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ORGANIZERS<\/strong><\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Program Chairs<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> ![](\"\/repo-sed\/wp-content\/uploads\/GKaplan2-e1432863192975.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nGreg Kaplan<\/a><\/strong>
\nPrinceton<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> ![](\"\/repo-sed\/wp-content\/uploads\/Carvalho2.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nVasco Carvalho<\/strong><\/a>
\nCREI<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Local Organizers<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Micha\u0142 Brzoza-Brzezina<\/a>, Ryszard Kokoszczy\u0144ski<\/a>, Krzysztof Makarski<\/a>, and Jan Werner<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>Host\/Organizer<\/h2><\/div><\/div> ![](\"\/repo-sed\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-nbp.png\")
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<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Richard Blundell<\/a> <\/span>(UCL)<\/h2>\nRichard Blundell holds the David Ricardo Chair of Political Economy at University College London where he was appointed Professor of Economics in 1984. He is a graduate of the University of Bristol and London School of Economics. Since 1986 he has been Research Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).\u00a0 In 2000 he was awarded the Econometric Society\u00a0 Frisch\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 Medal and in 2008 he\u00a0 was\u00a0 the\u00a0 recipient\u00a0 of\u00a0 the Jean-Jacques\u00a0 Laffont\u00a0 Prize. He was\u00a0 awarded\u00a0 the CES-Ifo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2010,\u00a0 the Sandmo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2011, and\u00a0 the\u00a0 IZA\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 in\u00a0 Labor Economics in 2012.
\nHe is a Fellow of the Econometric Society (1991), Fellow of the British Academy (1996), Honorary Member of the American Economic Association (2001), Honorary Member American Academy of Arts and Science (2002) and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (2003). He was elected to\u00a0 the European\u00a0 Economic\u00a0 Association\u00a0 Council in\u00a0 1997\u00a0 and\u00a0 to\u00a0 the Council\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Econometric\u00a0 Society in 1998.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Chad Jones<\/a> (Stanford) <\/span><\/h2>\nCharles I. Jones is the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones has been honored as a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution, a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow. His research has been supported by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation. He is the Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics<\/i>, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics <\/i>and the Journal of Economic Growth<\/i>. Professor Jones is the author of numerous research papers as well as two textbooks, Introduction to Economic Growth<\/i> (2013) and Macroeconomics<\/i> (2014). He graduated from Harvard College in 1989 and received his PhD from MIT in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"\/repo-sed\/wp-content\/uploads\/kortum2.jpg\")
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Samuel Kortum<\/a> (Yale)<\/h2>\nSamuel Kortum is the James Burrows Moffat Professor of Economics at Yale University, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and Research Associate at the NBER. Before coming to Yale in 2012, he served on the faculty at Boston University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Chicago. Kortum received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. In 2004, he and Jonathan Eaton received the Frisch Medal for their paper \u201cTechnology, Geography, and Trade.\u201d In addition to international economics, Kortum has written on economic growth, innovation, technology diffusion, and firm dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
Program Chairs<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nGreg Kaplan<\/a><\/strong>
\nPrinceton<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nVasco Carvalho<\/strong><\/a>
\nCREI<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Local Organizers<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Micha\u0142 Brzoza-Brzezina<\/a>, Ryszard Kokoszczy\u0144ski<\/a>, Krzysztof Makarski<\/a>, and Jan Werner<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>Host\/Organizer<\/h2><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Partner<\/h2><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>PLENARY SPEAKERS<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Richard Blundell<\/a> <\/span>(UCL)<\/h2>\nRichard Blundell holds the David Ricardo Chair of Political Economy at University College London where he was appointed Professor of Economics in 1984. He is a graduate of the University of Bristol and London School of Economics. Since 1986 he has been Research Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).\u00a0 In 2000 he was awarded the Econometric Society\u00a0 Frisch\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 Medal and in 2008 he\u00a0 was\u00a0 the\u00a0 recipient\u00a0 of\u00a0 the Jean-Jacques\u00a0 Laffont\u00a0 Prize. He was\u00a0 awarded\u00a0 the CES-Ifo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2010,\u00a0 the Sandmo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2011, and\u00a0 the\u00a0 IZA\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 in\u00a0 Labor Economics in 2012.
