NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC |
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PRBB Macroeconomics, Trade and Productivity Workshop,
Summer Institute 2008 |
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Susanto Basu and Ernst R.
Berndt, Organizers |
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July 16, 2008 |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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PROGRAM |
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 |
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8:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 a.m. |
Christian Broda, |
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Joshua Greenfield, |
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David Weinstein, |
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From
Groundnuts to Globalization: A Structural Estimate of Trade and Growth |
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Discussant: |
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10:00 a.m. |
Break |
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10:30 a.m. |
Nick Bloom, |
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Mirko Draca, |
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John Van Reenen, |
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Trade Induced Technical
Change? The Impact of Chinese Imports
on IT and Innovation |
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Discussant: Marc Melitz, |
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11:30 a.m. |
Bee Aw, |
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Mark Roberts, |
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Daniel Xu, |
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Discussant: Nina Pavcnik, |
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12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:30 p.m. |
Antonio Ciccone,
Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
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Elias Papaioannou, |
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Discussant:
John Fernald, Federal Reserve Bank of |
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2:30 p.m. |
Break |
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3:00 p.m. |
Eric Bartelsman, |
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John Haltiwanger, |
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Stefano Scarpetta, OECD |
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Cross
Country Differences in Productivity:
The Role of Allocative Efficiency |
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Discussant: Amil Petrin, |
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4:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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7/2/08 |
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