Understanding the Digital Economy

The following papers were presented at Understanding the Digital Economy: Data, Tools, and Research, a conference held on May 25 & 26, 1999 at the Department of Commerce in Washington, DC.

The final, edited versions of these papers are collected in Understanding the Digital Economy: Data, Tools, and Research, available from The MIT Press in both hardcover and paperback editions.

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Keynote
William Daley, Secretary of Commerce

Macroeconomic Assessment
Moderator: Rob Shapiro, Undersecretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs
Paul David, Stanford University/Oxford University
Jack Triplett, Brookings Institution
Brent Moulton, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce
Comment: Robert McGuckin, Conference Board
Comment: Edwin Deane, Department of Labor

Organizational Change
Moderator: Bennett Bertenthal, Assistant Director, National Science Foundation
Kathleen Carley, Carnegie-Mellon University
Rob Kling, Indiana University
Wanda Orlikowski, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Measuring the Digital Economy
John Haltiwanger, Census Bureau, Department of Commerce

Small Business
Moderator: Tom Kalil, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
Joshua Lerner, Harvard Business School
Andrew Whinston, University of Texas
Comment: Robert Berney, Chief Economist, Small Business Administration
Comment: Denny Dennis, National Federation of Independent Business

Access
Moderator: Zoe Baird, John and Mary R. Markle Foundation
Donna Hoffman, Vanderbilt University
Heather Hudson, University of San Francisco and International Development Research Centre
Cynthia Waddell, City of San Jose
Comment: Gerald (Jerry) L. Lohse, The Wharton School
Comment: John Connolly, AbiliTech, Inc.

Market Structure and Competition
Moderator: Timothy Bresnahan, Stanford University
Hal Varian, University of California, Berkeley
Shane Greenstein, Northwestern University
Erik Brynjolfsson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Comment: Susan DeSanti, Federal Trade Commission
Comment: Howard Frank, University of Maryland

Keynote
Neal Lane, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology & Director, Office of Science and Techonology Policy

Employment and the Workforce
Moderator: Kelly Carnes, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy (Designate)
Larry Katz, Harvard University
Carol D'Amico, Hudson Institute
Everett Ehrlich, ESC Company
Comment: Ed Montgomery, Chief Economist, Department of Labor
Comment: Ed Wolfe, New York University