NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC |
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Summer
Institute 2008 |
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Productivity
Potpourri Workshop |
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Ernst
Berndt, Organizer |
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Royal
Sonesta Hotel |
Charles
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PROGRAM |
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16: |
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6:00 pm |
Clambake,
Harvard Faculty Club, |
THURSDAY, JULY 17: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries |
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8:45 am |
JAY BHATTACHARYA, |
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MIKKO PACKALEN, University of
Waterloo |
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Discussant: AMY FINKELSTEIN, MIT and NBER |
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9:45
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Break |
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10:00 am |
ALAN GARBER, |
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JONATHAN SKINNER, |
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Is
American Health Care Uniquely Inefficient? |
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Discussant: DAVID CUTLER, |
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11:00 am |
Break |
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11:15 am |
D. J. WU, Georgia Institute of
Technology |
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MN DING, |
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LORIN M. HITT, |
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Discussant: SHANE GREENSTEIN, Northwestern University
and NBER |
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12:15 pm |
Lunch |
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1:15 pm |
JENNIFER HUNT, |
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Discussant: AJAY AGRAWAL, |
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2:15 pm |
Break |
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2:30 pm |
EMANUELA CARDIA, |
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Discussant: CLAUDIA OLIVETTI, |
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3:30 pm |
Break |
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3:45 pm |
RICHARD HORNBECK, MIT |
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MICHAEL GREENSTONE, MIT and NBER |
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ENRICO MORETTI, UC, Berkeley and
NBER |
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Identifying Agglomeration Spillovers: Evidence from
Million Dollar Plants |
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Discussant: |
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4:45 pm |
Adjourn |
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5/14/08 |
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