Report of the Representative to the National Bureal of Economic Research.

This article presents the report of the Representative to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Founded in 1920, NBER works toward increasing economic understanding. It achieves this through programs, projects, working papers, books, periodicals, and its Summer Institute. Among the many programs sponsored by the Bureau are those focusing on Aging, Corporate Finance, and Industrial Organization. During 2000 NBER issued a total of 13 books. Periodicals include the monthly "NBER Digest," and the "Reporter."