Center
for the Study of Innovation and Productivity
Conference on Technology, Productivity,
and Public Policy
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
November 7–8, 2003
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| Conference
Summary |
|
| AGENDA (PDF
version - 10KB) |
| Friday,
November 7 |
| 8:15
A.M. |
Continental
breakfast |
| 8:45
A.M. |
Welcoming
Remarks:
ROBERT PARRY, Federal Reserve Bank of
San Francisco |
| Session
1 |
| 9:00
A.M. |
“Tracking
the New Economy: Using Growth Theory to Detect
Changes in Trend Productivity” (PDF
- 598KB) |
| Chair: |
JOHN
C. WILLIAMS, Federal Reserve Bank of
San Francisco |
| Presenters: |
JAMES
KAHN and ROBERT RICH, Federal
Reserve Bank of New York |
| Discussants: |
ROBERT
GORDON, Northwestern University
JAMES HAMILTON, University of California,
San Diego |
| 10:15
A.M. |
Break |
| Session
2 |
| 10:45
A.M. |
“Growth,
Capital Shares, and a New Perspective on Production
Functions” (PDF
- 402KB) |
| Presenter: |
CHAD
JONES, University of California, Berkeley |
| Discussants: |
SAM
KORTUM, University of Minnesota
SUSANTO BASU, University of Michigan |
| 12:00
P.M. |
Lunch |
| Session
3 |
| 1:30
P.M. |
“Frictionless
Technology Diffusion: The Case of Tractors” (PDF
- 477KB) |
| Chair: |
DAN
WILSON, Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco |
| Presenters: |
RODOLFO
MANUELLI and ANANTH SESHADRI,
University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| Discussants: |
WILLIAM
WHITE, Research Triangle Institute
BART HOBIJN, Federal Reserve Bank
of New York |
| Session
4 |
| 2:45
P.M. |
“The
Political Economy of Intellectual Property Treaties” (PDF
- 294KB) |
| Presenter: |
SUZANNE
SCOTCHMER, University of California,
Berkeley |
| Discussants: |
HAL
VARIAN, University of California, Berkeley
JENNY LANJOUW, University of California,
Berkeley |
| 10:15
A.M. |
Break |
| Session
5 |
| 4:30
P.M. |
“Incentives
and Invention in Universities” (PDF
- 321KB) |
| Presenters: |
SAUL
LACH, The Hebrew University
MARK SCHANKERMAN, London School
of Economics |
| Discussants: |
JAMES
ADAMS, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
BRONWYN HALL, University of California,
Berkeley |
| 6:00
P.M. |
Reception |
| 7:00
P.M. |
Dinner |
| Keynote
Speaker: |
MARTIN
BAILY, Institute for International Economics |
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| Saturday,
November 8 |
| 8:30
A.M. |
Continental
breakfast |
| Session
6 |
| 9:00
A.M. |
“Relative
Prices and Relative Prosperity” (PDF
- 749KB) |
| Presenters: |
CHANG-TAI
HSIEH, University of California, Berkeley
PETER KLENOW, Stanford University |
| Discussants: |
FRANCESCO
CASELLI, Harvard University
MARK SPIEGEL, Federal Reserve Bank
of San Francisco |
| 10:15
A.M. |
Break |
| Session
7 |
| 10:45
A.M. |
“The
Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: An
Empirical Exploration” (PDF
- 735KB) |
| Presenters: |
DAVID
AUTOR, FRANK LEVY, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
and RICHARD MURNANE, Harvard University |
| Discussants: |
DAVID
CARD, University of California, Berkeley
KATHRYN SHAW, Stanford University |
| 12:00
P.M. |
Lunch |
| 1:00
P.M. |
Adjourn |
