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 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 May 1, 2023

Managers and Productivity in Retail

Robert D. Metcalfe, Alexandre B. Sollaci, Chad Syverson
Topics:  Industrial Organization
BFI Working Paper Apr 18, 2023

Local and National Concentration Trends in Jobs and Sales: the Role of Structural Transformation

David Autor, Christina Patterson, John Van Reenen
Topics:  Industrial Organization, Employment & Wages
BFI Working Paper Feb 13, 2023

100 Years of Rising Corporate Concentration

Spencer Y. Kwon, Yueran Ma, Kaspar Zimmermann
Topics:  Industrial Organization
BFI Working Paper Jan 30, 2023

Measuring the Share of Imports in Final Consumption

Emmanuel Dhyne, Ayumu Ken Kikkawa, Magne Mogstad, Felix Tintelnot
Topics:  Industrial Organization
BFI Working Paper Jan 18, 2023

The Strange and Awful Path of Productivity in the U.S. Construction Sector

Austan Goolsbee, Chad Syverson
Topics:  Industrial Organization
BFI Working Paper Dec 14, 2022

Private Sanctions

Oliver D. Hart, David Thesmar, Luigi Zingales
Topics:  Financial Markets, Industrial Organization
BFI Working Paper Dec 14, 2022

Urban Renewal and Inequality: Evidence from Chicago’s Public Housing Demolitions

Milena Almagro, Eric Chyn, Bryan A. Stuart
Topics:  Industrial Organization