NBER Summer Institute-Cambridge, MA: July-August 1988 & 1989

NBER暑期研究所汇集了来自 大学、政府和国际组织， 几天或几周的研讨会、讲习班、会议和 合作研究。 去年的暑期学校包括 来自124所大学和非学术机构的435名经济学家 预计将有类似数量的机构参加这一会议。 夏天 特别努力吸收青年经济学家。 暑期研究所分为七个项目：经济 波动，经济历史，金融市场和货币 经济学，国际研究，劳动研究，生产力， 和税收。 每个项目都有自己的参与者群体 和它自己的结构。 虽然有相当多的 在程序之间的变化，一个典型的暑期研究所 该项目将持续一到三周，每个研讨会 上午和下午都是个人研究。 一些 节目结束时举行一个更正式的会议。 程序可以 包括各种主题，或者它们可以围绕 具体专题。 暑期研究所提供了一个独特的机会， 经济学家在他们的领域与其他人密切合作， 专业为延长和一般激烈的时期， research. 尽管许多会议允许研究人员 几个小时的时间来交换意见，只有NBER的夏季 研究所持续足够长的时间，以允许认真的合作 来自多家机构的经济学家。 虽然有 课程介绍工作接近完成，重点是 放置在车间方面的计划，其中新的想法 提出了初步的研究思路，并制定了计划 联合或协调的研究工作。

The NBER Summer Institute brings together economists from universities, government, and international organizations for a few days or a few weeks of seminars, workshops, conferences and collaborative research. Last year's Summer Institute included 435 economists from 124 universities and nonacademic institutions and a similar number is expected to attend this summer. Special efforts are made to include young economists. The Summer Institute is organized into seven programs: economic fluctuations, economic history, financial markets and monetary economics, international studies, labor studies, productivity, and taxation. Each program has its own group of participants and its own structure. Although there is considerable variation among the programs, a typical Summer Institute program will last for one to three weeks, with seminars each morning and afternoon devoted to individual research. Some programs conclude with a more formal conference. Programs may include a variety of subjects or they may be organized around specific topics. The Summer Institute provides a unique opportunity for economists to work closely with others in their areas of specialty for extended and gernerally intense periods of research. Although numerous conferences permit researchers few hours in which to exchange ideas, only NBER's Summer Institute lasts long enough to allow serious collaboration among economists from several institutions. While there are of course presentations of work nearing completion, emphasis is placed on the workshop aspects of the program, where new ideas are raised, preliminary research ideas are developed, and plans for joint or coordinated research efforts are established.