THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015
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- 08:30-08:45 — Opening Remarks
Mari Kiviniemi, Deputy Secretary General of the OECD
- Alice Nakamura, Chair of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth
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- 08:45-09:30 — Keynote Address
Chair: Martine Durand (OECD)
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- André Vanoli (Association de comptabilité nationale, France),
“The Future of the SNA in a Broad Information System Perspective” [PowerPoint]
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- 09:30-10:45 — Session 1: Incorporating Well-Being into the SNA (I)
Chair: Martine Durand (OECD)
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- 1. Dale W. Jorgenson (Harvard University) and Paul Schreyer (OECD),
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Discussant: Tim Smeeding (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
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- 2. Dennis Fixler (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis), David Johnson (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis), Andrew Craig (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis) and Kevin Furlong (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis),
“A Consistent Data Series to Evaluate Growth and Inequality in the National Accounts”
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Discussant: Tim Smeeding (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
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- 3. Surajit Deb (Aryabhatta College, University of Delhi),
“Gap Between GDP and HDI: Are the Rich Country Experiences Different from the Poor?”
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Discussant: Albert Braakmann (Federal Statistics Office of Germany)
- 10:45-11:00 — Break
- 11:00-12:15 — Session 2: Incorporating Well-Being into the SNA (II)
Chair: Martine Durand (OECD)
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- 1. Paul Allin (Imperial College London) and David J. Hand (Imperial College London),
“From a System of National Accounts to a Process of National Wellbeing Accounting”
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Discussant: Fabrice Lenglart (INSEE)
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- 2. Nancy Folbre (University of Massachusetts, Amherst),
“Accounting for Care: A Research and Survey Design Agenda”
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Discussant: Fabrice Lenglart (INSEE)
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- 3. Harpreet Kaur (Punjabi University) and Anupama Uppal (Punjabi University),
“The Unpaid Activities and Well Being: The Measurement Issues, Challenges and Limitations”
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Discussant: Fabrice Lenglart (INSEE)
- 12:15-13:15 — Lunch
- 13:15-14:00 — Keynote Address
Chair: Brent Moulton (Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA)
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- Anne Harrison (Editor SNA 2008), “Whither the SNA” [
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- 14:00-15:15 — Session 3: National Accounts in the Wider Statistical Context (I)
Chair: Brent Moulton (Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA)
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- 1. Jacques Magniez (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies),
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Discussant: Gerard Eding (Statistics Netherlands)
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- 2. Erich Oltmanns (Federal Statistical Office of Germany) and Klau Heine (University of Rotterdam),
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Discussant: Gerard Eding (Statistics Netherlands)
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- 3. Robert P. Parker (Consultant),
“Balancing the Needs of Future SNA Revisions with the Resources of National Statistical Offices”
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Discussant: Kirsten Wismer (Statistics Denmark)
- 15:15-15:30 — Break
- 15:30-16:45 — Session 4: National Accounts in the Wider Statistical Context (II)
Chair: Brent Moulton (Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA)
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- 1. Michael Osterwald-Lenum (Statistics Denmark),
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Discussant: Utz-Peter Reich (Mainz University of Applied Sciences)
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- 2. Dong Qiu (Beijing Normal University) and Yafei Wang (Beijing Normal University),
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Discussant: Utz-Peter Reich (Mainz University of Applied Sciences)
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- 3. Alessandra Coli (University of Pisa) and Francesca Tartamella (Italian National Institute of Statistics),
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Discussant: Sanjiv Mahajan (Office for National Statistics, UK)
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- 4. Michael Davies (Australian Bureau of Statistics),
“The Future of the SNA: A Practitioner’s Point of View”
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Discussant: Sanjiv Mahajan (Office for National statistics, UK)
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- 16:45-18:00 — Session 5: Money and Finance in the SNA
Chair: Bruno Tissot (BIS)
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- 1. Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia and University of New South Wales) and Kevin J. Fox (University of New South Wales),
“Money and the Measurement of Total Factor Productivity”
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Discussant: Carol Corrado (The Conference Board)
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- 2. Dominique Durant (Banque de France), Kyle Hood (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis) and Leonard Nakamura (Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank), Marshall Reinsdorf (IMF),
“Towards Completing the Picture of Financial Activity in National Accounts”
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Discussant: Gabriel Quiros (European Central Bank)
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- 3. Bo Bergman (No affiliation, formerly at Statistics Sweden),
“Balance Sheets: A Financial/Liability Approach”
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Discussant: Gabriel Quiros (European Central Bank)
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- 19:30 — Reception at Paule Taillepierre Organization
Directions to Paule Taillepierre from OECD Headquarters (Google Maps)
- 20:00 — Dinner at Paule Taillepierre Organization
FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2015