\nHe is a Fellow of the Econometric Society (1991), Fellow of the British Academy (1996), Honorary Member of the American Economic Association (2001), Honorary Member American Academy of Arts and Science (2002) and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (2003). He was elected to\u00a0 the European\u00a0 Economic\u00a0 Association\u00a0 Council in\u00a0 1997\u00a0 and\u00a0 to\u00a0 the Council\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Econometric\u00a0 Society in 1998.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Chad Jones<\/a> (Stanford) <\/span><\/h2>\nCharles I. Jones is the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones has been honored as a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution, a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow. His research has been supported by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation. He is the Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics<\/i>, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics <\/i>and the Journal of Economic Growth<\/i>. Professor Jones is the author of numerous research papers as well as two textbooks, Introduction to Economic Growth<\/i> (2013) and Macroeconomics<\/i> (2014). He graduated from Harvard College in 1989 and received his PhD from MIT in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Samuel Kortum<\/a> (Yale)<\/h2>\nSamuel Kortum is the James Burrows Moffat Professor of Economics at Yale University, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and Research Associate at the NBER. Before coming to Yale in 2012, he served on the faculty at Boston University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Chicago. Kortum received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. In 2004, he and Jonathan Eaton received the Frisch Medal for their paper \u201cTechnology, Geography, and Trade.\u201d In addition to international economics, Kortum has written on economic growth, innovation, technology diffusion, and firm dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nGreg Kaplan<\/a><\/strong>
\nPrinceton<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nVasco Carvalho<\/strong><\/a>
\nCREI<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Local Organizers<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Micha\u0142 Brzoza-Brzezina<\/a>, Ryszard Kokoszczy\u0144ski<\/a>, Krzysztof Makarski<\/a>, and Jan Werner<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>Host\/Organizer<\/h2><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Partner<\/h2><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>PLENARY SPEAKERS<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Richard Blundell<\/a> <\/span>(UCL)<\/h2>\nRichard Blundell holds the David Ricardo Chair of Political Economy at University College London where he was appointed Professor of Economics in 1984. He is a graduate of the University of Bristol and London School of Economics. Since 1986 he has been Research Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).\u00a0 In 2000 he was awarded the Econometric Society\u00a0 Frisch\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 Medal and in 2008 he\u00a0 was\u00a0 the\u00a0 recipient\u00a0 of\u00a0 the Jean-Jacques\u00a0 Laffont\u00a0 Prize. He was\u00a0 awarded\u00a0 the CES-Ifo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2010,\u00a0 the Sandmo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2011, and\u00a0 the\u00a0 IZA\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 in\u00a0 Labor Economics in 2012.
\nHe is a Fellow of the Econometric Society (1991), Fellow of the British Academy (1996), Honorary Member of the American Economic Association (2001), Honorary Member American Academy of Arts and Science (2002) and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (2003). He was elected to\u00a0 the European\u00a0 Economic\u00a0 Association\u00a0 Council in\u00a0 1997\u00a0 and\u00a0 to\u00a0 the Council\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Econometric\u00a0 Society in 1998.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Chad Jones<\/a> (Stanford) <\/span><\/h2>\nCharles I. Jones is the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones has been honored as a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution, a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow. His research has been supported by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation. He is the Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics<\/i>, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics <\/i>and the Journal of Economic Growth<\/i>. Professor Jones is the author of numerous research papers as well as two textbooks, Introduction to Economic Growth<\/i> (2013) and Macroeconomics<\/i> (2014). He graduated from Harvard College in 1989 and received his PhD from MIT in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Samuel Kortum<\/a> (Yale)<\/h2>\nSamuel Kortum is the James Burrows Moffat Professor of Economics at Yale University, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and Research Associate at the NBER. Before coming to Yale in 2012, he served on the faculty at Boston University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Chicago. Kortum received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. In 2004, he and Jonathan Eaton received the Frisch Medal for their paper \u201cTechnology, Geography, and Trade.\u201d In addition to international economics, Kortum has written on economic growth, innovation, technology diffusion, and firm dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nVasco Carvalho<\/strong><\/a>
\nCREI<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Local Organizers<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Micha\u0142 Brzoza-Brzezina<\/a>, Ryszard Kokoszczy\u0144ski<\/a>, Krzysztof Makarski<\/a>, and Jan Werner<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>Host\/Organizer<\/h2><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Partner<\/h2><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>PLENARY SPEAKERS<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Richard Blundell<\/a> <\/span>(UCL)<\/h2>\nRichard Blundell holds the David Ricardo Chair of Political Economy at University College London where he was appointed Professor of Economics in 1984. He is a graduate of the University of Bristol and London School of Economics. Since 1986 he has been Research Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).\u00a0 In 2000 he was awarded the Econometric Society\u00a0 Frisch\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 Medal and in 2008 he\u00a0 was\u00a0 the\u00a0 recipient\u00a0 of\u00a0 the Jean-Jacques\u00a0 Laffont\u00a0 Prize. He was\u00a0 awarded\u00a0 the CES-Ifo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2010,\u00a0 the Sandmo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2011, and\u00a0 the\u00a0 IZA\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 in\u00a0 Labor Economics in 2012.
