NBER Summer Institute, Cambridge, MA 2000-2002

NBER暑期研究所汇集了来自大学，政府和国际组织的经济学家，为期几天或几周的研讨会，研讨会，会议和合作研究。 1998年夏季研究所包括来自201所大学和非学术机构的939名经济学家，其中61%的参与者与NBER无关。正在努力接触新的参与者，1998年的参与者中有20%是第一次参加暑期研究所。 暑期研究所为经济学家提供了一个独特的机会，与他们的专业领域的其他人密切合作，进行长期和密集的研究。在各种会议上，研究人员有很多机会花一两个小时与同事互动，但NBER夏季研究所的独特之处在于它持续的时间足够长，可以让来自几个机构的经济学家进行认真的合作。虽然有，当然，工作接近完成的介绍，重点放在“研讨会”方面的计划，在那里提出新的想法，初步的研究思路，并建立联合或协调的研究工作计划。 暑期学院分为12个课程或研究领域：经济波动，经济史，货币经济学，企业融资，资产定价，产业组织，健康和老龄化，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自己的群体结构。虽然有相当大的变化之间的程序，一个典型的暑期研究所计划将持续一到三个星期，与研讨会每天上午，下午专门研究。课程可能包括各种主题，也可能围绕特定主题组织。

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. The 1998 Summer Institute included 939 economists from 201 universities and nonacademic institutions, 61 percent of these participants were not affiliated with the NBER. An effort is made to reach out to new participants, and 20 percent of the 1998 participants were attending Summer Institute for the first time. The Summer Institute provides a unique opportunity for economists to work closely with others in their areas of specialty for extended and intense periods of research. There are many opportunities at various conferences for researchers to spend an hour or two interacting with colleagues, but the NBER Summer Institute is unique in that it 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. The Summer Institute is organized into twelve programs, or areas of study: economic fluctuations, economic history, monetary economics, corporate finance, asset pricing, industrial organization, health and aging, international studies, labor studies, productivity, and taxation. Each program has its own group of participants, and its own group 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 afternoons devoted to research. Programs may include a variety of subjects or they may be organized around specific topics.