Dear NBER Family Members -
While it is snowing today in Cambridge, just four months from now
will mark the start of the 2009 NBER Summer Institute. Workshop plans
are being finalized, and you can find the schedule on the NBER website at
http://www.nber.org/~confer/2009/SI2009/SI2009.html
I am writing to call your attention to two special events that
will take place this summer. The first is the inaugural Martin
Feldstein Lecture, which is scheduled for 4:30 on Friday July 10. To
recognize Marty's many contributions to the NBER, the NBER's board of
directors has created a distinguished lectureship in his honor. The
lecture will address an important question in applied economics, with an
application to economic policy. The inaugural Feldstein Lecturer will
be John Taylor of Stanford University and NBER. He will lecture on
"Empirically Evaluating Economic Policy in Real Time." The lecture will
take place on a day when the Asset Pricing, Economic Fluctuations and
Growth, and Monetary Economics programs are all meeting, to make it
possible for a large group of interested participants to attend.
The second special event is the latest installment of the very
successful "Methods Lectures" that were part of the 2007 and 2008 Summer
Institutes. This year we will devote a single day, Friday July 25, to
the role of field experiments in data collection. Two lecturers will
divide the day. John List of the University of Chicago and NBER will
lecture on "Using Field Experiments in Economics: An Introduction," and
Michael Kremer of Harvard and NBER will speak on "Conducting Field
Research in Developing Countries." The day will also include a
lunch-time panel discussion on the design of data infrastructure. The
panel will feature Dan Black of the University of Chicago, Richard
Freeman of Harvard and NBER, Arthur Kennickell of the Federal Reserve
Board (a member of the NBER Board of Directors), and Julia Lane of the
NSF.
I hope that your schedule will enable you to participate in these
special events. All best wishes.
Jim
Received on Mon Mar 09 2009 - 09:58:21 EDT
