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Media Mention Jun 22, 2023

Paying Up to Save the Amazon May Be Cheaper than the Alternative

Chicago Booth Review; Lars Peter Hansen
Topics:  Energy & Environment, Financial Markets
BFI News Mar 17, 2022

Macro Finance Research Program (MFR) 2022 Summer Session for Young Scholars

Application Process Now Closed
Topics:  Financial Markets, Monetary Policy, Technology & Innovation
BFI News Jan 23, 2020

UChicago’s Zhiguo He Testifies in US-China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing on China’s Quest for Capital

Zhiguo He, Fuji Bank and Heller Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business, testified to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, on Thursday, January 23, 2020. In the...
Topics:  Financial Markets
BFI News Jan 10, 2020

2020 Macro Finance Research Program (MFR) Summer Session for Young Scholars

NOTICE As the global health situation involving the coronavirus (COVID-19) evolves, the MFR Program under the auspices of the Becker Friedman Institute, and with guidance from the University of Chicago’s Office of...
Topics:  Financial Markets, Monetary Policy, Technology & Innovation
Media Mention Dec 9, 2019

How Should We Tackle the US Pension Crisis?

UChicago News; Lars Peter Hansen, James Heckman
Topics:  Employment & Wages
BFI News Dec 2, 2019

Macro Finance Research Program Announces 11 Previous MFM Fellowship Awardees are Currently on the Job Market

The Macro Finance Research Program (MFR) is pleased to announce that eleven of its previous Macro Financial Modeling (MFM) project dissertation fellowship awardees are currently on the job market.
BFI News Jun 27, 2019

Macro Finance Research Program (MFR) Launches Latin America Early Career Scholar Program

The Macro Finance Research Program (MFR)-Latin America Early Career Scholar Program will offer financial support for current doctoral students and PhD graduates of up to four years after receipt...