Participation in this event is by invitation only.
The Hoover Institution hosts Sustaining Economic Growth: Fall 2022 Conference Of The Working Group on the Foundations of Long-run Prosperity on November 17–18, 2022.
The Fall 2022 conference of the Working Group on the Foundations of Long-Run Prosperity explores the conditions that promote sustained economic growth by focusing on questions of first-order importance. Given the long expanse of human history, why did economic growth take so long to begin, and why was growth then punctuated by long periods of stagnation? What types of innovations have proved most consequential in spurring growth—new products that disrupt industries or incremental improvements to existing products? Why, if best practices for encouraging entrepreneurship and designing infrastructure are widely known, has their adoption been unevenly dispersed across the globe?
| Thursday, November 17 | |||
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| Time | Content | Presenters/panelists | Discussant/CHAIR |
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8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
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9:00 AM |
Welcome: Stephen Haber, Hoover Institution & Stanford University |
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9:15 AM |
“Aggregate Implications of Barriers to Female Entrepreneurship” by Gaurav Chiplunkar and Pinelopi K. Goldberg |
Presenter: Pinelopi Goldberg, Yale University |
Discussant: Erik Hurst, University of Chicago Discussant: Latika Chaudhary, Naval Postgraduate School Chair: Amit Seru, Hoover Institution & Stanford University |
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10:30 am |
Break |
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11:00 AM |
“Romer or Ricardo?” by Chang-Tai Hsieh, Peter J. Klenow, and Kazuatsu Shimizu |
Presenters: Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and Chang-Tai Hsieh, University of Chicago |
Discussant: Andrew Atkeson, UCLA Discussant: Avi Acharya, Hoover Institution and Stanford University Chair: Dorothy Kronick, UC Berkeley |
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12:15 PM |
Lunch |
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1:15 PM |
“The Global Infrastructure Gap: Potential, Perils, and a Framework for Distinction” by Camille Gardner and Peter Henry |
Presenter: Peter Henry, Hoover Institution & Stanford University |
Discussant: William Summerhill; UCLA Discussant: Valerie Ramey, UC San Diego Chair: Alexander Lee, University of Rochester |
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2:30 PM |
Break |
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3:00 PM |
"Economic Development in Antiquity: The Greek World, 800-300 BCE" by Josh Ober |
Presenter: Josh Ober, Hoover Institution and Stanford University |
Discussant: Jonathan Rodden, Hoover Institution and Stanford University Discussant: Ross Levine, UC Berkeley Chair: Dan Kessler, Hoover Institution & Stanford University |
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4:15 PM |
Conclusion of November 17th program |
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6:00 PM |
Dinner |
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| Friday, November 18 | |||
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| Time | Content | Presenters/panelists | Discussant/CHAIR |
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8:30 AM |
Breakfast |
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9:00 AM |
“When Did Growth Begin? New Estimates of Productivity Growth in England from 1250 to 1870” by Paul Bouscasse, Emi Nakamura, and Jón Steinsson |
Presenter: Jón Steinsson, UC Berkeley |
Discussant: Jim Robinson, University of Chicago Discussant: Jean Laurent Rosenthal, Caltech Chair: Brandice Canes-Wrone, Hoover Institution & Stanford University |
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10:15 am |
Break |
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10:45 am |
“Prosperity in the Very Long Run” by Ian Morris |
Presenter: Ian Morris, Stanford University |
Discussant: Chad Jones, Stanford University Discussant: Deborah Gordon, Stanford University Chair: Vicky Fouka, Stanford University |
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12:00 pm |
Lunch |
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1:00 PM |
Conclusion of conference |
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