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- 08:30-09:15 — Keynote address
Chair: Irmtraud Beuerlein (Statistisches Bundesamt)
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- Peter van de Ven (OECD), “Bridging I to A” [
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- 09:15-10:30 — Session 6: National Accounts in a Globalizing World
Chair: Irmtraud Beuerlein (Statistisches Bundesamt)
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- 1. Dylan G. Rassier (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis),
“Improving the SNA Treatment of Transactions within Multinational Enterprises”
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Discussant: Nadim Ahmad (OECD)
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- 2. Mark de Haan (Statistics Netherlands), Rami Peltola (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe), Michael Connolly (Central Statistics Office of Ireland), Tihomira Dimova (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe), and Jennifer Ribarsky (OECD)
“Recording Factoryless Goods Production Arrangements in the National Accounts”
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Discussant: Nadim Ahmad (OECD)
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- 3. Utz-Peter Reich (Mainz University of Applied Sciences),
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Discussant: Dennis Fixler (Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA)
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- 4. Nan Zhang (Stanford University),
“Measuring Global Flow of Funds and Integrating Real and Financial Accounts”
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Discussant: Dennis Fixler (Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA)
- 10:30-10:45 — Break
- 10:45-12:45 — Session 7: Human Capital, Growth and Productivity in the SNA
Chair: Ann-Lisbet Brathaug (Statistics Norway)
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- 1. Barbara M. Fraumeni (Central University for Finance and Economics), Michael S. Christian (University of Wisconsin) and Jon D. Samuels (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis),
“Accumulations of Human and Nonhuman Capital Revisited”
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Discussant: Mariagrazia Squicciarini (OECD)
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- 2. Carol A. Corrado (The Conference Board), Jonathan Haskel (Imperial College) and Cecilia Jona-Lasinio (Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali “Guido Carli” and Italian National Institute of Statistics),
“Public Intangibles: The Public Sector and Economic Growth in the SNA”
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Discussant: Mariagrazia Squicciarini (OECD)
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- 3. Ariel Alberto Coremberg (ARKLEMS+LAND),
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Discussant: Kevin J. Fox (University of New South Wales)
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- 4. Deb Kusum Das (Ramjas College, University of Delhi),
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Discussant: Kevin J. Fox (University of New South Wales)
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- 5. Wendy Li (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis),
“Technology Accounts in the National Accounts”
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Discussant: Paul Schreyer (OECD)
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- 6. Brent R. Moulton and Nicole Mayerhauser (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis),
“The Future of the SNA’s Asset Boundary”
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Discussant: Paul Schreyer (OECD)
- 12:45-13:45 — Lunch
- 13:45-14:30 — Keynote address
Chair: Silke Stapel-Weber (EUROSTAT)
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- Professor Diane Coyle (University of Manchester), “Talking about the National Accounts: Statistics and the Democratic Conversation” [
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- 14:30-15:45 — Session 8: The Future of National Accounts (I)
Chair: Silke Stapel-Weber (EUROSTAT)
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- 1. Bent Thage (IMF),
“Are National Accounts Moving Towards A Special Purpose System for Productivity Analysis?”
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Discussant: John Verrinder (EUROSTAT)
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- 2. Bram Edens (Statistics Netherlands), Dirk Van den Bergen (Statistics Netherlands), Maarten Van Rossum (Statistics Netherlands), Rutger Hoekstra (Statistics Netherlands) and Marieke Rensman (Statistics Netherlands),
“The SNA: Facing a Choice Between Measurability and Relevance?”
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Discussant: John Verrinder (EUROSTAT)
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- 3. Albert Braakmann (Federal Statistics Office of Germany),
“Beyond SNA – A Broader Approach to Well-Being”
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Discussant: Romina Boarini (OECD)
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“Quality of Life: Issues and Challenges in Measurement”
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Discussant: Romina Boarini (OECD)
- 15:45-16:00 — Break
- 16:00-17:00 — Session 9: The Future of National Accounts (II)
Chair: Silke Stapel-Weber (EUROSTAT)
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- 1. Robin Lynch (Private),
“The System of National Accounts – Staying on Track”
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Discussant: Michael Davies (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
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- 2. Michael Wolf (Statistics Sweden),
“The Emperor’s New Clothes: The Remaking of an Accounting Framework”
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Discussant: Michael Davies (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
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- 3. Alice Nakamura (University of Alberta) and Leonard Nakamura (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia),
“The System of National Accounts and Alternative Economic Perspectives”
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Discussant: Michael Davies (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
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- 17:00-18:00 — Closing Panel: “The SNA: Wither or Flourish?”
Chair: Martine Durand (OECD)
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- Diane Coyle (University of Manchester)
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Dave Turner (OECD)
Dale Jorgenson (Harvard University)
Brent Moulton (Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA)
André Vanoli (Association de comptabilité nationale, France)