NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2001
July 26, 2001
Productivity Growth and the Macroeconomy
Susanto Basu and Ernst R. Berndt, Organizers
1050 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
THURSDAY, JULY 26:
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM LUCIA FOSTER, Bureau of the Census
JOHN HALTIWANGER, University of Maryland and NBER
C. J. KRIZAN, Fannie Mae
The Link Between Aggregate and Micro Productivity Growth: Evidence from Retail Trade
Discussant: JEFFREY CAMPBELL, University of Chicago and NBER
10:00 AM Break
10:30 AM DIEGO COMIN, New York University
Can Missmeasurement account for the evolution of TFP?
Discussant: JOHN G. FERNALD, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
11:30 AM SANGHOON AHN, OECD
Technology Upgrading with Learning Cost:
A Solution to Two "Productivity Puzzles"
Discussant: TBA
12:30 PM Lunch
SI01 PRBB program
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1:30 PM JOSH LERNER, Harvard University and NBER
150 Years of Patent Protection
Discussant: TBA
2:30 PM PLUTARCHOS SAKELLARIS, University of Maryland
Discussant: RUSSELL COOPER, Boston University and NBER
3:30 PM Break
4:00 PM JAMES LEVINSOHN, University of Michigan and NBER
MARC MELITZ, Harvard University and NBER
Estimating Firm-Level Productivity in Differentiated-Products Industries
Discussant: TOR JAKOB KLETTE, University of Oslo
5:00 PM Adjourn
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