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Faculty Economics Announcements
The inaugural Growth Academy brought the World Development Report to practitioners
The two-week intensive program at the UChicago campus and the World Bank headquarters has led to increased collaboration between researchers and polic...
October 16, 2024
Faculty Economics Announcements
Posthumously-published edited volume of Gary Becker’s work shows the economist’s evolution
The text uses Becker’s drafts and notes to paint an inspiring picture of his economic approach to human behavior. By Sarah Steimer Published las...
March 30, 2024
Faculty Economics Announcements
Social scientists should produce policy-based evidence in their research from the start
Professor John List argues in his new paper to consider five vital signs to determine if an idea is scalable for the real world. By Sarah Steimer ...
February 14, 2024
Announcements Economics Faculty
Big Brains: Freakonomics’ Steven Levitt on the secret to making tough choices
Of the academic books that have become household names, “Freakonomics” must be at the top of the list. The 2005 book by University of Chicago scholar ...
November 22, 2023
LIST, ET AL: NEW STUDY REVEALS NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF UBER RIDERS NEVER TIP (2019)
PUBLISHED ON OCT 22, 2019 Even though ride-share company Uber launched the option to tip drivers over two years ago, recent research shows riders c...
November 22, 2023
AKCIGIT RECEIVES 2019 MAX PLANCK-HUMBOLDT RESEARCH AWARD (2019)
PUBLISHED ON SEP 19, 2019 UChicago economist’s innovative research honored with €1.5 million prize; Akcigit will study Germany’s east-west divide b...
November 22, 2023
MYERSON ELECTED MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY (2019)
PUBLISHED ON MAY 10, 2019 Roger Myerson, the David L. Pearson Distinguished Service Professor of Global Conflict Studies in the Harris School of Pu...
November 22, 2023
KENNETH C. GRIFFIN DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS WELCOMES NEW FACULTY MEMBER (2019)
PUBLISHED ON MAR 29, 2019 We are pleased to announce Max Tabord-Meehan will join the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics as an Assistant Pro...
November 22, 2023
AKCIGIT AND BONHOMME RECEIVE NAMED PROFESSORSHIPS (2020)
PUBLISHED ON JAN 1, 2020 The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics is pleased to announce two of our faculty have received named professorship...
November 22, 2023
ALI HORTAÇSU AWARDED KOÇ UNIVERSITY RAHMI M. KOÇ MEDAL OF SCIENCE (2021)
PUBLISHED ON NOV 30, 2021 The UChicago economist’s work has focused on assessing the efficiency of markets. By Sarah Steimer “It's easy to ge...
November 22, 2023