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.
Leonardo Bursztyn, Rafael Jiménez-Durán, Aaron Leonard, Filip Milojević, and Christopher Roth
Several countries are adopting social media bans for teenagers, yet early evidence suggests limited adherence to the age-based restrictions. Such bans ask platforms to remove profitable customers and teens to give up access to their online social networks. We study...
Line drawing is a pervasive feature of legal systems. Across many domains, the applicable legal treatment turns on whether an activity falls above or below some threshold. We characterize the economic forces that determine the optimal placement of such thresholds,...
We extend the frameworks of Harsanyi (1967) and Mertens and Zamir (1985) to study the higher-order beliefs that groups of individuals obtain by pooling their information. A universal group type space is constructed, which contains all of the belief hierarchies...
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.
Leonardo Bursztyn, Rafael Jiménez-Durán, Aaron Leonard, Filip Milojević, and Christopher Roth
Several countries are adopting social media bans for teenagers, yet early evidence suggests limited adherence to the age-based restrictions. Such bans ask platforms to remove profitable customers and teens to give up access to their online social networks. We study...
Line drawing is a pervasive feature of legal systems. Across many domains, the applicable legal treatment turns on whether an activity falls above or below some threshold. We characterize the economic forces that determine the optimal placement of such thresholds,...
We extend the frameworks of Harsanyi (1967) and Mertens and Zamir (1985) to study the higher-order beliefs that groups of individuals obtain by pooling their information. A universal group type space is constructed, which contains all of the belief hierarchies...
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.
