NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAM MEETING

Aviv Nevo, Organizer

December 5, 2003

NBER Offices,

2^nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4:

6:30 PM Dinner

Davio's Restaurant

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, MA 02142

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5:

7:45 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel for 1050 Mass. Avenue.

8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM JOHANNES VAN BIESEBROECK, University of Toronto and NBER

Revisiting Some Productivity Debates

Discussant: JAMES LEVINSOHN, University of Michigan and NBER

9:45 AM Coffee Break

10:00 AM CATHERINE WOLFRAM, UC, Berkeley and NBER

KIRA MARKIEWICZ, UC, Berkeley

NANCY ROSE, MIT and NBER

Has Restructuring Improved Operating Efficiency at US Electricity Generating Plants?

Discussant: MARK ROBERTS, Pennsylvania State University and NBER

11:15 AM PATRICK BAJARI, Duke University and NBER

LANIER BENKARD, Stanford University and NBER

JOHN KRAINER, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Home Prices and Consumer Welfare

Discussant: TIMOTHY ERICKSON, Bureau of Labor Statistics

12:30 PM Lunch

Over, Please!

Productivity Program, Page 2:

1:30 PM AMIL PETRIN, University of Chicago and NBER

JAMES LEVINSOHN, University of Michigan and NBER

On the Micro Foundations of Productivity Growth

Discussant: JOHN HALTIWANGER, University of Maryland and NBER

2:45 PM Coffee Break

3:15 PM CHAD SYERSON, University of Chicago and NBER

LUCIA FOSTER, Census Bureau

JOHN HALTIWANGER, University of Maryland and NBER

Reallocation, Firm Turnover, and Efficiency: Selection on Productivity or

Profitability?

Discussant: JAMES TYBOUT, Pennsylvania State University and NBER

4:30 PM Adjourn

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