Subject: Working Papers
From: Nancy L. Rose (nrose@MIT.EDU)
Date: Tue Apr 25 2000 - 17:15:54 EDT
Over the past year, NBER IO program members have presented a number of
quite interesting papers at NBER IO program meetings (and outside
seminars). I've also received a number of interesting submissions for the
Summer Institute from program members (thanks!).
Unfortunately, a tiny fraction of these cross my desk as NBER IO program
working papers. Last year, there were only 22 NBER working papers
listed in the IO series, and only 14 that included an author in the IO
program. My thanks to those of you who have taken time to put out papers in
the series.
For those of you with papers that have not been submitted to the NBER WP
series, I am writing with my STRONG encouragement to take a couple of hours
out of your busy schedule to print out your working papers, download the WP
submission form from the NBER website,
http://www.nber.org/forms/submis.pdf
and submit the papers for inclusion in the series. It is difficult to show
that the NBER IO program is as alive and thriving as we think it is when
the observable output of our researchers isn't there to back it up. And it
is increasingly difficult to explain during program reviews why so many
program members seem to have such limited NBER interaction (i.e., little
beyond attending 1 or 2 meetings per year). I appreciate your help in
changing this situation.
Thanks,
Nancy
Professor Nancy L. Rose phone: 617-253-8956
MIT Department of Economics fax: 617-253-1330
50 Memorial Drive, E52-371B e-mail: nrose@mit.edu
Cambridge, MA 02142-1347
