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Deniz Dutz, Michael Greenstone, Ali Hortaçsu, Santiago Lacouture, Magne Mogstad, Azeem Shaikh, Alexander Torgovitsky, Winnie van Dijk
This work sheds new light on the underrepresentation of minority and poor households in scientific studies; analysis of a recent COVID-19 serological study suggests that hesitancy to participate is key.
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Milena Almagro, Eric Chyn, UT-Austin, Bryan A. Stuart
This research finds that demolitions of public housing as part of urban renewal programs had disparate impacts and generated large welfare improvements for White households, alongside welfare losses for low-income minority households.
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The BFI Working Paper series disseminates current research in economics from the Chicago Economics community.
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Eyal Frank, Anant Sudarshan
Ariel Kalil, Haoxuan Liu, Susan Mayer, Derek Rury, Rohen Shah
Seonmin Will Heo, Koichiro Ito, Rao Kotamarthi
Joachim Freyberger, Björn Höppner, Andreas Neuhierl, Michael Weber
Zhiguo He, Yuehan Wang, Xiaoquan Zhu
Manudeep Bhuller, Gordon B. Dahl, Katrine V. Løken, Magne Mogstad
Majid Ahmadi, Nathan Durst, Jeff Lachman, John List, Mason List, Noah List, Atom T. Vayalinkal
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This discussion, part of BFI-China's Capital Market Development: China and Asia Seminar Series, featured the work of Christian T. Lundblad (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) with Dragon Tang (The University of Hong Kong) as discussant. View Video
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January 18, 2023 • Virtual Seminar
Speaker: Laura Starks, University of Texas, Austin
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Profs. Fernando Alvarez, Magne Mogstad, and Douglas Skinner have been named distinguished service professors. Profs. Leonardo Bursztyn, Scott Gehlbach, and Matthew Notowidigdo have received named professorships. Read More
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EDE, which will run from June 8 – 30, 2023, is designed to identify and support talented undergraduate students from a broad range of backgrounds interested in the study of economics. The next EDE information session is scheduled for Tuesday, January 17.
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Price Theory Summer Camp, which will run from June 25 – 29, 2023, introduces PhD students from outside the University of Chicago to price theory, which emphasizes the application of basic economic tools to problems. Participants will engage in lectures and a series of “Chicago-style” seminars where faculty present their research in progress.
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Pradhi Aggarwal, Alec Brandon, Ariel Goldszmidt, Justin Holz, John A. List, Ian Muir, Gregory Sun, Thomas Yu
Relative to a white driver traveling the same speed, minorities are 24 to 33 percent more likely to be stopped for speeding and to pay 23 to 34 percent more in fines.
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