\nHe is a Fellow of the Econometric Society (1991), Fellow of the British Academy (1996), Honorary Member of the American Economic Association (2001), Honorary Member American Academy of Arts and Science (2002) and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (2003). He was elected to\u00a0 the European\u00a0 Economic\u00a0 Association\u00a0 Council in\u00a0 1997\u00a0 and\u00a0 to\u00a0 the Council\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Econometric\u00a0 Society in 1998.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Chad Jones<\/a> (Stanford) <\/span><\/h2>\nCharles I. Jones is the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones has been honored as a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution, a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow. His research has been supported by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation. He is the Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics<\/i>, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics <\/i>and the Journal of Economic Growth<\/i>. Professor Jones is the author of numerous research papers as well as two textbooks, Introduction to Economic Growth<\/i> (2013) and Macroeconomics<\/i> (2014). He graduated from Harvard College in 1989 and received his PhD from MIT in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Samuel Kortum<\/a> (Yale)<\/h2>\nSamuel Kortum is the James Burrows Moffat Professor of Economics at Yale University, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and Research Associate at the NBER. Before coming to Yale in 2012, he served on the faculty at Boston University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Chicago. Kortum received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. In 2004, he and Jonathan Eaton received the Frisch Medal for their paper \u201cTechnology, Geography, and Trade.\u201d In addition to international economics, Kortum has written on economic growth, innovation, technology diffusion, and firm dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
Local Organizers<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Micha\u0142 Brzoza-Brzezina<\/a>, Ryszard Kokoszczy\u0144ski<\/a>, Krzysztof Makarski<\/a>, and Jan Werner<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>Host\/Organizer<\/h2><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Partner<\/h2><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>PLENARY SPEAKERS<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Richard Blundell<\/a> <\/span>(UCL)<\/h2>\nRichard Blundell holds the David Ricardo Chair of Political Economy at University College London where he was appointed Professor of Economics in 1984. He is a graduate of the University of Bristol and London School of Economics. Since 1986 he has been Research Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).\u00a0 In 2000 he was awarded the Econometric Society\u00a0 Frisch\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 Medal and in 2008 he\u00a0 was\u00a0 the\u00a0 recipient\u00a0 of\u00a0 the Jean-Jacques\u00a0 Laffont\u00a0 Prize. He was\u00a0 awarded\u00a0 the CES-Ifo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2010,\u00a0 the Sandmo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2011, and\u00a0 the\u00a0 IZA\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 in\u00a0 Labor Economics in 2012.
