Santiago, Chile and Chicago, Illinois, October 10, 2024 – The Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB) and the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Latin America (BFI-LATAM) at the University of Chicago are pleased to announce the award of nine new grants supporting research by University of Chicago and UNAB faculty focused on economic policy for Latin America. The grants are part of a collaboration launched in 2022 between UNAB and BFI-LATAM that supports cutting-edge research involving scholars from both institutions.
Research: State in Society: Evidence from Colombian Paramilitarism
- James A. Robinson, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Research: Regulatory Capture: Evidence from Local Government Regulation of Market Entry
- José Guillermo Díaz Gamarra, Institute for Economic Policies, UNAB
Research: Do Renewables Boost the Economy? Evidence from Firm-to-Firm Tax Records in Chile
- Koichiro Ito, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Research: The Market for Protection and Extortion
- Martin Castillo-Quintana, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Research: Mechanism Design with After-Market Interaction
- Cristian Troncoso-Valverde, Institute for Economic Policies, UNAB
Research: Artificial Intelligence: Innovation, Regulation and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Carla Guadalupi, Institute for Economic Policies, UNAB
Research: Building a Medellin Impact Lab to Tackle Urban Organized Crime
- Christopher Blattman, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Research: Economic Migration and Climate Change in Brazil
- Austin Wright, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
Research: Analyzing the Impact of Local Government Leadership on Real Estate Prices
- Juan Luis Correa Allamand, Institute for Economic Policies, UNAB