NBER hosts 2011 Summer Institute.

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The NBER hosted the 33rd annual Summer Institute during a four-week period in July and early August. With more than 2100 participants, 515 of whom were attending their first Summer Institute, this was the largest summer gathering in NBER history.

NBER Research Associate Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard University, the former chief economist of the IMF, delivered the Martin Feldstein lecture on the topic of "Sovereign Bankruptcy: Is This Time Different?" His presentation, just three weeks before the deadline for raising the U.S. debt limit, was particularly timely.

NBER Research Associates Lawrence Christiano of Northwestern University and Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde of the University of Pennsylvania presented the "Econometrics Methods Lectures" on the topic "Computational Tools and Macroeconomic Applications." Their lectures, which spanned two days and have been recorded and posted on...