The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) serves as a hub for cutting-edge analysis and research across the entire University of Chicago economics community, uniting researchers from the Booth School of Business, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, the...
Inspired by our namesakes, Nobel Laureates Gary Becker and Milton Friedman, who believed that economics research could help improve the world, BFI works with the Chicago Economics community to turn its evidence-based research into real-world impact.
The Predoctoral Research in Economics Program (PREP) is intended to serve as a bridge between college and graduate school for students interested in empirical economics. The program offers unique research and professional training opportunities at the University of Chicago.
Expanding Discovery in Economics+ (EDE+) brings together a diverse group of early undergraduate students to hone their research abilities and technical skills.
Manasi Deshpande, Maxwell Kellogg, Magne Mogstad, and Kuan-Ju Tseng
After substantial growth in the 1990s and 2000s, enrollment in the U.S. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program has been declining since 2013. We use detailed administrative data to quantify the contributions of various factors to trends in SSDI enrollment,...
A select group of great innovators have produced more than one major contribution. These exceptional individuals are known far beyond their own disciplines, and are routinely described as unique. Yet although their extraordinary accomplishments obviously make them outliers, the processes...
Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Wioletta Dziuda, and Mattias Polborn
Concerns about the race to artificial general intelligence often assume that competition and resources increase risk by accelerating development. We study a model in which firms allocate scarce resources between speed and safety. Speed increases a firm’s chance of reaching...
Captivating and informative videos on the latest insights and trends as well as the tested stock of knowledge in economics from leaders in academia, policy, business, and the media.
The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) serves as a hub for cutting-edge analysis and research across the entire University of Chicago economics community, uniting researchers from the Booth School of Business, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, the...
Inspired by our namesakes, Nobel Laureates Gary Becker and Milton Friedman, who believed that economics research could help improve the world, BFI works with the Chicago Economics community to turn its evidence-based research into real-world impact.
The Predoctoral Research in Economics Program (PREP) is intended to serve as a bridge between college and graduate school for students interested in empirical economics. The program offers unique research and professional training opportunities at the University of Chicago.
Expanding Discovery in Economics+ (EDE+) brings together a diverse group of early undergraduate students to hone their research abilities and technical skills.
Manasi Deshpande, Maxwell Kellogg, Magne Mogstad, and Kuan-Ju Tseng
After substantial growth in the 1990s and 2000s, enrollment in the U.S. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program has been declining since 2013. We use detailed administrative data to quantify the contributions of various factors to trends in SSDI enrollment,...
A select group of great innovators have produced more than one major contribution. These exceptional individuals are known far beyond their own disciplines, and are routinely described as unique. Yet although their extraordinary accomplishments obviously make them outliers, the processes...
Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Wioletta Dziuda, and Mattias Polborn
Concerns about the race to artificial general intelligence often assume that competition and resources increase risk by accelerating development. We study a model in which firms allocate scarce resources between speed and safety. Speed increases a firm’s chance of reaching...
Captivating and informative videos on the latest insights and trends as well as the tested stock of knowledge in economics from leaders in academia, policy, business, and the media.
