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Big Brains: Freakonomics’ Steven Levitt on the secret to making tough choices
announcements economics faculty
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...