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Feb 6, 2019 New BFI Working Paper by Booth's Amir Sufi finds the central bank’s ultra-low rate policies may have given rise to monopoly-like concentration Wall Street Journal
Feb 4, 2019 Research from Booth Professor Amir Sufi finds falling interest rates make industries less competitive and lower productivity growth Wall Street Journal
Jan 30, 2019 Professor Greg Kaplan Wins Award for Economics in Central Banking
Jan 24, 2019 Booth Professor Marianne Bertrand's Research Illuminates Corporate Philanthropy's Sway Over Policymaking Washington Post
Jan 24, 2019 EPIC Poll Finds Nearly Half Of Americans Are More Convinced Than They Were Five Years Ago That Climate Change Is Happening EPIC News
Jan 24, 2019 Harris Professor Harold Pollack Comments on the Complicated Public Health Effects of Economic Recessions Nature
Jan 22, 2019 Former Student Remembers Working Alongside Gary Becker: "He Was Always a Knock Away."
Jan 15, 2019 Chicago Booth’s Marianne Bertrand Wins New Swedish Prize in Economics and Management Chicago Booth News
Jan 15, 2019 EPIC Research Finds China Could Lift Life Expectancy by Nearly Three Years if it Meets WHO Standards Reuters
Jan 10, 2019 Tsinghua University Collaborates with University of Chicago to Create an Institute focusing on Economic Problems in China