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.
Credit constraints and other demand distortions are pervasive in lower-income contexts. A model of clean technology adoption shows that demand distortions can increase the welfare gains from green subsidies. This arises through two channels: shifting the marginal adopter toward higher...
Amy Finkelstein, Matthew Notowidigdo, and Enzo Profili
We use a dynamic factor time series model to estimate the national mortality impact of the Great Recession. In aggregate, the Great Recession reduced the average annual, age-adjusted mortality rate by about 2 percent, with effects persisting for at least...
Venture capital specializes in the financing of customer capital intensive firms—firms with higher sales and marketing expense to revenue ratios, a higher wage bill for sales and marketing employees, and a higher tendency to apply for trademarks—and they do so...
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.
Join BFI and host Tess Vigeland as we talk with UChicago economists about their cutting-edge research and key events of the day. Hear how the economic pie is at the heart of issues like the aftermath of a global pandemic, jobs, energy policy, and more.
Pandemic Economics Podcast: Understanding the Economic Impact of COVID-19
At the height of COVID-19, BFI launched a podcast to help the public navigate the economic impact of the pandemic. Hosts Tess Vigeland and Eduardo Porter talked to University of Chicago economists about their research, revealing important new ways to make sense of the moment. Topics ranged from global trade to the changing meaning of work.
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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.
Credit constraints and other demand distortions are pervasive in lower-income contexts. A model of clean technology adoption shows that demand distortions can increase the welfare gains from green subsidies. This arises through two channels: shifting the marginal adopter toward higher...
Amy Finkelstein, Matthew Notowidigdo, and Enzo Profili
We use a dynamic factor time series model to estimate the national mortality impact of the Great Recession. In aggregate, the Great Recession reduced the average annual, age-adjusted mortality rate by about 2 percent, with effects persisting for at least...
Venture capital specializes in the financing of customer capital intensive firms—firms with higher sales and marketing expense to revenue ratios, a higher wage bill for sales and marketing employees, and a higher tendency to apply for trademarks—and they do so...
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.
