NBER Reporter articles from March 2008

NBER Reporter archives from March 2008

NBER selects James M. Poterba as next president.
March 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In February 2008, the NBER's Board of Directors selected James M. Poterba as the NBER's next President and Chief Executive Officer. He will succeed Martin Feldstein, who has led the NBER since 1977, and will assume...

The declining American high school graduation rate: evidence, sources, and consequences.(Research Summary)
March 22, 2008... The high school graduation rate is a barometer of the health of American society and the skill level of its future workforce. Throughout the first half of the twentieth century, each new cohort of Americans was more likely to graduate from high...

NBER profile: James J. Heckman.
March 22, 2008... James J. Heckman, who shared the 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, is a Research Associate in the NBER's Program on Labor Studies. He is also the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of...

Ninth annual conference in India.(Conferences)(Brief article)
March 22, 2008... On January 13-15, 2008 the NBER and India's National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) again brought together a group of NBER economists and about thirty economists from Indian universities, research institutions, and government...

International Differences in Entrepreneurship.(Conferences)
March 22, 2008... Joshua Lerner, NBER and Harvard Business School, and Antoinette Schoar, NBER and MIT, organized a conference on "International Differences in Entrepreneurship" that took place on February 1 and 2. These papers were discussed: Camilo...

Location of Biopharmaceutical Activity.(Conferences)(Conference notes)
March 22, 2008... The NBER held a conference on the topic "Location of Biopharmaceutical Activity" on March 7 and 8. Iain M. Cockburn, NBER and Boston University, and Matthew J. Slaughter, NBER and Dartmouth College, organized the program. The following papers...

Incentive and Distributional Consequences of Tax Expenditures.(Conferences)
March 22, 2008... The NBER recently held a conference on "Incentive and Distributional Consequcnces of Tax Expenditures." James M. Poterba, the Director of the NBER's Public Economics Program, also of MIT, organized the March 2729 conference. It brought together...

The New World of Private Equity.(Conferences)
March 22, 2008... The NBER held a conference on "The New World of Private Equity" on April 4 and 5. Organizers Josh Lerner, NBER and Harvard Business School, and Per Stromberg, NBER and Stockholm Institute for Financial Research, brought together a group of...

Law and Economics.(Program and Working Group Meetings)
March 22, 2008... The NBER's Program on Law and Economics met in Cambridge on February 8. Program Director Christine Jolls of Yale Law School organized this agenda: Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University and NBER; Anthony Niblett, Harvard University; and...

Economic Fluctuations and Growth.(Program and Working Group Meetings)
March 22, 2008... The NBER's Program on Economic Fluctuations and Growth held a research meeting at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on February 8. Organizers Per Krusell, NBER and Uppsala University, and Monika Piazzesi, NBER and Federal Reserve Bank of...

Environmental and Energy Economics.(Program and Working Group Meetings)
March 22, 2008... NBER's Program on Environmental and Energy Economics met at Stanford University on February 8. Program Director Don Fullerton, University of Texas, and Catherine Wolfram, NBER and University of California, Berkeley, organized this agenda: ...

Industrial Organization Program meeting.(Program and Working Group Meetings)
March 22, 2008... The NBER's Industrial Organization (IO) Program, directed by Nancy L. Rose of MIT, met jointly with NBER's Program on Environmental and Energy Economics at Stanford University on February 8. Erin T. Mansur, NBER and Yale School of Management,...

National Security. (Program and Working Group Meetings).
March 22, 2008... The NBER's Working Group on National Security, directed by NBER President Martin Feldstein of Harvard University, met in Cambridge on February 28. The following papers were discussed: David Clingingsmith, Case Western Reserve University;...

Development of the American Economy.(Program and Working Group Meetings)
March 22, 2008... NBER's Program on the Development of the American Economy, directed by Claudia Goldin of Harvard University, met in Cambridge on March 2. The following papers were discussed: Daniel Bogart, University of California, Irvine, and Gary...

Labor Studies. (Program and Working Group Meetings).
March 22, 2008... The NBER's Program on Labor Studies met in Cambridge on March 7. Program Director Richard B. Freeman and NBER Research Associate Lawrence E. Katz, both of Harvard University, organized the meeting. These papers were discussed: Amitabh...

Entrepreneurship Working Group.(Program and Working Group Meetings)
March 22, 2008... The NBER's Working Group on Entrepreneurship met in Cambridge on March 14. Director Josh Lerner of Harvard University organized this program: Asim I. Khwaja, Harvard University; Atif Mian, University of Chicago; and Abid Qamar, State Bank...

International Finance and Macroeconomics.(Program and Working Group Meetings)
March 22, 2008... The NBER's Program on International Finance and Macroeconomics met in Cambridge on March 21. Roberto Chang, NBER and Rutgers University, and Menzie D. Chinn, NBER and University of Wisconsin, organized this program: Charles Engel,...

International Trade and Investment.(Program and Working Group Meetings)
March 22, 2008... The NBER's Program on International Trade and Investment met in Cambridge on March 28 and 29. Program Director Robert C. Feenstra of the University of California, Davis organized the meeting. These papers were discussed: Nathan Nunn,...

Public Economics Program meeting.(Program and Working Group Meetings)
March 22, 2008... The NBER's Program on Public Economics met in Cambridge on April 3 and 4. NBER Research Associates Jeffrey R. Brown and Scott Weisbenner, both of the University of Illinois, organized the meeting. These papers were discussed: Liran Einav,...

Cohort Studies.(Program and Working Group Meetings)
March 22, 2008... The NBER's Working Group on Cohort Studies, directed by Dora Costa of University of California, Los Angeles, met in California on April 11. These papers were discussed: Eric D. Gould, Hebrew University; Victor Lavy, Hebrew University and...

Monetary Economics.(Program and Working Group Meetings)
March 22, 2008... NBER's most recent program meeting on Monetary Economics took place at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on April 18. Organizers Anil K Kashyap, University of Chicago and NBER, and Virgiliu Midrigan, New York University and NBER, chose these...

Political Economy.(Program and Working Group Meetings)(meeting for discussion)
March 22, 2008... The NBER'S Political Economy Program met in Cambridge on April 18. NBER Research Associate Alberto Alesina of Harvard University organized the meeting. These papers were discussed: James M. Snyder, Jr., MIT, and David Stromberg, Stockholm...

Innovation Policy and the Economy.(Bureau Books)
March 22, 2008... Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 8, edited by Adam B. Jaffe, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern, is now available for $58.00. This volume, part of an annual series that previously had been published by the MIT Press, includes papers...

NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2007.(Bureau Books)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2008... NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2007, Volume 22, edited by Daron Acemoglu, Kenneth Rogoff, and Michael Woodford is now available. The clothbound price is $90.00. This volume, also part of an annual series that previously had been published by...

Financial Markets Volatility and Performance in Emerging Markets.(Bureau Books)(Conference notes)
March 22, 2008... Financial Markets Volatility and Performance in Emerging Markets, edited by Sebastian Edwards and Marcio G.P. Garcia, is available from the University of Chicago Press this spring. This NBER Conference Report is priced at $75.00. Financial...