NBER closes Palo Alto office.

• Position: NBER News - National Bureau of Economic Research - Brief article

In March 2010, the NBER closed its Palo Alto office after 36 years of operation The office, which opened in June 1974, was housed in a leased building on the Stanford University campus. Victor Fuchs, of NBER and Stanford University, and Sherman Maisel, of NBER and the University of California at Berkeley, were the inaugural co-directors of "NBER West." Their leadership launched a long tradition of conferences, seminars, and academic visitors to this facility. John Shoven of NBER and Stanford University has recently been the director of the Palo Alto office...