Universities Research Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts Fall and Spring of 1990-1991

这一奖项是为了表彰对大学研究会议半年度会议的持续支持。这一系列会议的目的是将来自全国各地的经济学家聚集在一起，就当前感兴趣的一个特定主题进行为期两天的深入讨论。选择会议主题是因为它们与当前的经济政策问题相关，以及它们对学术经济学家的兴趣。最近的会议集中在财政政策、货币政策、贸易政策和政府支出计划的国际方面。论文征集自70多个经济系和50多所商学院。会议组织者小心翼翼地选择了知名和知名度较低的研究人员。讨论者和其他参与者也被选中，以鼓励在不同大学具有相似兴趣的经济学家之间的互动。一个典型的会议包括7到10篇论文和来自25所大学的约80名参与者。这一系列会议为研究人员提供了一个独特而有价值的论坛，他们可能很少有机会与各自领域的其他专家互动。过去的会议办得很好，提交的论文质量很高，选定的讨论议题也很重要和及时。

This award is for the continued support of the semi-annual meetings of the Universities Research Conference. The purpose of this conference series is to bring together economists from throughout the country for two days of in-depth discussion of a specific topic of current interest. Conference topics are chosen for their relevance to current economic policy issues, as well as for their interest to academic economists. Recent conferences have focused on international aspects of fiscal policies, monetary policy, trade policy, and government spending programs. Papers for presentation are solicited from over 70 economics departments and 50 business schools. Conference organizers are careful to select a mix of established and less well known researchers. Discussants and other participants are also chosen to encourage interaction among economists with similar interests at different universities. A typical conference includes 7 to 10 papers and about 80 participants from 25 universities. This conference series represents a unique and valuable forum for researchers who might have little opportunity to interact with other specialists in their field. Past conferences have been well run, the quality of the papers presents has been high, and the topics selected for discussion have been important and timely.