Faculty Director: Lars Peter Hansen (@UncertainLars). The MFR Program operates under the auspices of the @BeckerFriedman (BFI) at @UChicago.
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Closing out the lectures is Amir Jina (University of Chicago) presenting on "Human-Centered Forecasting: an AI-led Transformation of Climate Adaptation for Smallholder Farmers." #ClimateEconomics #EconTwitter
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Our very own faculty director Lars Peter Hansen and his co-author and workshop co-organizer Michael Barnett (ASU) present their project on "Incorporating Uncertainty into the Prudent Design of Climate Policy and Investment in New Technologies" #ClimateUncertainty #EconTwitter
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Wrapping up day 2 of our workshop is Pietro Andreoni (Politecnico di Milano and EIEE) presenting on “Multi-Latitude Stratospheric Aerosol Injection Across Governance Regimes” #EconTwitter #ClimatePolicy #ClimateEngineering
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How valuable are firms to society? How big are corporate externalities? We were delighted to have Lubos Pastor (University of Chicago) discuss his work on the U.S. corporate sector’s carbon burden, externalities, and carbon emissions. #EconTwitter #carbonemissions
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May 28
At today's poster session, we had some inspiring research presented by our promising scholars: June Choi (Stanford), Meha Sadasivam (Columbia), Matias Solorza (UC Davis), Mark Walker (Princeton), and Zebang Xu (Cornell) #EconTwitter #ClimateChange
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We had an interesting discussion with Harrison Hong (Columbia) as he presented his work on “Climate Disasters and Macro-Finance: Facts, Adaptation and Policy” #EconTwitter #ClimateEconomics #ClimateFinance
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Starting Day 2 strong, we have Tiffany Shaw (University of Chicago) presenting on “The Other Climate Crisis” discussing climate predictions and ways forward. #climatescience #climatechange #econtwitter
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Concluding Day 1 of our workshop with Monika Piazzesi (Stanford) leading an insightful session on “Household Climate Finance: Theory and Survey Data on Safe and Risky Green Assets” #econtwitter #climatefinance #climatepolicy
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May 27
Great to have some impressive young scholars’ research highlighted at today’s poster session followed by some thoughtful discussions. Our featured poster presenters included projects by João Pedro Arbache (Climate Policy Initiative), Pierre Coster (USC), Anna French (ASU), Martino Gilli (Bocconi), Alexander H. von Hafften (UW–Madison), and Joanna Harris (University of Chicago). #ClimateEconomics #ClimatePolicy
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José Scheinkman (Columbia) presented his research on “Forests and Climate.” Thank you to our participants for the great discussion! #econtwitter
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May 27
Very much looking forward to this week’s Modeling Climate-Economic Dynamics Workshop for Young Scholars organized by the @MFRProgram and hearing about some innovative research ideas from promising young scholars and our faculty speakers. Kicking off Day 1 with my colleague @DKeithClimate presenting his research on “Climate Engineering and Uncertainty.” #EconTwitter #ClimateEconomics #ClimateModeling #Uncertainty
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Feb 24
Reminder: The applications deadline for the 2026 @MFRProgram Summer Session for Young Scholars held this August is on this March 1, 2026. Interested PhD students pursuing research at the intersection of macroeconomics and finance should apply by this Sunday. More information here:
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Applications are open for the 2026 @MFRProgram Macro Finance Research Program Summer Session for Young Scholars, taking place at the Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago on August 4–7, 2026.
Young scholars are encouraged to apply by March 1, 2026. Learn more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/35rde2j8
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Applications are still open for the 2026 MFR Summer Session for Young Scholars to be held August 4-7, 2026! Join a vibrant community of young researchers and distinguished faculty. Deadline is March 1st. Learn more and apply here: tinyurl.com/me93dn6y
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Reminder: Applications for the @MFRProgram 2026 Modeling Climate-Dynamics Workshop for Young Scholars are due February 1, 2026. The workshop will be held at @UChicago on May 27–29, 2026.
Details: tinyurl.com/2ee2cymz
#EconTwitter #climatemodeling #climatechange #macroeconomics @BeckerFriedman
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16 Dec 2025
Applications are open for the 2026 @MFRProgram Macro Finance Research Program Summer Session for Young Scholars, taking place at the Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago on August 4–7, 2026.
Young scholars are encouraged to apply by March 1, 2026. Learn more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/35rde2j8
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11 Dec 2025
Applications are now open for the @MFRProgram 2026 Modeling Climate-Dynamics Workshop for Young Scholars, held at the University of Chicago on May 27–29, 2026.
Interested young scholars should submit applications by February 1, 2026. Learn more here: tinyurl.com/2ee2cymz
@UChicago #EconTwitter #climatemodeling #climatechange #macroeconomics @BeckerFriedman
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14 Nov 2025
Congratulations to the Macro Finance Society’s Distinguished Fellow Gabriel Chodorow-Reich (Harvard/NBER) @gchodorowreich @MacroFinanceSoc
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Ending the morning session, we have the “Fiscal Redistribution Risk in Treasury Markets” paper presented by Howard Kung (LBS, CEPR) and discussed by Vadim Elenev (Johns Hopkins) @VadimElenev @MacroFinanceSoc
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We had a lot of great questions for Jasmine Xiao (Notre Dame) and @SilvaDejanir (Purdue) on their presentation/discussion of “Information Spreads” More talks to come! @MacroFinanceSoc
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