Program

The official program is now available for downloading.

Download the Official Program and papers from the Parallel Sessions.

Plenary Sessions and Readings

• Measuring and Analyzing Cross-country Differences in Firm Dynamics

  Prof. Eric Bartelsman

  • Bartelsman, E., Haltiwanger, J. and Scarpetta, S. (2005), "Measuring and Analyzing Cross-country Differences in Firm Dynamics". Download the paper

• From "Stylized Facts" to Theoretical Interpretations: is Economics an Empirically Disciplined Science?

  Prof. Giovanni Dosi

  • Dosi, G. (2003), A Very Reasonable Objective Still Beyond Our Reach: Economics as an Empirically Disciplined Social Science, WP Lem 2002/03. Donwload the paper.
  • Dosi, G. and Grazzi, M. (2005), Technologies as Problem-solving Procedures and Technologies as Input-Output Relations: Some Perspectives on the Theory of Production, WP Lem 2002/03. Donwload the paper.
  • Dosi, G. and Winter, S. (2000), Interpreting Economic Change: Evolution, Structures and Games WP Lem 2000/08. Donwload the paper.

• Empirics and Macroeconometrics

  Prof. Carlo Favero

  • Favero, C.A. (2006), "Model Evaluation in Macroeconometrics: from Cowles foundation to DSGE models", mimeo. Download the paper.

• Aggregation, fundamentalness, SVAR and structural factor models

  Prof. Marco Lippi

  • Forni, M. and Lippi, M. (1987), Aggregation and the Microfoundations of Macroeconomics, OUP.
  • Blanchard, O. and Quah, D. (1989) "The Dynamic Effects of Aggregate Supply and Demand Disturbances", America Economic Review, 79.
  • Lippi, M. and Reichlin, L. (1993) "The Dynamic Effects of Aggregate Supply and Demand Disturbances, A Comment", American Economic Review, 83.
  • Stock, J.H. and Watson, M.W. (2001) "Vector Autoregressions", Journal of Economic Perspectives, 4.
  • Forni, M. Giannone, D. Lippi, M. and Reichlin, L. (2006), "Opening the black box: structural factor models with large cross-sections", mimeo. Download the paper.

Guidelines for Parallel Sessions

Each session normally includes four papers and lasts about two hours. The standard time schedule looks like this:

• First paper presentation by the author = 25 minutes

• Second paper presentation by the author = 25 minutes

• Third paper presentation by the author = 25 minutes

• Fourth paper presentation by the author = 25 minutes

• Discussant of all papers and general discussion = 20 minutes

Overhead projectors and computer projectors or beamers will be available for presentations. Please bring your presentation on transparencies or on a USB memory stick.