The Becker Friedman Institute (BFI) is pleased to announce the award of 20 new research grants to University of Chicago faculty and students for economics research. These grants will support economic inquiry by faculty affiliated with BFI research initiatives, including scholars from the Booth School of Business, Harris School of Public Policy, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the Law School.
Grants are intended to support a number of research activities, including the purchase of new data sets and software, and hiring of research assistants.
BFI is proud to announce the 2021 recipients of the research grants, listed below, along with the research the grant will be supporting.
New Grants for Economic Research
Research: Understanding Parental Responses to the COVID-19 Schooling Crisis: What Social Media Can Tell Us about Inequality in Family Adaptation
Anjali Adukia, Assistant Professor, Harris Public Policy
Research: Rationing Medicine Through Paperwork: Authorization Restrictions in Medicare
Zarek Brot-Goldberg, Assistant Professor, Harris Public Policy
Research: Acting Like a State: The Case of the Colombian Paramilitaries
Maria Angélica Bautista, Assistant Professor, Harris Public Policy
James Robinson, The Reverend Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict, Harris Public Policy
Research: The Design of Bilateral Labor Agreements
Adam Chilton, Assistant Professor of Law, Walter Mander Research Scholar, The Law School
Research: Role of Politics in Firm Decisions
Emanuele Colonnelli, Assistant Professor of Finance, Liew Family Junior Faculty Fellow, and Fama Faculty Fellow, Booth School of Business
Research: Using Parametric Insurance to Mitigate Global Climate Risk
Joshua Dean, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics, Booth School of Business
Research: Demand Shocks and New Firm Dynamics: Evidence from the Dominican Republic
Michael Dinerstein, Assistant Professor, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
Research: Broadening Women’s Job Search to Improve Employment: Experimental Evidence from the Middle East and North Africa
Rebecca Dizon-Ross, Associate Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business
Research: International Spillovers in the Global Fixed Income Markets
Wenxin Du, Associate Professor of Finance, Booth School of Business
Ralph Koijen, AQR Capital Management Distinguished Service Professor of Finance and Fama Faculty Fellow, Booth School of Business
Research: The Welfare Effect of Sales Taxes in the US
Ingvil Gaarder, Assistant Professor, Harris Public Policy
Lancelot Henry de Frahan, Postdoctoral Researcher, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
Research: The Labor Market Returns to Delaying Pregnancy
Yana Gallen, Assistant Professor, Harris Public Policy
Juanna Schrøter Joensen, Research Associate Professor in Economics, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
Research: The Economics of Content Moderation
Rafael Jimenez, PhD Student, Joint Program in Financial Economics
Faculty Advisor: Leonardo Bursztyn, Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics; Co-Director of BFI Political Economics Initiative
Research: Dynamics of Wealth Inequality in Market Structures with Tournament-Like Features
Greg Kaplan, Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics; Co-Director of BFI Macroeconomic Research Initiative
Research: Fiscal Rules in Present-Day Colombia
Luis Martinez, Assistant Professor, Harris Public Policy
Research: Consumer Preferences and the Optimal Regulation of Firearms in the United States
Sarah Moshary, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Booth School of Business
Bradley Shapiro, Assistant Professor of Marketing and Beatrice Foods Co. Faculty Scholar, Booth School of Business
Research: Emergence of the Essential Functions of a State
Raul Sanchez de la Sierra, Assistant Professor, Harris Public Policy
Research: Role Models and Women’s Access to Leadership Positions
Heather Sarsons, Neubauer Assistant Professor of Economics, Booth School of Business
Research: Measuring Welfare Preference for Privacy with Defaults
Avner Strulov-Shlain, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Booth School of Business
Research: Import Tariffs and Global Sourcing
Felix Tintelnot, Assistant Professor in Economics and the College, the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics
Research: Territorial Control and Rebellion
Austin Wright, Assistant Professor, Harris Public Policy