The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI) is pleased to announce the award of 14 grants for new data to promote innovative economics research by University of Chicago faculty and students. These data sets will help promote ground-breaking research on a range of diverse topics. When published, the insights gleaned from this research and data will have real-world impacts across a variety of topics and fields of study.
In 2017, BFI launched a unique data acquisition grant program to support faculty and spur new, rigorous research. The awards were drawn from a competitive application process, now in its fifth round. With the addition of these awards, BFI has granted a total of 65 grants to-date. The full listing of BFI data acquisition grants can be found here.
BFI is proud to share the recipients of the newest data acquisition grants, listed below, along with data source and the research the new data will be supporting.
Ari Anisfeld (Student Award)
Pepi Pandiloski (Student Award)
Faculty Sponsor: Steven Durlauf
Data Source: Survey
Research: Decision in Networks: Diffusion and Aggregation of Information in Segregated Schools
Douglas G. Baird, Anthony Casey, Joshua Macey, Adriana Robertson, and Amir Sufi
Data Source: Reorg Research Inc.
Research: Corporate Reorganization Research
Lisa Bernstein
Data Source: EDGAR
Research: Completing Incomplete Contracts by Teams
Marianne Bertrand and Anup Malani
Data Source: Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy
Research: Caste, Fertility and Female Labor Force Participation in India
Emanuele Colonnelli
Data Source: Preqin
Research: Emerging Markets Investors
Emanuele Colonnelli and Thomas Rauter
Data Source: Local business associations and statistical offices
Research: Measuring and Explaining Corporate Transparency Practices around the World
Michael Dinerstein and Anne Karing
Data Source: Maisha Meds
Research: Antibiotics Prescribing Behavior in Unregulated Markets: Evidence from Pharmacies in Kenya
Nadav Kunievsky (Student Award)
Faculty Sponsor: Stéphane Bonhomme
Data Source: Education Research Center
Research: Measuring sources of disparity in higher education enrollment in Texas
Devika Lakhote (Student Award)
Faculty Sponsor: Marianne Bertrand
Data Source: Computing and Storage
Research: Effects of Placed-Based, Identity-Targeted Infrastructure Investments
Maya Lozinski (Student Award)
Faculty Sponsor: Joshua Gottlieb
Data Source: ResDAC and NBER
Research: Specialization and New Tasks: Evidence from Oncologists
Anup Malani|
Data Source: Computing and Storage
Research: Viral Evolution and Optimal Vaccination
Harold Pollack
Data Source: National Core Indicators
Research: Health and community living outcomes for people with disabilities receiving Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) in the United States
Harald Uhlig
Data Source: CoinMarketCap
Research: Cryptocurrency Market Dynamics
Quentin Vandeweyer
Data Source: Refinitiv Tick Data and Thomson Reuters
Research: Reaching for Yield: Monetary Policy Effects on Asset Demand and Prices