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Events List

December
3-4
2020
Upcoming Event • All Day • Virtual Event

International Macro Finance Conference

The 8th International Macro Finance Conference will bring together a group of young faculty working at the intersection of international finance and international macro to discuss early stage research...
Organizers / Guests
  • Tarek Hassan
  • Loukas Karabarbounis
  • Matteo Maggiori
  • Brent Neiman
December
4
2020
Upcoming Event • 12:30 pm CST • Virtual Event

Development Lunch Seminar – Fall 2020

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 between University of...
December
2
2020
Upcoming Event • 12:30 pm CST • Virtual Event

Friedman Forum: Building Resilient Health Systems: Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone and the 2014 Ebola Outbreak

Featuring Oeindrila Dube, Philip K. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies, Harris Public Policy, and Director of BFI's Initiative for the Study of Gender in the Economy
Topics:  COVID-19
November
23
2020
Upcoming Event • 3:30 pm CST • Virtual Event

Becker Applied Economics Workshop – Fall 2020

This workshop focuses on the application of core economic tools to address questions that are of interest to researchers and policymakers alike. This virtual seminar series meets weekly on...
Organizers / Guests
  • Leonardo Bursztyn
  • Michael Dinerstein
  • Michael Greenstone
  • Peter Hull
  • Magne Mogstad
  • Kevin Murphy
  • Robert Topel
November
19
2020
Past Event • 5:30 pm CST • Virtual Event

Becker Brown Bag: The Great Lockdown and the Big Stimulus: Tracing the Pandemic Possibility Frontier for the US

Featuring Greg Kaplan, Professor in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the College, Co-Director of BFI's Macroeconomic Research Initiative
Topics:  COVID-19
November
18
2020
Past Event • 7:30 am CST • Virtual Event

China Biweekly Seminar on Public Economics

The Tsinghua University – University of Chicago Joint Research Center for Economics and Finance, in collaboration with the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics in China (BFI-China), the National Institute...
November
17
2020
Past Event • 6:00 pm CST • Virtual Event

Book Talk with Dr. Perri Klass: A Good Time to Be Born, How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future

The TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health, the Becker Friedman Institute, and the Seminary Co-Op Bookstore hosted a special event to celebrate the publication of A Good...
November
12
2020
Past Event • All Day • Virtual Event

Critical Conversations with Economists

BFI-China and Peking University host a monthly virtual lecture series to convene renowned economists from each institution for lectures on modern economics, including economic growth, financial markets, technology innovations, and...
December
3-4
2020
Upcoming Event • All Day • Virtual Event

International Macro Finance Conference

The 8th International Macro Finance Conference will bring together a group of young faculty working at the intersection of international finance and international macro to discuss early stage research...
Organizers / Guests
  • Tarek Hassan
  • Loukas Karabarbounis
  • Matteo Maggiori
  • Brent Neiman
December
4
2020
Upcoming Event • 12:30 pm CST • Virtual Event

Development Lunch Seminar – Fall 2020

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 between University of...
December
2
2020
Upcoming Event • 12:30 pm CST • Virtual Event

Friedman Forum: Building Resilient Health Systems: Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone and the 2014 Ebola Outbreak

Featuring Oeindrila Dube, Philip K. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies, Harris Public Policy, and Director of BFI's Initiative for the Study of Gender in the Economy
Topics:  COVID-19
November
23
2020
Upcoming Event • 3:30 pm CST • Virtual Event

Becker Applied Economics Workshop – Fall 2020

This workshop focuses on the application of core economic tools to address questions that are of interest to researchers and policymakers alike. This virtual seminar series meets weekly on...
Organizers / Guests
  • Leonardo Bursztyn
  • Michael Dinerstein
  • Michael Greenstone
  • Peter Hull
  • Magne Mogstad
  • Kevin Murphy
  • Robert Topel
November
19
2020
Past Event • 5:30 pm CST • Virtual Event

Becker Brown Bag: The Great Lockdown and the Big Stimulus: Tracing the Pandemic Possibility Frontier for the US

Featuring Greg Kaplan, Professor in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the College, Co-Director of BFI's Macroeconomic Research Initiative
Topics:  COVID-19
November
18
2020
Past Event • 7:30 am CST • Virtual Event

China Biweekly Seminar on Public Economics

The Tsinghua University – University of Chicago Joint Research Center for Economics and Finance, in collaboration with the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics in China (BFI-China), the National Institute...
November
17
2020
Past Event • 6:00 pm CST • Virtual Event

Book Talk with Dr. Perri Klass: A Good Time to Be Born, How Science and Public Health Gave Children a Future

The TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health, the Becker Friedman Institute, and the Seminary Co-Op Bookstore hosted a special event to celebrate the publication of A Good...
November
12
2020
Past Event • All Day • Virtual Event

Critical Conversations with Economists

BFI-China and Peking University host a monthly virtual lecture series to convene renowned economists from each institution for lectures on modern economics, including economic growth, financial markets, technology innovations, and...