THURSDAY , DECEMBER 1:

6:30 PM Dinner

Davio's

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, MA 02142

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2:

8:00 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel to 1050 Mass. Avenue.

8:30 AM Shuttle Van Departs Royal Sonesta Hotel to 1050 Mass. Avenue.

8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

9:00 AM AMY FINKELSTEIN and DARON ACEMOGLU, MIT and NBER

Input and Technology Choices in Regulated Industries:

Evidence from the Health Care Sector

Discussant: DAVID CUTLER, Harvard University and NBER

10:00 AM Break

10:15 AM PIERRE AZOULAY and JOSHUA GRAFF ZIVIN, Columbia University and NBER

Peer Effects in the Workplace: Evidence from Professional Transitions

for the Superstars of Medicine

Discussant: MANUEL TRAJTENBERG, Tel Aviv University and NBER

11:15AM Break

11:30 AM LAURA SCHULTZ and SUMIYE OKUBO, Bureau of Economic Analysis

Report on the BEA/NSF R&D Satellite Accounts:

Estimating the Returns and Spillovers from Business R&D

12:00 N Lunch

PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAM, PAGE 2:

1:00 PM YONGHONG WU, University of Illinois

DAVID POPP, Syracuse University and NBER

STUART BRETSCHNEIDER, Syracuse University

The Effects of Innovation Policies on Business R&D:

A Cross-National Empirical Study

Discussant: MARGARET KYLE, Duke University and NBER

2:00 PM Break

2:15 PM NICK BLOOM, Stanford University and Center for Economic Performance

JOHN VAN REENAN, LSE and Center for Economic Performance

Measuring and Explaining Management Practices Across Firms and Countries

Discussant: RICHARD FREEMAN, Harvard University and NBER

3:15 PM Break

3:30 PM JAMES ADAMS, Renssalaer and NBER

Industrial Scientific Discovery