\nHe is a Fellow of the Econometric Society (1991), Fellow of the British Academy (1996), Honorary Member of the American Economic Association (2001), Honorary Member American Academy of Arts and Science (2002) and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (2003). He was elected to\u00a0 the European\u00a0 Economic\u00a0 Association\u00a0 Council in\u00a0 1997\u00a0 and\u00a0 to\u00a0 the Council\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Econometric\u00a0 Society in 1998.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Chad Jones<\/a> (Stanford) <\/span><\/h2>\nCharles I. Jones is the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones has been honored as a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution, a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow. His research has been supported by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation. He is the Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics<\/i>, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics <\/i>and the Journal of Economic Growth<\/i>. Professor Jones is the author of numerous research papers as well as two textbooks, Introduction to Economic Growth<\/i> (2013) and Macroeconomics<\/i> (2014). He graduated from Harvard College in 1989 and received his PhD from MIT in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Samuel Kortum<\/a> (Yale)<\/h2>\nSamuel Kortum is the James Burrows Moffat Professor of Economics at Yale University, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and Research Associate at the NBER. Before coming to Yale in 2012, he served on the faculty at Boston University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Chicago. Kortum received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. In 2004, he and Jonathan Eaton received the Frisch Medal for their paper \u201cTechnology, Geography, and Trade.\u201d In addition to international economics, Kortum has written on economic growth, innovation, technology diffusion, and firm dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
Micha\u0142 Brzoza-Brzezina<\/a>, Ryszard Kokoszczy\u0144ski<\/a>, Krzysztof Makarski<\/a>, and Jan Werner<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>Host\/Organizer<\/h2><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Partner<\/h2><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>PLENARY SPEAKERS<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Richard Blundell<\/a> <\/span>(UCL)<\/h2>\nRichard Blundell holds the David Ricardo Chair of Political Economy at University College London where he was appointed Professor of Economics in 1984. He is a graduate of the University of Bristol and London School of Economics. Since 1986 he has been Research Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).\u00a0 In 2000 he was awarded the Econometric Society\u00a0 Frisch\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 Medal and in 2008 he\u00a0 was\u00a0 the\u00a0 recipient\u00a0 of\u00a0 the Jean-Jacques\u00a0 Laffont\u00a0 Prize. He was\u00a0 awarded\u00a0 the CES-Ifo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2010,\u00a0 the Sandmo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2011, and\u00a0 the\u00a0 IZA\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 in\u00a0 Labor Economics in 2012.
\nHe is a Fellow of the Econometric Society (1991), Fellow of the British Academy (1996), Honorary Member of the American Economic Association (2001), Honorary Member American Academy of Arts and Science (2002) and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (2003). He was elected to\u00a0 the European\u00a0 Economic\u00a0 Association\u00a0 Council in\u00a0 1997\u00a0 and\u00a0 to\u00a0 the Council\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Econometric\u00a0 Society in 1998.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Chad Jones<\/a> (Stanford) <\/span><\/h2>\nCharles I. Jones is the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones has been honored as a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution, a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow. His research has been supported by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation. He is the Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics<\/i>, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics <\/i>and the Journal of Economic Growth<\/i>. Professor Jones is the author of numerous research papers as well as two textbooks, Introduction to Economic Growth<\/i> (2013) and Macroeconomics<\/i> (2014). He graduated from Harvard College in 1989 and received his PhD from MIT in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Samuel Kortum<\/a> (Yale)<\/h2>\nSamuel Kortum is the James Burrows Moffat Professor of Economics at Yale University, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and Research Associate at the NBER. Before coming to Yale in 2012, he served on the faculty at Boston University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Chicago. Kortum received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. In 2004, he and Jonathan Eaton received the Frisch Medal for their paper \u201cTechnology, Geography, and Trade.\u201d In addition to international economics, Kortum has written on economic growth, innovation, technology diffusion, and firm dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>Host\/Organizer<\/h2><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Partner<\/h2><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>PLENARY SPEAKERS<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Richard Blundell<\/a> <\/span>(UCL)<\/h2>\nRichard Blundell holds the David Ricardo Chair of Political Economy at University College London where he was appointed Professor of Economics in 1984. He is a graduate of the University of Bristol and London School of Economics. Since 1986 he has been Research Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).\u00a0 In 2000 he was awarded the Econometric Society\u00a0 Frisch\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 Medal and in 2008 he\u00a0 was\u00a0 the\u00a0 recipient\u00a0 of\u00a0 the Jean-Jacques\u00a0 Laffont\u00a0 Prize. He was\u00a0 awarded\u00a0 the CES-Ifo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2010,\u00a0 the Sandmo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2011, and\u00a0 the\u00a0 IZA\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 in\u00a0 Labor Economics in 2012.
