NBER is a nonpartisan economic research organization that connects a network of more than 1,800 academic economists through its widely cited working paper series. NBER's Twitter Score is 29 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #32,939 (top 10%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
NBER was founded by Malcolm Rorty and Nachum Stone and has grown into one of the most referenced sources of economic scholarship in the United States. The organization is affiliated with the Business Cycle Dating Committee, the body widely recognized for officially marking the start and end of U.S. recessions, and James Poterba serves as its president and chief executive officer. Funding support comes from institutions including the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Social Security Administration, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
NBER has engaged with cryptocurrency and blockchain topics through its working paper series. Among relevant publications, it released "Blockchain Economics" by Joseph Abadi and Markus Brunnermeier as Working Paper 25407, and "Blockchain Analysis of the Bitcoin Market" by Igor Makarov and Antoinette Schoar as Working Paper 29396. These papers reflect the organization's broader commitment to bringing academic rigor to emerging financial and technological questions.
NBER has published 22,811 posts on the platform and has been mentioned by 165 accounts, with 1,226 total mentions.
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