The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) serves as a hub for cutting-edge analysis and research across the entire University of Chicago economics community, uniting researchers from the Booth School of Business, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, the...
Inspired by our namesakes, Nobel Laureates Gary Becker and Milton Friedman, who believed that economics research could help improve the world, BFI works with the Chicago Economics community to turn its evidence-based research into real-world impact.
The Predoctoral Research in Economics Program (PREP) is intended to serve as a bridge between college and graduate school for students interested in empirical economics. The program offers unique research and professional training opportunities at the University of Chicago.
Expanding Discovery in Economics+ (EDE+) brings together a diverse group of early undergraduate students to hone their research abilities and technical skills.
We incorporate natural language into games, focusing here on the class of signaling games. The sender, using a commonly understood language, can make cheap-talk statements about the strategy that he is using. Because the sender knows his strategy, any statement...
Governments and firms often employ soft spending limits to restrict overspending while still allowing exceptions on a case-by-case basis. This paper studies a Medicare policy which capped per-patient physical therapy spending, with exceptions for patients with documented medical need. The...
Manasi Deshpande, Greg Kaplan, and Tobias Leigh-Wood
Many developed countries have enacted reforms to reduce disability rolls. Using a 2014 reform to Australia’s disability program, we find that removal has an average zero effect on household income but increases prescriptions for antipsychotics. However, av-erage effects mask heterogeneity....
Captivating and informative videos on the latest insights and trends as well as the tested stock of knowledge in economics from leaders in academia, policy, business, and the media.
The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) serves as a hub for cutting-edge analysis and research across the entire University of Chicago economics community, uniting researchers from the Booth School of Business, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, the...
Inspired by our namesakes, Nobel Laureates Gary Becker and Milton Friedman, who believed that economics research could help improve the world, BFI works with the Chicago Economics community to turn its evidence-based research into real-world impact.
The Predoctoral Research in Economics Program (PREP) is intended to serve as a bridge between college and graduate school for students interested in empirical economics. The program offers unique research and professional training opportunities at the University of Chicago.
Expanding Discovery in Economics+ (EDE+) brings together a diverse group of early undergraduate students to hone their research abilities and technical skills.
We incorporate natural language into games, focusing here on the class of signaling games. The sender, using a commonly understood language, can make cheap-talk statements about the strategy that he is using. Because the sender knows his strategy, any statement...
Governments and firms often employ soft spending limits to restrict overspending while still allowing exceptions on a case-by-case basis. This paper studies a Medicare policy which capped per-patient physical therapy spending, with exceptions for patients with documented medical need. The...
Manasi Deshpande, Greg Kaplan, and Tobias Leigh-Wood
Many developed countries have enacted reforms to reduce disability rolls. Using a 2014 reform to Australia’s disability program, we find that removal has an average zero effect on household income but increases prescriptions for antipsychotics. However, av-erage effects mask heterogeneity....
Captivating and informative videos on the latest insights and trends as well as the tested stock of knowledge in economics from leaders in academia, policy, business, and the media.
