2026 Interactions Conference: Bringing Together Econometrics and Applied Microeconomics
This conference brought together empirical researchers and methodologists to improve modern econometric practice. This conference was hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics on May 15, 2026, at the David Rubenstein Forum.
If you have any questions, please contact bfi-events@uchicago.edu.
40 minutes for speaker + 10 minutes for discussant
PHOTOS
Agenda
Registration & Breakfast
10th Floor
Identification, Estimation, and Inference in Two-Sided Interaction Models
Speaker: Federico Crippa, Northwestern University
Discussant: Rasmus Lentz, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Compound Selection Decisions: An Almost SURE Approach
Speaker: Kevin Chen, Stanford University
Discussant: Christopher Walters, University of Chicago
Break
Do In-Kind Supports Promote Work Among People with Disabilities and Caregivers?
Speaker: Manasi Deshpande, University of Chicago
Discussant: Jann Spiess, Stanford University
Quantifying the Internal Validity of Weighted Estimands
Speaker: Tymon Sloczynski, Brandeis University
Discussant: Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Yale University
Lunch
1st Floor Dining Room
Taking a Chance on Workers: Evidence on the Effects and Mechanisms of Subsidized Employment from an RCT
Speaker: Patrick Turner, University of Notre Dame
Discussant: Federico Bugni, Northwestern University
Can language models boost the power of randomized experiments without statistical bias?
Speaker: Xinwei Ma, University of California, San Diego
Discussant: Giovanni Compiani, University of Chicago
Break
Bridging Quasi-Experimental and Structural Approaches for Robust Evaluation of US Airline Mergers
Speaker: Gaurab Aryal, Boston University
Discussant: Victor Aguirregabiria, University of Toronto
Conference Concludes
Conference Dinner
(By invitation only)