NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC

Summer Institute 2006

Productivity Potpourri Workshop

Ernst Berndt, Organizer

July 21, 2006

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Room-University BC

40 Edwin H. Land Blvd

Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, JULY 21:
8:15 am	Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am	LUIGI BENFRATELLO, Universita di Torino
	FABIO SCHIANTARELLI, Boston College
	ALESSANDRO SEMBENELLI, Universita di Torino
	Banks and Innovation: Microeconometric Evidence on Italian Firms
	Discussant: SHANE GREENSTEIN, Northwestern University and NBER
9:45 am	Break
10:00 am	RICHARD SULLIVAN and ZHU WANG, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
	Internet Banking: An Exploration in Technology Diffusion and Impact
	Discussant: DEAN AMEL, Federal Reserve Board
11:00 am	Break
11:15 am	EDWARD WOLFF, New York University and NBER
	The Growth of Information Workers in the U.S. Economy, 1950-2000: The Role of Technological Change, Coputerization, and Structural Change
	Discussant: To Be Announced
12:15 pm	Lunch- Room- University A
1:30 pm	CHRIS FORMAN, Carnegie Mellon University
	AVI GOLDFARB, University of Toronto
	SHANE GREENSTEIN, Northwestern University and NBER
	Understanding the Inputs into Innovation: Do Cities Substitute for Internal Firm Resources?
	Discussant: ERIK BRYNJOLFSSON, MIT
2:30 pm	Break
2:45 pm	RUSSEL COOPER, Macquarie University
	GARY MADDEN, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
	A Contribution to Welfare-Consistent Productivity Measurement
	Discussant: W. ERWIN DIEWERT, University of British Columbia and NBER
3:45 pm	JOSEPH DEMASI, Tufts University
	HENRY GRABOWSKI, Duke University
	The Cost of Biopharmaceutical R & D: Is Biotech Different?
	Discussant: REBECCA HENDERSON, MIT and NBER
4:45 pm	Adjourn
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