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The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics 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 Harris School of Public Policy, and the Law School in an unparalleled effort to uncover new ways of thinking about economics.

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The Surprising Results of Pandemic Unemployment Benefit‪s‬

Eduardo Porter, Tess Vigeland, Peter Ganong, Fiona Greig

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Watch: Innovation — From Idea to Reality: A Conversation Richard Sandor and Steven Kaplan

Insights / Research Brief•Feb 02, 2021

Profiling Insurrection: Characterizing Collective Action Using Mobile Device Data

David Van Dijcke, Austin Wright

Insights / Research Brief•Feb 26, 2021

“Drive and Wave”: The Response to LAPD Police Reforms After Rampart

Canice Prendergast

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Research / BFI Working Paper•Jun 05, 2023

Long Social Distancing

Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis

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Research / BFI Working Paper•Jun 05, 2023

When Cryptomining Comes to Town: High Electricity-use Spillovers to the Local Economy

Matteo Benetton, Giovanni Compiani, Adair Morse

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Research / BFI Working Paper•Jun 02, 2023

Micro- and Macroeconomic Impacts of a Place-Based Industrial Policy

Enghin Atalay, Ali Hortaçsu, Mustafa Runyun, Chad Syverson, Mehmet Fatih Ulu

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Media Mention•May 31, 2023

An Unemployment System Frozen in Amber

The American Prospect; Peter Ganong

Media Mention•May 30, 2023

Mohamed El-Erian once again takes aim at the Fed over delay in fighting inflation

Markets Insider; Raghuram Rajan

Media Mention•May 30, 2023

What ESG goals actually change at companies that set them

Quartz; Raghuram Rajan and Luigi Zingales

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