This conference was hosted by Leonardo Bursztyn to celebrate the launch of The Normal Lab. It featured work that uses a variety of methods, with a special focus on work that improves our understanding of pressing social issues. Attendance for this conference was by invitation only. If you have any questions about the conference, please contact […]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology health economist Amy Finkelstein was joined by Mark McClellan, former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration and current Duke professor, and Joshua Gottlieb, professor at the Harris School, to discuss how to effectively reform US health insurance. Michael Greenstone, Director of the Becker Friedman Institute, moderated this discussion. Finkelstein was a 2023-2024 TC […]
The Development Lunch Workshops 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 Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, Booth School of Business, Harris School of Public Policy and the Law School. This workshop series is weekly on […]
On the eve of a special conference co-organized by The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics in China (BFI-China) and the Bank for International Settlements, BFI-China and Chicago Booth hosted a University of Chicago alumni reception, honoring University of Chicago alumni and friends. Times are listed in local Hong Kong time. Host Committee: Mark Barnekow, Executive […]
The Becker Friedman Institute for Economics in China (BFI-China) and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) co-hosted a conference with the theme of “Opportunities and Challenges for China and Beyond” on November 17-18, 2023 at the Francis and Rose Yuen Campus in Hong Kong. The conference explored how China's sectoral opportunities and challenges intersect with […]
The first 25 attendees at the event received a free copy of “Monetary Policy and Its Unintended Consequences.” Raghuram G. Rajan, Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at Chicago Booth, and former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, explored monetary policy and more from his new book, Monetary Policy and Its Unintended Consequences. Prof. […]
The 11th International Macro-Finance Conference, sponsored by the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago was held on November 30-December 1, 2023. This event provided an opportunity for a small group of young faculty working at the intersection of international finance and international macro to discuss their early stage research in an informal setting. If […]
