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...James M. Poterba ’80, chairman of the MIT Economics Department and head of the National Bureau for Economic Research, said that Bernanke has thus far done a good job handling the difficulties posed by current circumstances...
...handing of the reins to Poterba, who was just a sophomore at the College when Feldstein became president, marks the end of an era for the NBER, a time in which Feldstein “reinvigorated” the bureau turned it into the central institute for economic research...
Feldstein said yesterday that he will continue as “an active NBER researcher” and that he is “delighted with the choice of Jim Poterba as my successor...
Laibson, who said he knows Poterba from Laibson’s days as a graduate student at MIT, added that Poterba is known for his breadth and productivity as a scholar...
...Poterba, who could not be reached yesterday, has conducted extensive research on taxation and the financial behavior of households...