On July 28-31, 2020, the Macro Finance Research Program (MFR), under the auspices of the Becker Friedman Institute (BFI), virtually hosted the 2020 MFR Summer Session for Young Scholars for PhD students working on their dissertations at the interplay of macroeconomics and finance. The event was designed for early-career professionals and doctoral students in economics and related fields […]
As people and economies around the world reel from the impact of COVID-19, one thing is clear: facts are at a premium. The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics (BFI), working with economists from across campus, has supported and disseminated rigorous research on COVID-19 and the Pandemic Recession that has informed some of the most important […]
EVENT CANCELED As the global health situation involving the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, the Becker Friedman Institute and faculty instructors Greg Kaplan and Benjamin Moll, with guidance from the University of Chicago’s Office of the Provost, have decided that the best course of action is to cancel this event. We recognize that this decision […]
On January 23, the Chinese government locked down the city of Wuhan (Hubei Province). In subsequent days, similar measures were taken in other cities in Hubei and throughout China. These actions launched months of economic and social restrictions throughout the nation. Other regions in Asia have implemented similar policies. Last week, cities in China emerged […]
