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.
Jason Allen, Ali Hortaçsu, Eric Richert, and Milena Wittwer
Hedge funds have become increasingly active in Treasury markets, yet we have little evidence on how this shift has affected the market. We focus on the primary market, where the government issues its debt through auctions. Using over 20 years...
Ingvil Gaarder, Morten Grindaker, Tom G. Meling, and Magne Mogstad
We test for and measure green waste: the misallocation of public subsidies for green investment projects. Our context is a major Norwegian program for green investment subsidies. We develop a model of subsidy allocation and apply it to detailed project-level...
Why do people sometimes overreact to new information and other times underreact? We develop a model in which the strength of a signal—how much one should update their beliefs with new information—depends on multiple features of the information environment. Limited...
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.
Jason Allen, Ali Hortaçsu, Eric Richert, and Milena Wittwer
Hedge funds have become increasingly active in Treasury markets, yet we have little evidence on how this shift has affected the market. We focus on the primary market, where the government issues its debt through auctions. Using over 20 years...
Ingvil Gaarder, Morten Grindaker, Tom G. Meling, and Magne Mogstad
We test for and measure green waste: the misallocation of public subsidies for green investment projects. Our context is a major Norwegian program for green investment subsidies. We develop a model of subsidy allocation and apply it to detailed project-level...
Why do people sometimes overreact to new information and other times underreact? We develop a model in which the strength of a signal—how much one should update their beliefs with new information—depends on multiple features of the information environment. Limited...
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.
