2017 Conference: The Consequences of Transformative Technical Progress for the Macroeconomy
November 10-11, 2017, Pittsburgh, PA
Conference Session 1
November 10, 2017
Chair: Sevin Yeltekin- Computerizing Industries and Routinizing Jobs: Explaining Trends in Aggregate Productivity
Authors: Peter Sangmin Aum, Sang Yoon (Tim) Lee, Yongseok Shin
Discussant: Matthias Kehrig - Short-Run Pain, Long-Run Gain? Recessions and Technological Transformation
Authors: Alexandr Kopytov, Nikolai Roussanov and Mathieu Taschereau-Dumouche
Discussant: Henry Siu
Conference Session 2
November 10, 2017
Chair: Christopher Sleet- New Technologies and the Labor Market
Authors: Enghin Atalay, Phai Phongthiengtham, Sebastian Sotelo and Daniel Tannenbaum
Discussant: Brad Hershbein - Big and Bigger: Big Data in Finance and the Growth of Large Firms
Authors: Juliane Begenau, Maryam Farboodi and Laura Veldkamp
Discussant: Bryan Routledge
Conference Session 3
November 11, 2017
Chair: Burton Hollifield- Why Has I.T. Grown? Structural Transformation and the Rise of Information Technology
Authors: Giovanni Gallipoli and Christos A. Makridis
Discussant: Benjamin Pugsley - Should We Fear the Robot Revolution?
Authors: Andrew Berg, Ed Buffie, Felipe Zanna
Discussant: Doug Hanley