Dear NBER Researchers -
I am writing on three NBER-related topics that I hope will be of
interest.
1. The first issue of the _NBER Reporter_ each year summarizes awards
and recognitions received by NBER-affiliated researchers during the
previous calendar year. If you received an honor in 2015 that you would
like us to include, please send an email to my assistant, Raquel Greene
(greener_at_nber.org) by Tuesday, February 16, with "2015 Awards" in the
subject line and a brief description of your award - no more than thirty
words - in the body of the message. To keep the list of awards of
manageable length, I am afraid that we cannot include honors bestowed by
our researchers' home universities, such as named chairs. If you shared
your award with other researchers, please include that information in
your message.
2. This Friday, February 5, is the deadline for nominating potential
new NBER Faculty Research Fellows and Research Associates. If you have
a candidate to propose, please follow the directions in the email that
you received from Denis Healy on January 19, subject line "NBER
Nominations." That message included your personalized link to our
web-based nomination tool. If you cannot find that message, please
email Denis (dhealy_at_nber.org).
3. The 2016 NBER Summer Institute will take place between July 11 and
July 29. The full schedule is now posted at
http://nber.org/confer/2016/SI2016/SI2016.html
Please note that on Wednesday July 27, Professor Caroline Hoxby of
Stanford University will deliver this year's Martin Feldstein Lecture.
The Summer Institute Methods Lectures, on "Market Design: Theory and
Applications" will be presented on Tuesday, July 26 by Atila
Abdulkadiroglu (Duke), Nikhil Agarwal (MIT), Itai Ashlagi (Stanford),
Parag Pathak (MIT), and Al Roth (Stanford). This will mark the tenth
anniversary of the Methods Lectures. A video archive of the
presentations in each of the last nine years, which may prove a useful
reference for students, can be found at:
http://nber.org/SI_econometrics_lectures.html
All best wishes for the spring semester. I look forward to seeing you at
the 2016 Summer Institute if not before.
Jim Poterba
Received on Tue Feb 02 2016 - 09:12:16 EST
