The National Science Foundation awarded a $473,000 project grant to the National Bureau of Economic Research Inc. (NBER) from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024 under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). NBER will use this funding to research how large-scale economic development programs or "big pushes" can distort markets and impact long-term growth. The grant supports NBER's work analyzing distortions caused by subsidies and other interventions, and how...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) program (CFDA 47.075) provides $473,000 to the National Bureau of Economic Research Inc. (NBER) to develop a unified framework for studying optimal multi-dimensional taxation policies. The research seeks to characterize the optimal design of tax, transfer, and social insurance programs that account for complex, multifaceted determinants of household tax liabilities. Key...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $375,000 project grant to the National Bureau of Economic Research Inc. (NBER) from March 2021 through February 2024 to support research titled "Collaborative Research: The Macroeconomy, Labor Markets, and Economic Mobility from the Civil War to Today: New High Frequency Data on Local Economic Shocks." The research will be conducted under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), which aims to promote basic research...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $600,000 in funding to the National Bureau of Economic Research Inc. (NBER) for research in macroeconomics. The project combines a large-scale consumer survey with information treatments and external data to investigate four key research questions: 1) the mechanisms underlying wage-price spirals, 2) how economic uncertainty affects household spending...
The National Science Foundation Division of Social and Economic Science awarded a $282,000 Project Grant to the National Bureau Of Economic Research Inc. doing business as NBER. The grant is part of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) and will fund collaborative research on intermediaries and product selection in the municipal bond market from July 15, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The research aims to contribute to scientific understanding of how social,...
The National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (NBER) received a three-year, $441,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) to evaluate decision-making by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) advisory committees. NBER will conduct three research papers analyzing how FDA advisory committees collect and use information to make recommendations on new drug, biological and medical device approvals. The...
This $626,096 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will fund the National Bureau of Economic Research Inc. (NBER) to host the NBER Summer Institute from 2023 to 2026. The NBER Summer Institute is a four-week annual conference that brings together over 2,800 economists and scholars from over 425 universities and institutions to develop new ideas, conduct collaborative research, and share findings on important economic...
The National Science Foundation Division of Social and Economic Science awarded a $314,000 Project Grant to the National Bureau Of Economic Research Inc. doing business as NBER, for their DYNAMIC STRATEGIC CORPORATE FINANCE project. The three-year project from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024 is funded through the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The grant aims to contribute to scientific strength and welfare through promotion of basic research and education in...
The National Bureau of Economic Research Inc. will provide $321,762 in research services under a three-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). Through this funding, the awardee will conduct a study of the US mortgage industry supply chain to quantify the relative impacts of information asymmetries and market power on intermediation costs. Services will include assembling a novel dataset tracing loan...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) Project Grant award of $517,342 funds the construction of an open access database containing information on earnings inequality, income volatility, economic mobility, and income dynamics for a large number of countries over time. The database will leverage administrative microdata records to provide longitudinal data that allows for detailed analysis of heterogeneity in individual and household...