These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Mirko Draca (Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics)


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Sunday, January 6, 12:30 PM
Session: Innovation, Productivity, and Firm Behavior (AEA)
Presiding: Ralf Martin (Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics)

Trade induced technical change? The impact of Chinese imports on technology and employment
Nick Bloom (Stanford University)
Mirko Draca (Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics)
John Van Reenen (London School of Economics)
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Using price and demand information to identify production functions
Jordi Jaumandreu (Universidad Carlos III)
Jacques Mairesse (CREST, France and NBER)

R&D and productivity: Estimating production functions when productivity is endogenous
Ulrich Doraszelski (Harvard University and CEPR)
Jordi Jaumandreu (Universidad Carlos III and CEPR)
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Firm Innovation, Productivity, and Trade
Bruno Cassiman (IESE Business School and University of Leuven)
Elena Golovko (Tilburg University)
David Greenstreet (University of Oxford and Centre for Economic Performance)
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