The University of Chicago’s fourth annual US-China Forum brought together experts from the United States and China for a series of high-level discussions on issues of importance to both countries and, by extension, the world. China’s global economic footprint is large and growing. Its economy – now the world’s second-largest – is shifting away from […]
CO-SPONSORED BY: The conference exhibited recent research on cryptocurrencies and blockchains, all the way from the technological challenges and game theoretic aspects to macro-monetary-financial as well as regulatory perspectives. The conference featured academic researchers from economics and computer science, investigating the role of cryptocurrencies as a medium of exchange, examining the market structure of decentralized […]
Traditional economics assumes rational actors. In daily decision-making, however, we all make decisions influenced by our biases and beliefs, whether which car to buy or who to vote for at the polls. As a result, outcomes often deviate from the standards of rationality assumed by economics. Combining discoveries in human psychology with a practical understanding […]
The 2018 NSF/NBER/CEME Mathematical Economics Conference was held on November 16-17 at University of Chicago. A list of past conference programs can be found here: nber.org/CEME/.
Technological change is leading to a world where markets for goods, services, assets, and workers are all becoming truly global. Research can play an important role in informing how businesses, consumers, and policymakers respond. This year’s conference, hosted by the Becker Friedman Institute’s International Economics Initiative, brought together a small group of faculty working at […]
The TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health is an affiliated center of the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Click here to view photos of the conference. The science is clear, inequities in the language and learning environments of children age birth to three inhibit foundational brain development and disproportionately affect children living in poverty. These disparities grow […]
