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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH |
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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2012 |
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Income Distribution and Macroeconomics Workshop |
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July 17 - 19, 2012 |
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Roland Benabou, Oded
Galor and Fabrizio Zilibotti, Organizers |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
40 Edwin H. Land
Boulevard |
Cambridge, MA |
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PROGRAM |
Tuesday,
July 17:
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
Market
Structure, Technical Change and Inequality |
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1:30 pm |
Roland Benabou,
Princeton University and NBER |
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2:30 pm |
Timo Boppart,
University of Zurich |
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3:30 pm |
Break |
3:45
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Daron Acemoglu,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER |
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Offshoring and Directed Technical Change |
4:45 pm |
Emin M. Dinlersoz, Center for Economic Studies,
US Census Bureau |
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5:45 pm |
Adjourn |
7:30 pm |
Group Dinner |
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8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries |
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State Capacity and
Inter-State Wars |
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9:00 am |
Philippe Aghion,
Harvard University and NBER |
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10:00 am |
Break |
10:15 am |
Francesco Caselli,
London School of Economics and NBER |
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11:15 am |
Break |
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11:30 am |
Nicola Gennaioli, CREi
and Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 pm |
Daniel Chen, Duke University |
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2:30 pm |
Break |
2:45 pm |
Olivier Coibion,
College of William and Mary and NBER |
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Yuriy Gorodnichenko,
University of California at Berkeley and NBER |
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Innocent
Bystanders? Monetary Policy and Inequality in the U.S. |
3:45 pm |
Break |
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Income
Inequality and Health Care Expenditures over the Life Cycle |
5:00 pm |
Adjourn |
6:00 pm |
Clambake
- Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, MA |
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Thursday, July 19: |
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8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries |
Inequality,
Mobility and Long-Run Development |
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9:00 am |
Matthias Doepke,
Northwestern University |
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10:00 am |
Break |
10:15 am |
Claudia Olivetti, Boston University and NBER |
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In
the Name of the Father: Marriage and Intergenerational Mobility in the U.S.,
1850-1930 |
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11:15 am |
Break |
11:30 am |
Joram Mayshar, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem |
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12:30 pm |
Lunch |
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Revolutions
and Civil Conflicts |
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1:30 pm |
Alessandra Cassar, University of San
Francisco |
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2:30 pm |
Heng Chen, University of Hong Kong |
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The
Power of Whispers: A Theory of Rumor,
Communication and Revolution |
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3:30 pm |
Break |
3:45
pm |
Nathan Nunn, Harvard
University an NBER |
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4:45 pm |
Maelys de La Rupelle,
University of Namur |
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Inequality
Persistence and Revolution: What can we Learn from the Long March in China? |
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5:45 pm |
Adjourn |