On August 1-4, 2022, the Macro Finance Research Program (MFR), under the auspices of the Becker Friedman Institute (BFI), will host the 2022 MFR Summer Session for Young Scholars for PhD students working on their dissertations at the interplay of macroeconomics and finance.

The event is designed for early-career professionals and doctoral students in economics and related fields who are interested in developing enhanced macroeconomic models with linkages to the financial sector. It provides an opportunity to learn about, discuss, and advance work on macro models with financial sector linkages and related topics. The goal in gathering elite researchers and promising young scholars through this event is to exchange ideas and to construct better, more comprehensive models for assessing systemic risk stemming from activities in the financial sector that can impact the economy. Emerging scholars can play an important role in that effort. This event engages these young scholars in that mission and provides access to methods, insights, expertise, and contacts that can enhance their efforts.

The 2022 MFR Summer Session for Young Scholars is co-sponsored by generous financial contributions from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Edward R. Allen, AM ’85, PhD ’92.

The MFR Program is led by Lars Peter Hansen, the David Rockefeller Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, Statistics, and the Booth School of Business, and the recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economics. Throughout the four days of this summer session, faculty from the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the Booth School of Business will survey and discuss recent research on a variety of topics in the macro-finance field.

Attending the 2022 MFR Summer Session for Young Scholars is by invitation only. To receive announcements about future MFR Program events, please email mfrinfo@uchicago.edu