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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SI 2014 Economic Growth

Chad Jones and Peter J. Klenow, Organizers

July 11, 2014

Charles B Room

Royal Sonesta Hotel
40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard
Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

 

Friday, July 11


8:30 am


Coffee and Pastries


9:00 am


Gene Grossman, Princeton University and NBER
Elhanan Helpman, Harvard University and NBER
Growth, Trade, and Inequality   (slides)

Discussant: Jonathan Vogel, Columbia University and NBER


10:00 am


Break


10:15 am


Ezra D. Oberfield, Princeton University and NBER
Devesh Raval, Federal Trade Commission
Micro Data and Macro Technology  (slides)

Discussant: Loukas Karabarbounis, University of Chicago and NBER


11:15 am


Joel David, University of Southern California
Hugo Hopenhayn, University of California at Los Angeles and NBER
Venky Venkateswaran, NYU Stern School of Business
Information, Misallocation and Aggregate Productivity  (slides)

Discussant: Benjamin Moll, Princeton University and NBER


12:15 pm


Lunch


1:15 pm


Diego Restuccia, University of Toronto
Raul Santaeulalia-Llopis, Washington University in St. Louis
Land Misallocation and Productivity  (slides)

Discussant: Nancy Qian, Yale University and NBER


2:15 pm


Break


2:30 pm


Berthold Herrendorf, Arizona State University
Todd Schoellman, Arizona State University
Wages, Human Capital, and the Allocation of Labor across Sectors  (slides)

Discussant: Michael E. Waugh, New York University and NBER


3:30 pm


Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago and NBER
Enrico Moretti, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Growth in Cities and Countries 

Discussant: Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER


4:30 pm


Adjourn