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Events List

June
9-10
2023
Upcoming Event • All Day • University of Chicago

Optimization-Conscious Econometrics Conference II

Astonishing recent progress in numerical optimization presents many opportunities and challenges for modern data analysis and scientific inference. Econometrics and statistics offer a valuable angle from which to study...
Organizers / Guests
  • Guillaume Pouliot
  • Alfred Galichon
  • Roger Koenker
  • Rahul Mazumder
December
22
2022
Upcoming Event • 7:30 am CST • Virtual Seminar

China Biweekly Seminar on Public Economics – Camille Landais

The Tsinghua University – University of Chicago Joint Research Center for Economics, in collaboration with the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics in China (BFI-China), the National Institute for Fiscal...
December
7
2022
Upcoming Event • 7:00 pm CST • Virtual Seminar

China Biweekly Seminar on Public Economics – Erik Hurst

The Tsinghua University – University of Chicago Joint Research Center for Economics, in collaboration with the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics in China (BFI-China), the National Institute for Fiscal...
December
2-3
2022
Upcoming Event • 11:30 am CST • David Rubenstein Forum

BFI-China Research Conference

Organized by the Becker Friedman Institute China, the BFI-China Research Conference will be held in person on December 2-3, 2022. This conference will assemble established economic scholars to discuss...
Organizers / Guests
  • Zhiguo He
  • Chang-Tai Hsieh
December
2-3
2022
Upcoming Event • 11:30 am CST • University of Chicago | Rubenstein Forum | Room 504 1201 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637

International Macro Finance Conference

This conference brings together a small group of faculty working at the intersection of international finance and international macro finance to discuss early stage research in an informal setting. Junior...
Organizers / Guests
  • Wenxin Du
  • Tarek Hassan
  • Loukas Karabarbounis
  • Matteo Maggiori
December
2
2022
Upcoming Event • 1:30 pm CST • Harper Center C05

Trade and Spatial Afternoons Seminar Series – Fall 2022

This seminar series features outside speakers to present their latest work on international trade, spatial economics, economic geography, and urban economics. If you would like to receive updates via...
Organizers / Guests
  • Rodrigo Adao
  • Milena Almagro
  • Jonathan Dingel
  • Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
  • Felix Tintelnot
December
1
2022
Upcoming Event • 12:00 pm CST • Chicago Booth Harper Center | Room C25

BFI-China Student Brownbag Lunch – Is Today’s China the Soviet Union of Yesterday?

Featuring Chenggang Xu, Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University
November
28
2022
Past Event • 3:30 pm CST • University of Chicago, Saieh Hall for Economics, Rm 146 , 5757 S University Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, 60637

Becker Applied Economics Workshop – Fall 2022

This workshop focuses on the application of core economic tools to address questions that are of interest to researchers and policymakers alike. The seminar series meets weekly on Mondays...
Organizers / Guests
  • Jack Mountjoy
  • Evan Rose
June
9-10
2023
Upcoming Event • All Day • University of Chicago

Optimization-Conscious Econometrics Conference II

Astonishing recent progress in numerical optimization presents many opportunities and challenges for modern data analysis and scientific inference. Econometrics and statistics offer a valuable angle from which to study...
Organizers / Guests
  • Guillaume Pouliot
  • Alfred Galichon
  • Roger Koenker
  • Rahul Mazumder
December
22
2022
Upcoming Event • 7:30 am CST • Virtual Seminar

China Biweekly Seminar on Public Economics – Camille Landais

The Tsinghua University – University of Chicago Joint Research Center for Economics, in collaboration with the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics in China (BFI-China), the National Institute for Fiscal...
December
7
2022
Upcoming Event • 7:00 pm CST • Virtual Seminar

China Biweekly Seminar on Public Economics – Erik Hurst

The Tsinghua University – University of Chicago Joint Research Center for Economics, in collaboration with the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics in China (BFI-China), the National Institute for Fiscal...
December
2-3
2022
Upcoming Event • 11:30 am CST • David Rubenstein Forum

BFI-China Research Conference

Organized by the Becker Friedman Institute China, the BFI-China Research Conference will be held in person on December 2-3, 2022. This conference will assemble established economic scholars to discuss...
Organizers / Guests
  • Zhiguo He
  • Chang-Tai Hsieh
December
2-3
2022
Upcoming Event • 11:30 am CST • University of Chicago | Rubenstein Forum | Room 504 1201 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637

International Macro Finance Conference

This conference brings together a small group of faculty working at the intersection of international finance and international macro finance to discuss early stage research in an informal setting. Junior...
Organizers / Guests
  • Wenxin Du
  • Tarek Hassan
  • Loukas Karabarbounis
  • Matteo Maggiori
December
2
2022
Upcoming Event • 1:30 pm CST • Harper Center C05

Trade and Spatial Afternoons Seminar Series – Fall 2022

This seminar series features outside speakers to present their latest work on international trade, spatial economics, economic geography, and urban economics. If you would like to receive updates via...
Organizers / Guests
  • Rodrigo Adao
  • Milena Almagro
  • Jonathan Dingel
  • Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
  • Felix Tintelnot
December
1
2022
Upcoming Event • 12:00 pm CST • Chicago Booth Harper Center | Room C25

BFI-China Student Brownbag Lunch – Is Today’s China the Soviet Union of Yesterday?

Featuring Chenggang Xu, Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University
November
28
2022
Past Event • 3:30 pm CST • University of Chicago, Saieh Hall for Economics, Rm 146 , 5757 S University Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, 60637

Becker Applied Economics Workshop – Fall 2022

This workshop focuses on the application of core economic tools to address questions that are of interest to researchers and policymakers alike. The seminar series meets weekly on Mondays...
Organizers / Guests
  • Jack Mountjoy
  • Evan Rose