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May 15, 2006
Dear <<fullname>>:
We would like to invite you to participate in our meeting on Friday, July 14,
2006 at the NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA. This is a
meeting of a small working group we organize as part of the NBER's
Economic Fluctuations and Growth program and will take place the day before the
large EFG meeting. The preliminary program can be found at http://www.nber.org/~confer/2006/si2006/efjkprg.html.
You will also be receiving an invitation to attend the Economic Fluctuations
and Growth Research Meeting. The meeting, organized by Daron Acemoglu and Anil Kashyap, will be held on Saturday, July 16 at the Royal
Sonesta Hotel in
Please reply via email through the Conference Department's web reply form at
<<replyurl>>. We cannot guarantee
housing if your reply form is received after June 2.
Authors will have 30 minutes to present followed by 15 minutes for the
discussant and 15 minutes for general questions. Participants will be
expected to have read all the papers carefully in advance and to come prepared
with questions for discussion.
Note for Presenters: If you have a new version of your paper that you
would like distributed, please email it to us by JUNE 9, 2006. (Pete@Klenow.com and chad@econ.berkeley.edu). A
copy should also be emailed to Rob Shannon (rshannon@nber.org)
Funding is available up to a maximum of $500 per paper. This amount can
be shared in the case of co-authors. Please see the Summer Institute
information sheet
(www.nber.org/~confer/2006/si2006/travregnbs.html)
for details on housing and transportation costs in
Morning coffee and pastries as well as lunch will be provided. After the
meeting, participants are invited to attend the group dinner for the Economic
Fluctuations and Growth Research Meeting. The dinner will be held at the
Royal Sonesta Hotel at 6:30 pm.
Further Summer Institute information, including updated programs and
information for authors, can be found on the Summer Institute 2006 page at
http//www.nber.org/~confer/2006/si2006/si2006.html.
Papers will also be available on this site before the workshop.
For participants staying at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, shuttle vans will be
available in front of the hotel at 8:00 am and 8:30 am on July 14 to take you
to the NBER. There will also be shuttle vans leaving from the NBER going
to the Royal Sonesta Hotel at 4:30 pm and 5:00 pm.
ALL SUMMER INSTITUTE PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION LETTER PRIOR TO
THEIR WORKSHOP(S). PLEASE READ YOUR CONFIRMATION CAREFULLY AS IT WILL
CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING HOUSING, REIMBURSEMENT, AND WHICH
WORKSHOP(S) YOU ARE OFFICIALLY REGISTERED FOR. IF ANY OF THE INFORMATION
ON YOUR CONFIRMATION IS INCORRECT OR IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE A CONFIRMATION
LETTER TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO YOUR WORKSHOP, PLEASE CONTACT SOMEONE IN THE NBER'S
CONFERENCE DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY.
We hope you will be able to join us this summer. If you have any
questions, please contact the NBER's Conference
Department at 617/868-3900 phone, 617/864-1825 fax, or via e-mail at confer@nber.org.
Sincerely,