Maryland and NBER, Chair
12:00 N Lunch
1:00 PM Session III: NAS Recommendations Concerning Hedonic Pricing Methods
ELLEN M. DULBERGER, IBM Corporation
ARIEL PAKES, Harvard University and NBER
RICHARD L. SCHMALENSEE, MIT
JACK E. TRIPLETT, Brookings Institution
ERNST R. BERNDT, MIT and NBER, Chair
2:30 PM Summing Up: Where Do We Go From Here?
JOHN S. GREENLEES, Bureau of Labor Statistics
2:45 PM Break
SHORT 30-MINUTE PRESENTATIONS WITHOUT FORMAL DISCUSSANT (ZVI PRE-CONFERENCE)
3:00 PM MICHAEL KREMER, Harvard University and NBER
TED MIGUEL, UC, Berkeley and NBER
Diffusion of Deworming Drugs Among Schoolchildren in Kenya
FRANK R. LICHTENBERG, Columbia University and NBER
ADRIANA LLERAS-MUNEY, Princeton University and NBER
The Effect of Education on Medical Technology Adoption:
Are the More Educated More Likely to Use New Drugs?
4:00 PM Break
4:15 PM IAIN COCKBURN, Boston University and NBER
JEFFREY FURMAN, Boston University
REBECCA HENDERSON, MIT and NBER
MARGARET KYLE, Carnegie Mellon University
Geographic Centralization and the Productivity of Pharmaceutical Research
MICHAEL R. DARBY and LYNNE ZUCKER, UC, Los Angeles and NBER
Grilichesian Breakthroughs: Inventions of Ways of Inventing in
Nanotechnology and Biotechnology
5:15 PM Adjourn
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