Conference Discussions

Discussion of Fujita, Ramey, and Roded, ‘Why Didn’t the U.S. Unemployment Rate Rise at the End Of World War II?’
(Presented at NBER Conference on The Economic Impacts of World War II | Cambridge, MA | April 05, 2024)

Measuring Worth:Observations
(Presented at Measuring Worth Session, SSHA | Chicago, IL | November 19, 2022)

Discussion of Daiji Kawaguchi on Robots and of Toshiaki Shinozaki on AI
(Presented at ESRI International Conference | Tokyo | July 30, 2019)

Discussion of Glenn Hubbard’s “The $64,000 Question”
(Presented at Rice University Conference on Growth | Houston, TX | December 06, 2018)

Discussion of Bakker-Crafts-Woltjer “Sources of Growth…1899-1941”
(Presented at Penn Economic History Forum | Philadelphia, PA | November 16, 2018)

Discussion of David Byrne, John Fernald, and Marshall Reinsdorf, ‘Does the United States Have a Productivity Slowdown or a Measurement Problem?’
(Prepared for the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity | March 10, 2016)

Response to Comments on ‘The Rise and Fall of American Growth’
(Prepared for the AEA Session | San Francisco | January 3, 2016)

Comments on Gali’s ‘Hysteresis and the European Unemployment Problem Revised’
(Prepared for the ECB Forum on Central Banking | Sintra, Portugal | May 22, 2015)

U.S. Productivity Growth: The Slowdown Has Returned After a Temporary Revival
(Prepared for the International Productivity Monitor No. 25, pp.13-19 | Spring 2013)

Comments on ‘Technology Optimism’ by Baily and Manyika
(Prepared for BEA Advisory Panel | Washington, D.C. | November 16, 2012)

Discussion of Fixler and Johnson
(Prepared for BEA Advisory Panel | Washington D.C. | November 16, 2012)

‘Everyday Products Weren’t Always That Way’ by Dan Sichel
(Prepared for Northwestern University and NBER CRIW Workshop | Cambridge, MA | July 18, 2011)

‘Is the Fundamental Science of Macroeconomics Sound?’ by David Colander
(Prepared for URPE/AEA Session ‘Macroeconomics After the Market’ | Denver, CO | January 7, 2011)

Discussion of ‘Exits from Recessions’ by Bordo and Landon-Lane
(Prepared for SNB Conference on Monetary Policy after the Financial Crisis | Zurich, Switzerland | September 24, 2010)

Discussion of ‘How Motion Pictures Industrialized Entertainment’
(Prepared for Cornucopia Quantified Conference | Barcelona, Spain | May 21, 2010)

Comments on Palumbo and Parker: ‘The Integrated Financial Real System …’
(Prepared for AEA Meeting | San Francisco, CA | January 4, 2009)

Discussion of Issues on Brent Moulton’s ‘How Can GDP Accounts Be Made More Effective for Business Cycle Analysis?’
(Prepared for BEA Advisory Committee | November 7, 2008)

Discussion of A.M. Ceh and I. Krznar: ‘Optimal Foreign Reserves: The Case of Croatia’
(Prepared for Young Economists’ Seminar | Dubrovnik, Croatia | June 25, 2008)

Discussion of ‘Declines in the Volatility of the U.S. Economy: A Detailed Look’
(Prepared for BEA Advisory Committee | May 2, 2008)

Comments on ‘The Roles of Comovement and Inventory Investment in the Reduction of Output Volatility’ by Owen Irvine and Scott Schuh
(Prepared for FRB San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | November 3, 2007)

Comments on Robrt Inklaar, Marcel Timmer, and Bart van Ark’s ‘Market Services Productivity Across Europe and U.S.’
(Prepared for NBER Summer Institute| Cambridge, MA | July 19, 2007)
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Discussion of Jorgenson-Ho-Stiroh on ‘A Retrospective Look at the U.S. Productivity Growth Resurgence’
(Prepared for AEA session | Chicago, IL | January 6, 2007)

Discussion of Crone-Nakamura-Voith on ‘Rents have been Rising, Not Falling, in the Postwar Period’
(Prepared for Brookings Workshop on Economic Measurement | July 18, 2006)

Discussion of Poole-Placek-Verbrugge on Owner-Occupied Housing in the CPI
(Prepared for Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC) | Washington D.C. | December 9, 2005)

Discussion of Stock and Watson: ‘Has Inflation Become Harder to Forecast?’
(Prepared with Ian Dew-Becker for QEPD Conference, Fed BOG | Washington D.C. | September 30, 2005)

Discussion of Estrella on Decoding Productivity
(Prepared for CRIW Conference | Boston, MA | July 27, 2004)

Discussion of Bluestone and Sharpe on ‘Construction of a New Architecture …’

(Prepared for AEA session | San Diego, CA | January 3, 2004)