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Events

To encourage the exchange of new ideas and fresh perspectives, the Institute hosts a robust schedule of conferences, workshops, and lectures featuring leading scholars. Other events expose students to a wide range of economic expertise. Discussions designed for broader public audiences apply this expertise to topical social and policy issues.

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November
19
2020
Past Event • 5:30 pm CST • Virtual Event

Becker Brown Bag: The Great Lockdown and the Big Stimulus: Tracing the Pandemic Possibility Frontier for the US

Featuring Greg Kaplan, Professor in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the College, Co-Director of BFI's Macroeconomic Research Initiative
Topics:  COVID-19
December
2
2020
Past Event • 12:30 pm CST • Virtual Event

Friedman Forum: Building Resilient Health Systems: Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone and the 2014 Ebola Outbreak

Featuring Oeindrila Dube, Philip K. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies, Harris Public Policy, and Director of BFI's Initiative for the Study of Gender in the Economy
Topics:  COVID-19
December
4
2020
Past Event • 12:30 pm CST • Virtual Event

Development Lunch Seminar – Fall 2020

The Development Lunch Seminars are operated with support from the Becker Friedman Institute and The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts and is a collaboration between University of...
December
7
2020
Past Event • 3:30 pm CST • Virtual Event

Becker Applied Economics Workshop – Fall 2020

This workshop focuses on the application of core economic tools to address questions that are of interest to researchers and policymakers alike. This virtual seminar series meets weekly on...
Organizers / Guests
  • Leonardo Bursztyn
  • Michael Dinerstein
  • Michael Greenstone
  • Peter Hull
  • Magne Mogstad
  • Kevin Murphy
  • Robert Topel
December
15
2020
Past Event • 7:30 pm CST • Virtual Event

Critical Conversations with Economists

BFI-China and Peking University host a monthly virtual lecture series to convene renowned economists from each institution for lectures on modern economics, including economic growth, financial markets, technology innovations, and...
December
16
2020
Past Event • 8:00 pm CST • Virtual Event

China Biweekly Seminar on Public Economics

The Tsinghua University – University of Chicago Joint Research Center for Economics and Finance, in collaboration with the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics in China (BFI-China), the National Institute...
January
5
2021
Past Event • 7:00 pm CST

Understanding China’s Economic Rise: History, Trends, and Challenges

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the University of Chicago Center in Beijing
January
13
2021
Past Event • 9:00 pm CST • Virtual Event

Capital Market Development: China and Asia Seminar Series — An Overview of China’s Financial System and Current Challenges

COLLABORATING ORGANIZERS     About the Seminar Series Financial market development goes hand-in-hand with economic growth. The development of China’s capital markets in terms of size, regulations, capability, and...
Topics:  Financial Markets
January
14
2021
Past Event • 6:00 pm CST

China in Today’s World Seminar Series — China’s Economic Growth in the Next Decade

Watch Video on Youku Watch Video on Youtube About the Seminar Series China is poised to become the world’s largest economy in the near future. However, such growth is...
Topics:  Financial Markets, Technology & Innovation
Organizers / Guests
  • Zhiguo He
  • Chang-Tai Hsieh
February
2
2021
Past Event • 12:30 pm CST • Virtual Event

Innovation: From Idea to Reality

A Conversation with Richard Sandor and Steven Kaplan