\nHe is a Fellow of the Econometric Society (1991), Fellow of the British Academy (1996), Honorary Member of the American Economic Association (2001), Honorary Member American Academy of Arts and Science (2002) and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (2003). He was elected to\u00a0 the European\u00a0 Economic\u00a0 Association\u00a0 Council in\u00a0 1997\u00a0 and\u00a0 to\u00a0 the Council\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Econometric\u00a0 Society in 1998.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Chad Jones<\/a> (Stanford) <\/span><\/h2>\nCharles I. Jones is the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones has been honored as a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution, a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow. His research has been supported by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation. He is the Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics<\/i>, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics <\/i>and the Journal of Economic Growth<\/i>. Professor Jones is the author of numerous research papers as well as two textbooks, Introduction to Economic Growth<\/i> (2013) and Macroeconomics<\/i> (2014). He graduated from Harvard College in 1989 and received his PhD from MIT in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Samuel Kortum<\/a> (Yale)<\/h2>\nSamuel Kortum is the James Burrows Moffat Professor of Economics at Yale University, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and Research Associate at the NBER. Before coming to Yale in 2012, he served on the faculty at Boston University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Chicago. Kortum received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. In 2004, he and Jonathan Eaton received the Frisch Medal for their paper \u201cTechnology, Geography, and Trade.\u201d In addition to international economics, Kortum has written on economic growth, innovation, technology diffusion, and firm dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
Host\/Organizer<\/h2><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Partner<\/h2><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>PLENARY SPEAKERS<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Richard Blundell<\/a> <\/span>(UCL)<\/h2>\nRichard Blundell holds the David Ricardo Chair of Political Economy at University College London where he was appointed Professor of Economics in 1984. He is a graduate of the University of Bristol and London School of Economics. Since 1986 he has been Research Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).\u00a0 In 2000 he was awarded the Econometric Society\u00a0 Frisch\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 Medal and in 2008 he\u00a0 was\u00a0 the\u00a0 recipient\u00a0 of\u00a0 the Jean-Jacques\u00a0 Laffont\u00a0 Prize. He was\u00a0 awarded\u00a0 the CES-Ifo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2010,\u00a0 the Sandmo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2011, and\u00a0 the\u00a0 IZA\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 in\u00a0 Labor Economics in 2012.
\nHe is a Fellow of the Econometric Society (1991), Fellow of the British Academy (1996), Honorary Member of the American Economic Association (2001), Honorary Member American Academy of Arts and Science (2002) and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (2003). He was elected to\u00a0 the European\u00a0 Economic\u00a0 Association\u00a0 Council in\u00a0 1997\u00a0 and\u00a0 to\u00a0 the Council\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Econometric\u00a0 Society in 1998.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Chad Jones<\/a> (Stanford) <\/span><\/h2>\nCharles I. Jones is the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones has been honored as a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution, a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow. His research has been supported by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation. He is the Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics<\/i>, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics <\/i>and the Journal of Economic Growth<\/i>. Professor Jones is the author of numerous research papers as well as two textbooks, Introduction to Economic Growth<\/i> (2013) and Macroeconomics<\/i> (2014). He graduated from Harvard College in 1989 and received his PhD from MIT in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Samuel Kortum<\/a> (Yale)<\/h2>\nSamuel Kortum is the James Burrows Moffat Professor of Economics at Yale University, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and Research Associate at the NBER. Before coming to Yale in 2012, he served on the faculty at Boston University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Chicago. Kortum received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. In 2004, he and Jonathan Eaton received the Frisch Medal for their paper \u201cTechnology, Geography, and Trade.\u201d In addition to international economics, Kortum has written on economic growth, innovation, technology diffusion, and firm dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Partner<\/h2><\/div><\/div> <\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>PLENARY SPEAKERS<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Richard Blundell<\/a> <\/span>(UCL)<\/h2>\nRichard Blundell holds the David Ricardo Chair of Political Economy at University College London where he was appointed Professor of Economics in 1984. He is a graduate of the University of Bristol and London School of Economics. Since 1986 he has been Research Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).\u00a0 In 2000 he was awarded the Econometric Society\u00a0 Frisch\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 Medal and in 2008 he\u00a0 was\u00a0 the\u00a0 recipient\u00a0 of\u00a0 the Jean-Jacques\u00a0 Laffont\u00a0 Prize. He was\u00a0 awarded\u00a0 the CES-Ifo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2010,\u00a0 the Sandmo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2011, and\u00a0 the\u00a0 IZA\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 in\u00a0 Labor Economics in 2012.
