Biology and the Arguments of Utility
The Becker Friedman Institute is pleased to sponsor a lecture by Arthur Robson for graduate students and faculty in Economics and Booth.

Townsend Lecture to Grad Students
The Becker Friedman Institute is pleased to sponsor a lecture by Robert M. Townsend for graduate students and faculty in Economics and Booth.

Armour Lecture to Grad Students
The Becker Friedman Institute is pleased to sponsor a lecture by Richard Armour for graduate students and faculty in Economics and Booth.

Blundell Lecture to Grad Students
The Becker Friedman Institute is pleased to sponsor a lecture by Richard Blundell for graduate students and faculty in Economics and Booth.

Siow Lecture Series
The Becker Friedman Institute is pleased to sponsor two lectures by Aloysius Siow for graduate students and faculty in Economics and Booth. Siow will introduce models on empicial marriage matching and open problems will be discussed.

Becker Brown Bag Series
In this series of informal talks prominent economists present cutting-edge research and highlight the practical use of economics for answering real-world questions. Created for MBA students, the series also draws students, staff, and faculty.

Friedman Forum Undergraduate Lecture Series
This counterpart to the popular and long-running Becker Brown Bag Series was created to offer students in the College an opportunity for informal discussion with leading researchers.

Macroeconomic Lecture Series
This series of lectures for faculty and graduate students in Economics and Booth explores applied macroeconomics and its impact. Prominent researchers from national institutions will discuss their work on macroeconomic modeling.

Larry Samuelson Lecture Series
The two-part lecture series by Larry Samuelson will examine studies of reputations built around models of repeated games.

Econometrics Workshop Series
February-April, 2012
The Becker Friedman Institute has invited several Visiting Fellows to present innovative new research at the Econometrics Workshop held in the Department of Economics.

Becker Brown Bag Series
In this series of informal talks prominent economists present cutting-edge research and highlight the practical use of economics for answering real-world questions. Created for MBA students, the series also draws students, staff, and faculty.

Friedman Forum Undergraduate Lecture Series
This counterpart to the popular and long-running Becker Brown Bag Series was created to offer students in the College an opportunity for informal discussion with leading researchers.

What Can We Learn from Randomized Controlled Trials?
February 25, 2010
Randomized control trials (RCT)—the gold standard for medical research—are not always the best tool for social science, Visiting Fellow Angus Deaton explained in a lecture.

Judicial Review and Democratic Failure
April 13, 2010
Matthew Stephenson discussed some the relationship between legality and democracy.

Social Preferences: A Foundation of Cooperation, Competition and Incentives
May 7, 2009
Ernst Fehr examined how the consideration of social preferences affects economic outcomes in this lecture.

Rethinking America's Illegal Drug Policy
October 13, 2009
Economic analysis suggests that the U.S. should seriously consider decriminalizing illegal drugs, John J. Donohue III said