On May 2-3, 2024, the Becker Friedman Institute Health Economics Initiative Annual Conference brought together faculty, research professionals, and students to present the latest research on all topics in health economics. Amy Finkelstein, John & Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, joined the 2024 Health Economics Initiative Conference as the Keynote speaker.
HOSTED BY This two-day conference will be jointly co-sponsored by the Macro Finance Research (MFR) Program at the University of Chicago and the Brevan Howard Centre for Financial Analysis (BHC). This workshop aims to explore uncertainty, including climate nonlinearity and tipping points. Moreover, we hope to explore how to incentivize both private and public sectors to […]
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 […]
The first 25 attendees at the event received a free advance copy of "Breaking the Mold: India’s Untraveled Path to Prosperity." Light refreshments were provided. The whole world has a stake in India’s future, and that future hinges on whether India can develop its economy and deliver for its population—now the world’s largest—while staying democratic. The […]
This seminar series will feature outside speakers to present their latest work on international trade, spatial economics, economic geography, and urban economics. If you would like to receive updates via email on future seminars in this series, sign up for the series mailing list here. View Fall 2023 Speakers
HOSTED BY The third annual Conference on Discrimination in the 21st Century: Fostering Conversations Across Fields was held May 14-15, 2024, in Chicago. This conference brought together researchers from different fields to discuss crucial themes around discrimination. Experts from economics, sociology, law, behavioral sciences, healthcare, artificial intelligence, and more interacted with each other through presentations […]
A just and functioning judicial system is fundamental to a prosperous market economy. With the increasing availability of data on judicial systems worldwide, the field of "law and political economy" is quickly revitalizing. This workshop gathered active scholars and showcases cutting-edge works in this dynamically evolving field.
The Firms' Cost of Capital, Discount Rates, and Investment Conference was held on May 16-17. Rising inflation, changes in interest rates, and fluctuations in equity markets should in theory affect the cost of capital, corporate discount rates, and ultimately investment. Research discussed at this conference shed light on these channels. Presentations were 40 minutes in length, including […]
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 […]
The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago hosted a conference and memorial in honor of our friend and colleague Robert E. Lucas, Jr., who passed away on May 15, 2023. Memorial Webpage All times are in CST. The format of this program was 45 minutes […]
The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago held a memorial in honor of our friend and colleague Robert E. Lucas, Jr., who passed away on May 15, 2023. The memorial was held in the afternoon of May 25.
Program Chairs: Laura Castillo-Martinez, Duke University Paulina Restrepo-Echavarria, St. Louis Fed The 6th annual Women in Macroeconomics Conference brought together influential economists from around the world working in the field of macroeconomics. The conference gathered macroeconomists working in macro, broadly defined, including but not limited to growth, business cycles, macro theory, macro finance, international economics, […]
The 5th annual Conference on the Economics of Crime and Justice was held in London on May 31- June 1, 2024. Past conference information: 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019