\nHe is a Fellow of the Econometric Society (1991), Fellow of the British Academy (1996), Honorary Member of the American Economic Association (2001), Honorary Member American Academy of Arts and Science (2002) and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (2003). He was elected to\u00a0 the European\u00a0 Economic\u00a0 Association\u00a0 Council in\u00a0 1997\u00a0 and\u00a0 to\u00a0 the Council\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Econometric\u00a0 Society in 1998.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Chad Jones<\/a> (Stanford) <\/span><\/h2>\nCharles I. Jones is the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones has been honored as a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution, a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow. His research has been supported by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation. He is the Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics<\/i>, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics <\/i>and the Journal of Economic Growth<\/i>. Professor Jones is the author of numerous research papers as well as two textbooks, Introduction to Economic Growth<\/i> (2013) and Macroeconomics<\/i> (2014). He graduated from Harvard College in 1989 and received his PhD from MIT in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Samuel Kortum<\/a> (Yale)<\/h2>\nSamuel Kortum is the James Burrows Moffat Professor of Economics at Yale University, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and Research Associate at the NBER. Before coming to Yale in 2012, he served on the faculty at Boston University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Chicago. Kortum received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. In 2004, he and Jonathan Eaton received the Frisch Medal for their paper \u201cTechnology, Geography, and Trade.\u201d In addition to international economics, Kortum has written on economic growth, innovation, technology diffusion, and firm dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>PLENARY SPEAKERS<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Richard Blundell<\/a> <\/span>(UCL)<\/h2>\nRichard Blundell holds the David Ricardo Chair of Political Economy at University College London where he was appointed Professor of Economics in 1984. He is a graduate of the University of Bristol and London School of Economics. Since 1986 he has been Research Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).\u00a0 In 2000 he was awarded the Econometric Society\u00a0 Frisch\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 Medal and in 2008 he\u00a0 was\u00a0 the\u00a0 recipient\u00a0 of\u00a0 the Jean-Jacques\u00a0 Laffont\u00a0 Prize. He was\u00a0 awarded\u00a0 the CES-Ifo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2010,\u00a0 the Sandmo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2011, and\u00a0 the\u00a0 IZA\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 in\u00a0 Labor Economics in 2012.
\nHe is a Fellow of the Econometric Society (1991), Fellow of the British Academy (1996), Honorary Member of the American Economic Association (2001), Honorary Member American Academy of Arts and Science (2002) and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (2003). He was elected to\u00a0 the European\u00a0 Economic\u00a0 Association\u00a0 Council in\u00a0 1997\u00a0 and\u00a0 to\u00a0 the Council\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Econometric\u00a0 Society in 1998.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Chad Jones<\/a> (Stanford) <\/span><\/h2>\nCharles I. Jones is the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones has been honored as a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution, a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow. His research has been supported by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation. He is the Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics<\/i>, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics <\/i>and the Journal of Economic Growth<\/i>. Professor Jones is the author of numerous research papers as well as two textbooks, Introduction to Economic Growth<\/i> (2013) and Macroeconomics<\/i> (2014). He graduated from Harvard College in 1989 and received his PhD from MIT in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Samuel Kortum<\/a> (Yale)<\/h2>\nSamuel Kortum is the James Burrows Moffat Professor of Economics at Yale University, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and Research Associate at the NBER. Before coming to Yale in 2012, he served on the faculty at Boston University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Chicago. Kortum received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. In 2004, he and Jonathan Eaton received the Frisch Medal for their paper \u201cTechnology, Geography, and Trade.\u201d In addition to international economics, Kortum has written on economic growth, innovation, technology diffusion, and firm dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>Plenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Richard Blundell<\/a> <\/span>(UCL)<\/h2>\nRichard Blundell holds the David Ricardo Chair of Political Economy at University College London where he was appointed Professor of Economics in 1984. He is a graduate of the University of Bristol and London School of Economics. Since 1986 he has been Research Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).\u00a0 In 2000 he was awarded the Econometric Society\u00a0 Frisch\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 Medal and in 2008 he\u00a0 was\u00a0 the\u00a0 recipient\u00a0 of\u00a0 the Jean-Jacques\u00a0 Laffont\u00a0 Prize. He was\u00a0 awarded\u00a0 the CES-Ifo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2010,\u00a0 the Sandmo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2011, and\u00a0 the\u00a0 IZA\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 in\u00a0 Labor Economics in 2012.
