TY - JOUR
AU - Moore, Geoffrey H.
AB - by GEOFFREY H. MOORE What manner of organization is the National Bureau in shaping the broad lines of the research program of Economic Research? How does it select research but also in safeguarding the quality of the results. topics? Who does the work and what kind of tasks Matters of policy requiring prompt action are han­ do they perform? Where do the funds come from? dled by an Executive Committee of eleven, elected by How does the National Bureau safeguard the scientific the Board from its membership. Arthur F. Burns, the Director of Research, is the member of the Com­ quality of its findings? How are the results dissemi­ nated? Visitors to the National. Bureau often ask mittee who is directly responsible for the research these and similar questions; perhaps the answers will program. The members of the research staff, number­ be of interest to readers of the American Statistician. ing about twenty-five, direct the individual studies, The National Bureau of Economic Research is a and are aided in their work by upwards of forty-five private non-profit corporation, formed, according to research assistants. A staff of typists, bookkeepers, its charter, "to conduct, or assist in the making of exact 
TI - The National Bureau of Economic Research
JF - The American Statistician
DO - 10.1080/00031305.1950.10501640
DA - 1950-06-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/the-national-bureau-of-economic-research-RX6EDGIwOn
SP - 13
EP - 15
VL - 4
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -