IZA-EUI Workshop: Firm Dynamics, Labor Markets and Growth

Monday, July 02:

09:00				Session 1: Firm Dynamics and Efficiency
09:00	-	10:00		Florin O. Bilbiie (Nuffield College, Oxford*)), Fabio Ghironi (Boston College), Marc J. Melitz (Princeton University)
				"Monopoly Power and Endogenous Variety in Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium: Distortions and Remedies"
				Discussant: Giammario Impullitti (University of Nottingham)
10:00	-	11:00		Hugo Hopenhayn (University of California, Los Angeles*))
				"Knowledge, Diffusion and Reallocation"
				Discussant: Winfried Koeniger (University of St. Gallen and IZA)
11:00	-	11:15		Coffee Break
11:15				Session 2: Firm Dynamics and Growth
11:15	-	12:15		Dale T. Mortensen (Northwestern University and IZA*)), Rasmus Lentz (University of Wisconsin-Madison and CAM)
				"An Empirical Model of Growth Through Product Innovation"
				Discussant: Matthias Kredler (New York University)
12:15	-	13:15		Omar Licandro (European University Institute*)), Alain Gabler (European University Institute)
				"Endogenous Growth through Selection and Imitation"
				Discussant: Roberto M. Samaniego (George Washington University)
13:15	-	14:15		Lunch
14:15	-	15:15		Roberto M. Samaniego (George Washington University*))
				"Entry, Exit and the Rate of Technical Change"
				Discussant: Alain Gabler (European University Institute)
15:15	-	16:15		Markus Poschke (McGill University and IZA*))
				"Employment protection, firm selection, and growth"
				Discussant: Franck Malherbet (CREST (ENSAE) and IZA)
16:15	-	16:45		Coffee Break
16:45				Session 3: Firm Dynamics and Human Capital
16:45	-	17:45		Matthias Kredler (New York University*))
				"Experience vs. Obsolescence: A Vintage-Human-Capital Model"
				Discussant:
17:45	-	18:45		Hodaka Morita (University of New South Wales*))
				"Firm Dynamics, Labor Mobility, and Specific Human Capital"
				Discussant: Markus Poschke (McGill University and IZA)
19:45				Dinner at the Restaurant 'Schänzchen'