Economic Statistics: New Needs for the 21st Century
A conference jointly sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Conference on Research on Income and Wealth, and the National Association for Business Economics July 11, 2002 |
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8:00 | Continental Breakfast | ||||
8:30 | Welcome | ||||
Jamie B. Stewart First Vice President Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
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9:00 - 10:30 | The Measurement, Valuation, and Reporting of Intangible Assets | ||||
Baruch Lev 16 slides/410kb Philip Bardes Professor of Accounting and Finance Stern School of Business, New York University |
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Discussants: Richard B. Berner Chief US Economist Morgan Stanley & Co Inc. Jonathan Low 14 slides/1017kb Senior Fellow Cap Gemini Ernst and Young U.S. |
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10:30 - 10:50 | Break | ||||
10:50 - 12:20 | Service Industries and the U.S. Productivity Acceleration: Measuring the Contribution of Information Technology and Multifactor Productivity | ||||
Jack Triplett (MS Word)
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Discussants: Marilyn Manser |
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12:30 -1:50 | Lunch & Keynote Address | ||||
Martin N. Baily Senior Fellow Institute for International Economics |
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2:00 - 3:25 | International Capital Data - Needs, Projects, and Prospects | ||||
Carol Carson (MS Word) 1 page/172kb Director, Statistics Department International Monetary Fund |
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Discussants: William Griever Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Cheryl Rathbun Vice President, Global Country Risk Management Citigroup |
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3:25 - 3:40 | Break
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3:40 - 5:00 | Pros and Cons of Hedonic Price Indexes | ||||
Charles Hulten (MS Word) 1 page/145kb Professor of Economics University of Maryland Chairman, Conference on Research on Income and Wealth |
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Discussants: J. Steven Landefeld |
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5:00 | Conclude |