Events - The Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics

Financial Stability and the Macroeconomy

Advances in Field Experiments

Fiscal Policy under Fiscal Imbalance

2012 Price Theory Summer Camp

Upcoming Events

To encourage the exchange of new ideas and fresh perspectives, the Institute hosts a robust schedule of conferences, lectures, and workshops featuring leading scholars from around the world.

Feb.–April Econometrics Workshop Series
April 16 Becker Brown Bag Lecture with Jesse Shapiro
April–May International Economics workshop series
May 4–5 Biological Basis of Economic Preferences and Behavior
May 10

Macroeconomic Fragility*
May 14 Friedman Forum Undergraduate Lecture Series with Thomas J. Sargent
June 4–6 Matching Problems: Economics Meets Mathematics
July 30–Aug. 1 CITE Conference: New Quantitative Models of Financial Markets
Sept. 14–15 Conference on Creditors and Corporate Governance*
Sept. 27–28 Household Production
TBD Celebrating the Centennial of Milton Friedman's Birth

*Conferences marked with an asterisk are planned as part of our multi-year research initiatives listed at left.

Recent Events

Heckman Leads Off Lecture Series for Undergraduates

With examples drawn from his wide-ranging research, Nobel laureate James Heckman showed how economic tools and analysis can illuminate serious policy issues.

New York Event Explores 21st-Century Policy Challenges

Three Nobel laureates, leading experts, and policy makers discussed the current state of human capital and shared perspectives on fiscal policy.
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Recent Research Conferences
Advances with Field Experiments* »
Fiscal Policy under Fiscal Imbalance* »
Human Capital Markets Working Group Conference* »