Dear NBER Researchers -
I am writing with news of several recent NBER developments and to
provide you with key dates relating to the 2016 Summer Institute.
First, I hope that you will join me in thanking the 119 researchers who
organized the various meetings that comprised the 2015 Summer
Institute. Over 2600 researchers participated in 55 meetings that
featured 512 presentations. Videos of three Summer Institute activities
have been posted on the NBER website:
* Alan Krueger's Martin Feldstein Lecture on "How Tight is the Labor
Market?":
http://www.nber.org/feldstein_lecture_2015/feldsteinlecture_2015.html
* Susan Athey and Guido Imbens' lectures on "Machine Learning for
Economists":
http://nber.org/econometrics_minicourse_2015/
A nine year video record of "Summer Institute Methods Lectures," which
may prove useful as a reference for students seeking a short
introduction to particular econometric or theoretical tools, is also
available:
http://nber.org/SI_econometrics_lectures.html
* A panel discussion on the Greek financial crisis with presentations by
Gita Gopinath, Anil Kashyap, Paolo Pesenti, Richard Portes, and Carmen
Reinhart:
http://www.nber.org/greece_eurocrisis/summary.html
Second, there have been several leadership changes for various NBER
activities.
* Anna Aizer of Brown University has joined Janet Currie of Princeton as
co-director of the NBER Program on Children.
* Nicholas Barberis of Yale has become the director of the Behavioral
Finance Working Group, succeeding founding co-directors Bob Shiller of
Yale and Dick Thaler of the University of Chicago.
* Robert Moffitt of Johns Hopkins University has become the director of
the annual Tax Policy and the Economy conference, succeeding Jeff Brown
of the University of Illinois.
Please join me in thanking Bob, Dick, and Jeff for their outstanding
efforts in advancing the NBER's mission.
Finally, a bit of "forward guidance" concerning the dates for the 2016
Summer Institute. Because the first full week of July 2016 includes
the July 4 holiday, the Summer Institute will begin later than in recent
years:
Week 1: July 11 - July 15 2016
Week 2: July 18 - July 22 2016
Week 3: July 25 - July 29 2016.
Detailed scheduling information will be available in January. Please
note that in Week 3, the Development Economics meeting will move to the
beginning of the week, and the Real Estate and Urban Economics meetings
will move to Wednesday and Thursday.
Thank you for your ongoing support of the NBER. Please do not hesitate
to send me suggestions for enhancing the NBER's role in conducting and
disseminating economic research. All best wishes.
Jim Poterba
Received on Thu Oct 08 2015 - 15:01:53 EDT
