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MurphyEllen Murphy |
2013 - Present
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Murphy's research at the Becker Friedman Institute includes common misconceptions about health care and an examination of the strategic behavior of amateur and professional golfers. She also works on the Freakonomics Golf Challenge experiments. A passionate traveler, her life's goal is to set foot on every continent. |
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RobertsonErin Robertson |
2013 - Present
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Robertson's research includes an examination of the strategic behavior of amateur golfers. She also studies the effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans residents. She is also co-curriculum developer at the Chicago Heights Early Childhood Center and project manager of Freakonomics Experiments. |
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UnikaUnika Shrestha |
2013 - Present
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Unika joined the Center on Chicago Price Theory in August 2012. Her current work includes projects that examine the effects of home ownership on formal sector participation; civic participation, and investment in health and education in Mexico. Another project explores whether fertility behavior among those at risk for Huntington disease differs by disease status. Previously, she was a research analyst at the National Bureau of Economic Research. |
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HolzJustin Holz |
2013 - Present
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Holz's research focuses on the effects of early childhood interventions on cognitive and executive function development. He also studies the impact of nutrition messages, labeling, and non-monetary incentives on food choice in adults and children. |
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NovgorodskyDavid Novgorodsky |
2013 - Present
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Novgorodsky's research includes work on the existence and effects of social pressure and social signalling, the impact of incentives and competition on educational outcomes, altruism in effort provision, time inconsistency, sabotage, and the use of norms in promoting energy conservation. He received a bachelor's degree in economics and another in business administration from University of California Berkeley in 2010. Before coming to the Institute, he worked for Towers Watson as an actuarial analyst in their health and group benefits division. |
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ToLinh To |
2013 - Present
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To's research at the Becker Friedman Institute includes study of the economic incentives that shape ideological diversity in the media using data on U.S. newspapers in the early 20th century. She also works on quantitative modeling of the economic mechanisms that could explain the lower than expected level of ideological segregation of the Internet, and studies of the history of partisanship in congressional speech. |
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DittaTony Ditta |
2013 - Present
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Ditta has been working for Matt Gentzkow and Jesse Shapiro as a research assistant in Chicago Price Theory since June 2012. Before that, he attended Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has worked on projects related to competition and bias in news media, fungibility and mental accounting, and measuring identification in econometric models. |
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YeKaren Ye |
2013 - Present
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Ye's current research focuses on health economics and neuroeconomics. One project examines the effect of legislation on deceased and living organ donation rates. Other projects use neuroimaging techniques to examine neural correlates of the endowment effect, as well as the effects of early childhood interventions. |
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PatkiDhiren Patki |
2011
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Patki's research at the Becker Center examines learning-by-doing models, extreme weather patterns, and the effects of air pollution on birth outcomes. He also studies the impact of information technology adoption on firm size and location. |
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Thuỳ TôLinh Thuỳ Tô |
2011
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LeeWooju Lee |
2011
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Lee's research includes work on the impact of incentives and
competition on educational outcomes, leveraging loss aversion in
teachers, identifying motivations for investment in energy efficiency,
and testing whether norms impact energy consumption. He received a
bachelor's degree in economics from University of Chicago in 2011. |
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MetcalfeRobert Metcalfe |
2012 - Present
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Rob's research is directed at developing and testing economic and behavioral theory using naturally occurring data and field experiments. He is currently conducting and managing a number of large field experiments in many different domains, including energy conservation, tax evasion, anti-social behavior, charitable giving, educational attainment, and auction design. He has won more than $5M in research funding. |
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SeidelJoseph Seidel |
2010 - Present
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Seidel's current work focuses on field experiments in education, development, and behavioral economics. His earlier research focused on employee theft, charitable contributions, and agricultural economics. |
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TaPhuong Ta |
2010 - Present
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Phuong Ta works on various education studies at the Becker Center, looking at the effects of incentives to students as well as to teachers on students' performance on standardized tests. |
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