NATIONAL BUREAU OF
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008 |
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Conference on Research
in Income and Wealth |
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Ernst R. Berndt, Carol
A. Corrado, and Charles R. Hulten, Organizers |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
Charles B |
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PROGRAM |
MONDAY, JULY 14: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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9:00 am |
Welcoming
Remarks and Session I |
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ANGUS
DEATON, |
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ALAN
HESTON, |
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Discussant: BART VAN |
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10:00
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Break |
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10:30
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Session
II |
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AMIL
PETRIN, |
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JAMES
LEVINSOHN, |
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Measuring Aggregate Productivity
Growth Using Plant-Level Data |
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NICHOLAS
GREENIA, Internal Revenue Service |
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KAYE
HUSBANDS-FEALING, |
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Studying
Innovation in Businesses: New Research
Possibilities |
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Discussant: |
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12:00
pm |
Lunch |
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1:00 pm |
Session
III |
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BONNIE
MURPHY and ROSLYN SWICK, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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Adjusting the General Hospital Producer Price Index
for Quality Change and Creating Alternative
Multi-Industry Medical Care Price Indexes Structured by Disease |
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RALPH
BRADLEY, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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Discussant: ART SENSENIG, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services |
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2:30 pm |
Break |
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3:00 pm |
Session
IV |
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JOHN
GREENLEES and ROBERT McCLELLAND, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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Price Differentials Across Outlets in Consumer Price
Index Data, 2002-2007 |
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Discussant: MARSHALL REINSDORF, Bureau of Economic
Analysis |
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4:00 pm |
Session
V |
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W.
ERWIN DIEWERT, |
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The Measurement of Nonmarket Sector Outputs and
Inputs Using Cost Weights |
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Discussant: PAUL SCHREYER, OECD |
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5:00 pm |
Adjourn |
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TUESDAY, JULY 15: |
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9:00 am |
Coffee
and Pastries |
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9:30 am |
Session
V |
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ADAM
ASHCRAFT and CHARLES STEINDEL, Federal Reserve Bank of |
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Measuring
the Impact of Securitization on Imputed Bank Output |
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CHARLES
R. HULTEN, |
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JANET
HAO, The Conference Board |
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10:30
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Break |
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11:00
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Session
VI |
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ADAM
COPELAND, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
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DENNIS
FIXLER, Bureau of Economic Analysis |
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CAROL
A. CORRADO, The Conference Board |
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CHARLES
R. HULTEN, |
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Stylized Facts and Parables of Economic
Growth: The Emerging Role of Intangible Capital |
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12:00
pm |
Lunch |
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1:00 pm |
Session
VII |
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JEREMY
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KAREN
KOPECKY, |
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SHANE
GREENSTEIN, Northwestern University and NBER |
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RYAN
C. MCDEVITT, Northwestern University |
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The Broadband Bonus: Accounting for
Broadband Internets Impact on U.S. GDP |
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Discussant: DANIEL SICHEL, Federal Reserve Board |
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2:30 pm |
Break |
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3:00 pm |
Session
VIII |
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BARBARA
FRAUMENI, |
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Productive Highway Capital Stocks and the
Contribution of Highway Growth |
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Discussant: ANDERS ISAKSSON, UNIDO |
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4:00 pm |
Adjourn |
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5/27/08 |
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