\nHe is a Fellow of the Econometric Society (1991), Fellow of the British Academy (1996), Honorary Member of the American Economic Association (2001), Honorary Member American Academy of Arts and Science (2002) and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (2003). He was elected to\u00a0 the European\u00a0 Economic\u00a0 Association\u00a0 Council in\u00a0 1997\u00a0 and\u00a0 to\u00a0 the Council\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Econometric\u00a0 Society in 1998.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Chad Jones<\/a> (Stanford) <\/span><\/h2>\nCharles I. Jones is the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones has been honored as a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution, a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow. His research has been supported by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation. He is the Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics<\/i>, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics <\/i>and the Journal of Economic Growth<\/i>. Professor Jones is the author of numerous research papers as well as two textbooks, Introduction to Economic Growth<\/i> (2013) and Macroeconomics<\/i> (2014). He graduated from Harvard College in 1989 and received his PhD from MIT in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Samuel Kortum<\/a> (Yale)<\/h2>\nSamuel Kortum is the James Burrows Moffat Professor of Economics at Yale University, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and Research Associate at the NBER. Before coming to Yale in 2012, he served on the faculty at Boston University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Chicago. Kortum received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. In 2004, he and Jonathan Eaton received the Frisch Medal for their paper \u201cTechnology, Geography, and Trade.\u201d In addition to international economics, Kortum has written on economic growth, innovation, technology diffusion, and firm dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
Richard Blundell<\/a> <\/span>(UCL)<\/h2>\nRichard Blundell holds the David Ricardo Chair of Political Economy at University College London where he was appointed Professor of Economics in 1984. He is a graduate of the University of Bristol and London School of Economics. Since 1986 he has been Research Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).\u00a0 In 2000 he was awarded the Econometric Society\u00a0 Frisch\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 Medal and in 2008 he\u00a0 was\u00a0 the\u00a0 recipient\u00a0 of\u00a0 the Jean-Jacques\u00a0 Laffont\u00a0 Prize. He was\u00a0 awarded\u00a0 the CES-Ifo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2010,\u00a0 the Sandmo\u00a0 Prizein\u00a0 2011, and\u00a0 the\u00a0 IZA\u00a0 Prize\u00a0 in\u00a0 Labor Economics in 2012.
\nHe is a Fellow of the Econometric Society (1991), Fellow of the British Academy (1996), Honorary Member of the American Economic Association (2001), Honorary Member American Academy of Arts and Science (2002) and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (2003). He was elected to\u00a0 the European\u00a0 Economic\u00a0 Association\u00a0 Council in\u00a0 1997\u00a0 and\u00a0 to\u00a0 the Council\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Econometric\u00a0 Society in 1998.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Chad Jones<\/a> (Stanford) <\/span><\/h2>\nCharles I. Jones is the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones has been honored as a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution, a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow. His research has been supported by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation. He is the Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics<\/i>, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics <\/i>and the Journal of Economic Growth<\/i>. Professor Jones is the author of numerous research papers as well as two textbooks, Introduction to Economic Growth<\/i> (2013) and Macroeconomics<\/i> (2014). He graduated from Harvard College in 1989 and received his PhD from MIT in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Samuel Kortum<\/a> (Yale)<\/h2>\nSamuel Kortum is the James Burrows Moffat Professor of Economics at Yale University, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and Research Associate at the NBER. Before coming to Yale in 2012, he served on the faculty at Boston University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Chicago. Kortum received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. In 2004, he and Jonathan Eaton received the Frisch Medal for their paper \u201cTechnology, Geography, and Trade.\u201d In addition to international economics, Kortum has written on economic growth, innovation, technology diffusion, and firm dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
