New Research Associates, Faculty Research Fellows Named.

The NBER Board of Directors appointed 14 research associates at its April 2019 meeting. New research associates, who must be tenured faculty members at North American colleges or universities, are recommended to the board by the directors of the NBER's 20 research programs, typically after consultation with a steering committee of leading scholars in the program area. Two of the new research associates were previously faculty research fellows.

Faculty research fellows, who are appointed by the NBER president, must hold primary academic appointments in North America. They also are recommended by program directors and their steering committees in the culmination of a highly competitive process that begins with a call for nominations in January. Candidates are evaluated based on their research records and their capacity to contribute to the NBER's activities. This year, 246 researchers were nominated for faculty research fellowships; 47 were appointed.

The 61 newly-appointed researchers are affiliated with 35 different colleges and universities. They completed graduate studies at 29 different institutions. On May 1, there were 1,219 NBER research associates and 345 faculty research fellows.

The newly appointed researchers, their universities, and their NBER program affiliations, are listed below. Entries in italics indicate research associates who were promoted from the rank of faculty research fellows.

Research Associates

Francisco Buera, Washington University in St. Louis

Economic Fluctuations and Growth

Davin Chor, Dartmouth College

International Trade and Investment

Isil Erel, Ohio State University

Corporate Finance

Nicole Fortin, University of British Columbia

Labor Studies

Erica Fuchs, Carnegie Mellon University

Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

Jessica Goldberg, University of Maryland

Development Economics

Fabian Lange, McGill University

Labor Studies

Benjamin Moll, Princeton University

Economic Fluctuations and Growth

Daniel Rees, University of Colorado at Denver

Health Economics

Aysegul Sahin, University of Texas at Austin

Monetary Economics

Angelino Viceisza, Spelman College

Productivity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

Alessandra Voena, University of Chicago

Labor Studies

Maisy Wong, University of Pennsylvania

Development Economics

Leeat Yariv, Princeton University

Political Economy

Faculty Research Fellows

Anjali Adukia, University of Chicago

Economics of Education

Jennie Bai, Georgetown University

Asset Pricing

Jie...