Conference Discussions

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)