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 Aug 15, 2023

Sovereign Debt and Economic Growth When Government is Myopic and Self-interested

Viral V. Acharya, Raghuram Rajan, Jack Shim
Topics:  Fiscal Studies, Financial Markets
BFI Working Paper Jun 15, 2023

Finance and Climate Resilience: Evidence from the Long 1950s US Drought

Raghuram Rajan, Rodney Ramcharan
Topics:  Energy & Environment, Financial Markets
BFI Working Paper Mar 27, 2023

What Purpose Do Corporations Purport? Evidence from Letters to Shareholders

Raghuram Rajan, Pietro Ramella, Luigi Zingales
Topics:  Financial Markets
BFI Working Paper Mar 16, 2023

Liquidity Dependence and the Waxing and Waning of Central Bank Balance Sheets

Viral V. Acharya, Rahul S. Chauhan, Raghuram Rajan, Sascha Steffen
Topics:  Monetary Policy
BFI Working Paper Dec 14, 2022

Private Sanctions

Oliver D. Hart, David Thesmar, Luigi Zingales
Topics:  Financial Markets, Industrial Organization
BFI Working Paper Aug 10, 2022

The Political Economy of the Decline of Antitrust Enforcement in the United States

Filippo Lancieri, Eric Posner, Luigi Zingales
Topics:  Uncategorized
BFI Working Paper Apr 25, 2022

The New Corporate Governance

Oliver D. Hart, Luigi Zingales
Topics:  Uncategorized