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Events List

August
13-14
2021
Upcoming Event • All Day • Chicago, IL/Virtual

Economic Theory Conference VI

The Becker Friedman Institute’s annual conference on economic theory will bring together leading researchers from across the world to discuss recent advances in theoretical microeconomics. Topics will include decision...
Organizers / Guests
  • Benjamin Brooks
  • Daniel Rappoport
August
11
2021
Upcoming Event • 9:00 pm CDT • Virtual Event

Capital Market Development: China and Asia Seminar Series — Investing with the Government: A Field Experiment in China

COLLABORATING ORGANIZERS   About the Seminar Series Financial market development goes hand-in-hand with economic growth. The development of China’s capital markets in terms of size, regulations, capability, and efficiency...
July
28
2021
Upcoming Event • 9:00 pm CDT • Virtual Event

Capital Market Development: China and Asia Seminar Series — Determinants of Repo Haircut: Counter-party risk and Collateral Risk

COLLABORATING ORGANIZERS   About the Seminar Series Financial market development goes hand-in-hand with economic growth. The development of China’s capital markets in terms of size, regulations, capability, and efficiency...
July
14
2021
Upcoming Event • 9:00 pm CDT • Virtual Event

Capital Market Development: China and Asia Seminar Series — Hidden Non-Performing Loans In China

COLLABORATING ORGANIZERS   About the Seminar Series Financial market development goes hand-in-hand with economic growth. The development of China’s capital markets in terms of size, regulations, capability, and efficiency...
June
30
2021
Upcoming Event • 9:00 pm CDT • Virtual Event

Capital Market Development: China and Asia Seminar Series — Digital Payments and Consumption: Evidence from the 2016 Demonetization in India

COLLABORATING ORGANIZERS   About the Seminar Series Financial market development goes hand-in-hand with economic growth. The development of China’s capital markets in terms of size, regulations, capability, and efficiency...
June
22
2021
Upcoming Event • 10:00 am CDT • Virtual Event

Transportation Infrastructure in Medellín: Importing Opportunity or Exporting Crime?

Violence and Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean Seminar Series
June
16
2021
Past Event • 9:00 pm CDT • Virtual Event

Capital Market Development: China and Asia Seminar Series — FinTech Adoption and Household Risk-Taking

COLLABORATING ORGANIZERS Focusing on China’s rapid increase in FinTech penetration, the authors examine how FinTech can help lower investment barriers and move households toward optimal risk-taking. Using a unique...
Topics:  Financial Markets
June
11
2021
Past Event • 12:30 pm CDT • Virtual Event

Development Lunch Seminar

The Development Lunch Seminars are operated with support from the Becker Friedman Institute and The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts and is a collaboration...
August
13-14
2021
Upcoming Event • All Day • Chicago, IL/Virtual

Economic Theory Conference VI

The Becker Friedman Institute’s annual conference on economic theory will bring together leading researchers from across the world to discuss recent advances in theoretical microeconomics. Topics will include decision...
Organizers / Guests
  • Benjamin Brooks
  • Daniel Rappoport
August
11
2021
Upcoming Event • 9:00 pm CDT • Virtual Event

Capital Market Development: China and Asia Seminar Series — Investing with the Government: A Field Experiment in China

COLLABORATING ORGANIZERS   About the Seminar Series Financial market development goes hand-in-hand with economic growth. The development of China’s capital markets in terms of size, regulations, capability, and efficiency...
July
28
2021
Upcoming Event • 9:00 pm CDT • Virtual Event

Capital Market Development: China and Asia Seminar Series — Determinants of Repo Haircut: Counter-party risk and Collateral Risk

COLLABORATING ORGANIZERS   About the Seminar Series Financial market development goes hand-in-hand with economic growth. The development of China’s capital markets in terms of size, regulations, capability, and efficiency...
July
14
2021
Upcoming Event • 9:00 pm CDT • Virtual Event

Capital Market Development: China and Asia Seminar Series — Hidden Non-Performing Loans In China

COLLABORATING ORGANIZERS   About the Seminar Series Financial market development goes hand-in-hand with economic growth. The development of China’s capital markets in terms of size, regulations, capability, and efficiency...
June
30
2021
Upcoming Event • 9:00 pm CDT • Virtual Event

Capital Market Development: China and Asia Seminar Series — Digital Payments and Consumption: Evidence from the 2016 Demonetization in India

COLLABORATING ORGANIZERS   About the Seminar Series Financial market development goes hand-in-hand with economic growth. The development of China’s capital markets in terms of size, regulations, capability, and efficiency...
June
22
2021
Upcoming Event • 10:00 am CDT • Virtual Event

Transportation Infrastructure in Medellín: Importing Opportunity or Exporting Crime?

Violence and Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean Seminar Series
June
16
2021
Past Event • 9:00 pm CDT • Virtual Event

Capital Market Development: China and Asia Seminar Series — FinTech Adoption and Household Risk-Taking

COLLABORATING ORGANIZERS Focusing on China’s rapid increase in FinTech penetration, the authors examine how FinTech can help lower investment barriers and move households toward optimal risk-taking. Using a unique...
Topics:  Financial Markets
June
11
2021
Past Event • 12:30 pm CDT • Virtual Event

Development Lunch Seminar

The Development Lunch Seminars are operated with support from the Becker Friedman Institute and The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts and is a collaboration...