Events List

May
15-16
2020
Past Event • All Day • University of Chicago

Canceled – Health Economics Initiative Annual Conference

EVENT CANCELED As the global health situation involving the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, the Becker Friedman Institute, with guidance from the University of Chicago’s Office of the Provost,...
Organizers / Guests
  • Katherine Baicker
  • Neale Mahoney
  • Joshua Gottlieb
April
3
2020
Past Event • 9:00 am CDT • University of Chicago, Saieh Hall for Economics, Rm 021

The Economics of the Opioid Epidemic

CONFERENCE TO BE HELD VIA ZOOM Due to the recent precautions made by the University of Chicago, the Economics of the Opioid Epidemic conference will take place as scheduled...
March
27-29
2020
Past Event • All Day • Gleacher Center

Canceled – 6th Annual Conference on Network Science and Economics

EVENT CANCELED As the global health situation involving the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, the Becker Friedman Institute, with guidance from the University of Chicago’s Office of the Provost,...
Organizers / Guests
  • Ozan Candogan
  • Arun Chandrasekhar
  • Ben Golub
  • Matt Jackson
  • Sudipta Sarangi
March
24
2020
Past Event • 5:30 pm CDT • Union League Club of Chicago

Canceled – Acting in the Face of Uncertainty: A Conversation with Former Bank of England Governor Mervyn King

EVENT CANCELED As the global health situation involving the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, the Becker Friedman Institute, with guidance from the University of Chicago’s Office of the Provost, has decided that...
February
28
2020
Past Event • 12:30 pm CST • University of Chicago, Saieh Hall for Economics, Rm 021

Development Lunch Seminar – Winter 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 Chicago...
February
28
2020
Past Event • 12:00 pm CST • University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Charles M. Harper Center, Room C25

Becker Brown Bag: The End of the American Dream? Inequality and Segregation in US Cities

Featuring Veronica Guerrieri, Ronald E. Tarrson Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business; Co-Director of BFI Macroeconomic Research Initiative
February
27
2020
Past Event • 5:30 pm EST • International Monetary Fund HQ2, Conference Hall 2

The Industrial Revolution in Services: Is Big Business Driving Economic Growth?

The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI), the Chicago Economics Society (CES), and the Washington DC Chicago Booth Alumni Club hosted a conversation with Chicago Booth’s Chang-Tai Hsieh, Phyllis...
Topics:  Employment & Wages, Industrial Organization
February
21
2020
Past Event • 12:30 pm CST • University of Chicago, Saieh Hall for Economics, Rm 021

Development Lunch Seminar – Winter 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 Chicago...
May
15-16
2020
Past Event • All Day • University of Chicago

Canceled – Health Economics Initiative Annual Conference

EVENT CANCELED As the global health situation involving the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, the Becker Friedman Institute, with guidance from the University of Chicago’s Office of the Provost,...
Organizers / Guests
  • Katherine Baicker
  • Neale Mahoney
  • Joshua Gottlieb
April
3
2020
Past Event • 9:00 am CDT • University of Chicago, Saieh Hall for Economics, Rm 021

The Economics of the Opioid Epidemic

CONFERENCE TO BE HELD VIA ZOOM Due to the recent precautions made by the University of Chicago, the Economics of the Opioid Epidemic conference will take place as scheduled...
March
27-29
2020
Past Event • All Day • Gleacher Center

Canceled – 6th Annual Conference on Network Science and Economics

EVENT CANCELED As the global health situation involving the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, the Becker Friedman Institute, with guidance from the University of Chicago’s Office of the Provost,...
Organizers / Guests
  • Ozan Candogan
  • Arun Chandrasekhar
  • Ben Golub
  • Matt Jackson
  • Sudipta Sarangi
March
24
2020
Past Event • 5:30 pm CDT • Union League Club of Chicago

Canceled – Acting in the Face of Uncertainty: A Conversation with Former Bank of England Governor Mervyn King

EVENT CANCELED As the global health situation involving the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, the Becker Friedman Institute, with guidance from the University of Chicago’s Office of the Provost, has decided that...
February
28
2020
Past Event • 12:30 pm CST • University of Chicago, Saieh Hall for Economics, Rm 021

Development Lunch Seminar – Winter 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 Chicago...
February
28
2020
Past Event • 12:00 pm CST • University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Charles M. Harper Center, Room C25

Becker Brown Bag: The End of the American Dream? Inequality and Segregation in US Cities

Featuring Veronica Guerrieri, Ronald E. Tarrson Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business; Co-Director of BFI Macroeconomic Research Initiative
February
27
2020
Past Event • 5:30 pm EST • International Monetary Fund HQ2, Conference Hall 2

The Industrial Revolution in Services: Is Big Business Driving Economic Growth?

The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI), the Chicago Economics Society (CES), and the Washington DC Chicago Booth Alumni Club hosted a conversation with Chicago Booth’s Chang-Tai Hsieh, Phyllis...
Topics:  Employment & Wages, Industrial Organization
February
21
2020
Past Event • 12:30 pm CST • University of Chicago, Saieh Hall for Economics, Rm 021

Development Lunch Seminar – Winter 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 Chicago...