BFI Working Papers

Sharing research in progress—and refining it through rigorous discussion and debate—is a hallmark of scholarship at the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics.
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BFI Working Paper Jun 5, 2023

Long Social Distancing

Jose Maria Barrero, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis
Topics:  COVID-19, Employment & Wages
BFI Working Paper Jun 5, 2023

When Cryptomining Comes to Town: High Electricity-use Spillovers to the Local Economy

Matteo Benetton, Giovanni Compiani, Adair Morse
Topics:  Financial Markets, Energy & Environment
BFI Working Paper Jun 2, 2023

Micro- and Macroeconomic Impacts of a Place-Based Industrial Policy

Enghin Atalay, Ali Hortaçsu, Mustafa Runyun, Chad Syverson, Mehmet Fatih Ulu
Topics:  Industrial Organization
BFI Working Paper Jun 2, 2023

Profitability Context and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns

Alex G. Kim, Valeri Nikolaev
Topics:  Financial Markets
BFI Working Paper May 31, 2023

Green Tilts

Lubos Pastor, Robert F. Stambaugh, Lucian A. Taylor
Topics:  Financial Markets, Energy & Environment
BFI Working Paper May 30, 2023

Putting Quantitative Models to the Test: An Application to Trump’s Trade War

Rodrigo Adão, Arnaud Costinot, Dave Donaldson
Topics:  Uncategorized
BFI Working Paper May 29, 2023

Non-GAAP Reporting and Investment

Charles G. McClure, Anastasia A. Zakolyukina
Topics:  Financial Markets
BFI Working Paper May 29, 2023

On the Governance of Corrupt Exchange: How Citizens and Officials Build Social Ties to Reduce Corruption’s Transaction Costs

Aimable Amani Lameke, Albert Malukisa Nkuku, Raul Sanchez de la Sierra, Vincent Tanutama, Kristof Titeca
Topics:  Uncategorized