NBER hosts 2012 Summer Institute.

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The NBER hosted its 35th annual Summer Institute during a three-week period in July. With more than 2100 participants, nearly 500 of whom were attending the NBER Summer Institute for the first time, this year's was one of the largest summer gatherings in NBER history.

NBER Research Associate Steven N. Kaplan of the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business delivered the Martin Feldstein lecture on the topic of "Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance in the U.S."

NBER Research Associates Aviv Nevo of Northwestern University and Ariel Pakes of Harvard University presented the "Econometrics Methods Lectures" on the topic "Methods for Demand Estimation." Their lectures, which spanned two days and have been recorded and posted...