Macroeconomics Across Time and Space

1:00 p.m.

INNOVATION AND EDUCATION

"U.S. Investment 1901-2005: Incumbents, Entrants, and Q"
(PDF; 599 KB, 45 pages)

• Boyan Jovanovic (Presenting Author)
• Peter Rousseau

"The Evolution of Education: A Macroeconomic Analysis" (PDF; 596 KB, 35 pages)

• Diego Restuccia
• Guillaume Vandenbroucke (Presenting Author)

2:40 p.m.

Break

3:00 p.m.

FERTILITY

"Explaining International Fertility Differences" (PDF; 340 KB, 54 pages)

• Rody Manuelli (Presenting Author)
• Ananth Sheshadri

"Complements Versus Substitutes and Trends in Fertility Choice in Dynastic Models" (PDF; 515 KB, 49 pages)

• Larry Jones (Presenting Author)
• Alice Schoonbroodt

4:40 p.m.

Break

5:00 p.m.

GREAT DEPRESSIONS

"The Great Depression" (PDF; 266 KB, 32 pages)

• Roger Farmer (Presenting Author)

"The Finnish Great Depression: From Russia with Love" (PDF; 526 KB, 57 pages)

• Yuriy Gorodnichenko
• Enrique Mendoza
• Linda Tesar (Presenting Author)

6:40 p.m.

Adjourn

8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.

VERY LONG RUN ANALYSIS

"Diversity and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations" (two papers)

1. "Cultural Assimilation, Cultural Diffusion and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations" (PDF; 509 KB, 50 pages)
2. "Human Genetic Diversity and Comparative Economic Development" (PDF; 827 KB, 55 pages)

• Quamrul Ashraf
• Oded Galor (Presenting Author)

"Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?" (PDF; 571 KB, 52 pages)

• Diego Comin (Presenting Author)
• William Easterly
• Erick Gong

10:10 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

"Tariffs, Trains, and Trade: The Role of Institutions Versus Technology in the Expansion of Markets" (PDF; 1.08 MB, 68 pages)

• Wolfgang Keller (Presenting Author)
• Carol Shiue

"Spatial Growth and Industry Age" (PDF; 769 KB, 30 pages)

• Klaus Desmet (Presenting Author)
• Esteban Rossi-Hansberg

12:10 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m.

DEVELOPMENT IN MARKETS

"Scale and the Origins of Structural Change" (PDF; 394 KB, 39 pages)

• Francisco Buera
• Joseph Kaboski (Presenting Author)

"The Evolution of Markets and the Revolution of Industry" (PDF; 267 KB, 30 pages)

• Klaus Desmet
• Stephen Parente (Presenting Author)

3:10 p.m.

Break

3:30 p.m.

INFLATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT

"Inflation and Unemployment in the Long Run" (PDF; 6.13 MB, 74 pages)

• Aleksander Berentsen
• Guido Menzio
• Randall Wright (Presenting Author)

4:20 p.m.

Adjourn