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NATIONAL
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER
INSTITUTE 2011 |
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NBER/CRIW Workshop |
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Ernst
Berndt, Nick Bloom, Carol Corrado and Charles Hulten, Organizers |
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July
18 - 19, 2011 |
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Royal
Sonesta Hotel |
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40
Edwin H. Land Blvd. |
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Cambridge,
Massachusetts |
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PROGRAM |
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Monday, July 18: |
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8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:30 am |
Dan Sichel, Federal Reserve Board |
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Prices of Nails and Screws since 1700: What Can We Learn
from Prices of Quotidian Products? |
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Discussant: Robert J. Gordon,
Northwestern University and NBER |
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9:30 am |
Break |
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9:45 am |
Mick Silver,
International Monetary Fund |
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Residential Property
Price Indexes: Does Measurement Matter? |
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Discussant: Marshall Reinsdorf, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
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10:45 am |
Break |
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11:00 am |
W. Erwin Diewert, University of British Columbia and NBER |
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Discussant: Stephen Oliner, University of California at Los Angeles |
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12:00 n |
Lunch |
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1:00 pm |
Alberto Cavallo, MIT |
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Discussant: Barry
Bosworth, Brookings Institution |
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2:00 pm |
Break |
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2:15 pm |
Anne Hall, Bureau of
Economic Analysis |
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Geographic Variation and the Adoption and Diffusion of
Medical Technology |
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Discussant: Jonathan
Skinner, Dartmouth College and NBER |
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3:15 pm |
Break |
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3:30 pm |
Ana Aizcorbe, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
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Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
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Richard Kane, Bureau
of Economic Analysis |
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Sarah Pack, Bureau of
Economic Analysis |
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Alternative Price Indexes for Medical Care: Evidence from the MEPS Survey |
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4:00 pm |
Abraham Dunn, Bureau of
Economic Analysis |
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Adam Shapiro, Bureau
of Economic Analysis |
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Eli Leibman, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
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Geographic Medical Expenditure Index: Implications
for Productivity in Private Health Care Markets |
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Discussant: Sean
Nicholson, Cornell University and NBER |
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4:45 pm |
Adjourn |
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Tuesday, July 19: |
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8:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
8:30 am |
Eric J. Bartelsman, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
Christopher J. Kurz, Federal Reserve Board |
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Zoltan Wolf, Vrije
Universiteit Amsterdam |
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Using Census Microdata
to Forecast U.S. Aggregate Productivity |
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Discussant: Susanto Basu, Boston College
and NBER |
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9:30 am |
Break |
9:45 am |
David Byrne, Federal
Reserve Board |
Brian Kovak, Carnegie Mellon University |
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Ryan Michaels,
University of Rochester |
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Discussant: Kenneth Flamm, University of Texas |
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10:45 am |
Break |
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12:00 n |
Lunch |
1:00 pm |
Marcel Timmer, University of
Groningen |
Abdul Azeez Erumban,
University of Groningen |
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Bart Los, University of Groningen |
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Gaaitzen
de Vries, University of Groningen |
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Robert Stehrer, Vienna Institute
for International Economic Studies |
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Slicing
Up Global Value Chains: The Role of China |
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Discussant: Susan Houseman, The
Upjohn Institute |
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2:00 pm |
Break |
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2:15 pm |
Charles R. Hulten,
University of Maryland and NBER |
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Intangible Capital and the Sources
of Recent Chinese Economic Growth |
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Discussant: Mark Dutz,
The World Bank |
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3:15 pm |
Break |
3:30 pm |
Sun Ling Wang, Economic Research
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
Fred Gale, Economic Research
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
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Francis Tuan, Economic Research
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
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Agapi Somwaru,
Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
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Recent
Trends in China’s Agricultural Productivity Growth at Province Level:
1985-2007 |
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Discussant: Bart van Ark, The
Conference Board |
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4:30 pm |
Adjourn |