2008 SGE Annual Conference

"Health Care, Aging and Future Policy Challenges"

Monday, June 2, 2008

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Washington, DC

The Preliminary Program is now available

2006 Biennial Conference

Public Policy and US Competitiveness: Labor, Capital and Trade

The 2006 Conference was held at the Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center, Washington DC. The keynote address was given by Matthew J. Slaughter, Council of Economic Advisors, and the luncheon address was given by Martin Baily, Institute for International Economics. See the program for details of other sessions.

The following are links to copies of some of the conference papers that were presented:

Martin Baily "Can America Still Compete?"

Menzie D. Chinn and Hiro Ito "Current Account Balances, Financial Development and Institutions: Assaying the World Savings Glut"

Justino De La Cruz "Do U.S. Bilateral Trade Agreements Achieve Their Objectives? The Case of the Carribean Basin Initiative"

Melissa Bjelland, Bruce Fallick, John Haltiwanger, Erika McEntarfer "Linked Employer-Employee Data to Construct Estimates of Quarterly Employer-to-Employer Flows in the U.S."

James Capretta "Building Automatic Solvency into U.S. Social Security: Insights from Sweden and Germany"

Juann H. Hung and Young Jin Kim "Implications of Past Currency Crises for the U.S. Current Account Adjustment"

Michael E. S. Hoffman "Politico-Economic Determinants of American Trade Policy Attidudes"

Bruce Phillips "Small Business Owners: Conflicts Over Legal and Illegal Immigration Issues"

Brian Sloboda and Steven Beningo " Transportation Implications of Increased Trade with China and India"