\nHe is a Fellow of the Econometric Society (1991), Fellow of the British Academy (1996), Honorary Member of the American Economic Association (2001), Honorary Member American Academy of Arts and Science (2002) and Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries (2003). He was elected to\u00a0 the European\u00a0 Economic\u00a0 Association\u00a0 Council in\u00a0 1997\u00a0 and\u00a0 to\u00a0 the Council\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Econometric\u00a0 Society in 1998.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>Plenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Chad Jones<\/a> (Stanford) <\/span><\/h2>\nCharles I. Jones is the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones has been honored as a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution, a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow. His research has been supported by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation. He is the Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics<\/i>, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics <\/i>and the Journal of Economic Growth<\/i>. Professor Jones is the author of numerous research papers as well as two textbooks, Introduction to Economic Growth<\/i> (2013) and Macroeconomics<\/i> (2014). He graduated from Harvard College in 1989 and received his PhD from MIT in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Samuel Kortum<\/a> (Yale)<\/h2>\nSamuel Kortum is the James Burrows Moffat Professor of Economics at Yale University, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and Research Associate at the NBER. Before coming to Yale in 2012, he served on the faculty at Boston University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Chicago. Kortum received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. In 2004, he and Jonathan Eaton received the Frisch Medal for their paper \u201cTechnology, Geography, and Trade.\u201d In addition to international economics, Kortum has written on economic growth, innovation, technology diffusion, and firm dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
Chad Jones<\/a> (Stanford) <\/span><\/h2>\nCharles I. Jones is the STANCO 25 Professor of Economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Jones has been honored as a National Fellow of the Hoover Institution, a John M. Olin Foundation Faculty Fellow, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Fellow. His research has been supported by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation. He is the Associate Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics<\/i>, the American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics <\/i>and the Journal of Economic Growth<\/i>. Professor Jones is the author of numerous research papers as well as two textbooks, Introduction to Economic Growth<\/i> (2013) and Macroeconomics<\/i> (2014). He graduated from Harvard College in 1989 and received his PhD from MIT in 1993.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/p>\nPlenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Samuel Kortum<\/a> (Yale)<\/h2>\nSamuel Kortum is the James Burrows Moffat Professor of Economics at Yale University, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and Research Associate at the NBER. Before coming to Yale in 2012, he served on the faculty at Boston University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Chicago. Kortum received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. In 2004, he and Jonathan Eaton received the Frisch Medal for their paper \u201cTechnology, Geography, and Trade.\u201d In addition to international economics, Kortum has written on economic growth, innovation, technology diffusion, and firm dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>Plenary Slides<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Samuel Kortum<\/a> (Yale)<\/h2>\nSamuel Kortum is the James Burrows Moffat Professor of Economics at Yale University, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and Research Associate at the NBER. Before coming to Yale in 2012, he served on the faculty at Boston University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Chicago. Kortum received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. In 2004, he and Jonathan Eaton received the Frisch Medal for their paper \u201cTechnology, Geography, and Trade.\u201d In addition to international economics, Kortum has written on economic growth, innovation, technology diffusion, and firm dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
Samuel Kortum<\/a> (Yale)<\/h2>\nSamuel Kortum is the James Burrows Moffat Professor of Economics at Yale University, Fellow of the Econometric Society, and Research Associate at the NBER. Before coming to Yale in 2012, he served on the faculty at Boston University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Chicago. Kortum received his bachelor\u2019s degree from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. in Economics from Yale. In 2004, he and Jonathan Eaton received the Frisch Medal for their paper \u201cTechnology, Geography, and Trade.\u201d In addition to international economics, Kortum has written on economic growth, innovation, technology diffusion, and firm dynamics.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT<\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/h3>\nLectures by Finn E. Kydland<\/b> and Edward C. Prescott<\/b>, Nobel Prize Winners in Economics in 2004<\/h3>\n<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
<\/h2>\nThe Poor Economic Performances in the EU and the US:<\/span>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nMore details here<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
\n Problems are Political, not Economic<\/span><\/h2>\n
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