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Research. Insights. Impact.

The Becker Friedman Institute

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1 2   R E S E A R C H I N I T I AT I V E S

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  1 9   L E A D E R S H I P Undergraduates at aFriedman Forum talk

Conference honoree

Finis Welch

Gary S. Becker,

1930–2014

Anil Kashyap of the Macro Financial

Modeling Group

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At the Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics, 2013–14 was

a vibrant year of expanding inquiry and impact. With a record 52 events that

attracted a total of nearly 3,390 researchers, faculty, students, alumni, and

economics enthusiasts, we have explored critical questions and knowledge gaps,

nurtured new collaborations, and shared economic insights with new audiences.

I’m particularly proud of how our research initiatives and visitor programs

have expanded to engage students. In a lecture series especially for graduate

students, several of our visiting scholars gave advanced lectures on specialized

topics, broadening the landscape of learning opportunities.

Through our initiatives, we’re also providing doctoral students with dissertation

support and opportunities for them to present their work and get feedback

from a wider circle of experts. In this way we are generating new work from

creative young minds.

This memorable year that began with a celebration of my Nobel Prize ends

with us mourning the death of institute chair Gary S. Becker, AM’53, PhD’55.

For me, Gary personified UChicago economics, and he championed this

institute as means of strengthening that intellectual tradition. We all are grateful

for his wisdom and support, and miss him deeply.

Despite our loss, the institute’s future is bright. We have just moved into our

new quarters in the Saieh Hall for Economics at 5757 South University Avenue.

Designed to accommodate our visiting scholars, student activities, research,

and collaboration, our new home will transform the institute into a true

intellectual destination for economic inquiry.

Lars Peter Hansen

Director and Co-chair

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2013–14 Highlights

32What is the price of investor uncertainty in terms of

stalled economic growth? This year the Becker Friedman

Institute launched a project exploring that essential

question. A generous grant from the John D. and Catherine T.

MacArthur Foundation helps us build on innovative research

and share findings widely in the policy community.

10 26 13Visiting scholars Research

conferences

Student events Outreach events

Steven J. Davis

Ta-Chung Liu Distinguished

Visitor Robert Engle

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3,390 Total audience engagement

Among 32 visiting scholars, the institute wel-

comed Nobel laureate Robert Engle as the

inaugural Ta-Chung Liu Distinguished Visitor.

A famed econometrician, Ta-Chung Liu was

known for blending theory and fresh data

sources in his pragmatic approach to building

models. The visitorship supports scholars—

like Engle, Liu’s former student—who work

in this vein. Ernest and Joan Liu created the

named post to honor his father.

A highlight among our 26 programs for stu-

dents was a panel discussion organized by and

for undergraduates. The event showed that eco-

nomic analysis can transcend partisan politics.

The panel featured Martin Feldstein and Martin

Baily, who headed the Council of Economic

Advisers under Reagan and Clinton respectively.

Questioned about a range of current economic

issues by student moderator Chris Denning,

their views turned out to be remarkably similar.

Student talk with Martin Feldstein

and Martin Baily

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Visiting Scholars

2013–14

Eduardo Azevedo

University of Pennsylvania

international and monetary

economics

Efraim Benmelech 

Northwestern University

corporate finance,

contracts, and bankruptcy 

Stéphane Bonhomme 

University of Chicago

microeconomics and labor

economics

Thomas Chaney 

Toulouse School of

Economics

international trade theory 

Robert Engle 

New York University,

Ta-Chung Liu

Distinguished Visitor

time-series analysis and

financial markets

Michael Fabinger 

Pennsylvania State

University

international and public

economics

Robert Gibbons 

Massachusetts Institute

of Technology

organizational economic s

Avner Greif 

Stanford University

economic history and

institutional economics

John Hatfield 

Stanford University

contracts, competition,

and strategy

Michael Keane 

Oxford University

behavioral economics and

econometrics

John Kennan 

University of Wisconsin—

Madison

microeconomic theory and

labor economics

Phillipp Kircher 

London School of

Economics

international and public

economics

Pablo Kurlat

Stanford University

liquidity, information, and

financial markets

David Lagakos 

Arizona State University

macroeconomics and

 growth theory 

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VISITING SCHOLARS

Fresh Perspectives

Robert Gibbons introduced students to the emerging

field of organizational economics. Sir John Vickers gave

a public talk on banking reform in Britain. George Tavlas

of the Bank of Greece gave undergraduates a personal

and detailed overview on the sovereign debt crisis. Our

visitors gave student lectures, presented at workshops andconferences, or gave public talks.

These reflect a few of the many ways our 32 visiting

scholars enriched the UChicago economics community

with fresh perspectives and expertise.

6conference

presentations

33workshop or

seminar talks

11student

lectures

Visitor activities

2public

talks

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Ulrike Malmendier 

University of California,

Berkeley 

Hodson Thornber Fellow

corporate and behavioral

finance

Petra Moser 

Stanford University

economics of innovation

Nick Netzer 

University of Zurich

behavioral aspects in

mechanism design theory 

Maurice Obstfeld 

University of California,

Berkeley

international and monetary

economics

Harry Paarsch 

University of Melbourne

applied econometrics

Dimitri Papanikolaou 

Northwestern University

asset pricing and

macroeconomics

Parag Pathak 

Massachusetts Institute

of Technology

market design in school

choice

Jose Luis Peydro 

Pompeu Fabra University

 systemic risk and central

bank policies

Hélène Rey 

London Business School

trade, fiscal imbalance and

financial crises

Esteban Rossi-Hansberg 

Princeton University

international trade and

urban economics

Konstantin Sonin 

New Economic School

(Moscow)

development and political

economics

Holger Spamann 

Harvard University

corporate finance; law and

economics

Tomasz Strzalecki 

Harvard University

decision theory, ambiguity

aversion

George Tavlas 

Bank of Greece

monetary policy and

monetary unions

John Vickers 

Oxford University

economics of competition

and regulation

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Distinguished

Research Fellows

Pierre-André Chiappori

Columbia University

household behavior, risk,

insurance, contract theory 

Thomas J. Sargent

New York University

monetary and fiscal

economics

Robert M. Townsend

Massachusetts Institute

of Technology

development economics

Distinguished Fellow

Pierre-André Chiappori

George Tavlas Maurice Obstfeld

Thornber Fellow

Ulrike Malemendier

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From tax policy to changing media and communications

markets, topical research conferences and workshops

brought evidence to bear on current economic issues,

unanswered questions, and emerging trends.

RESEARCH CONFERENCES

Advancing Economic Research

f The Empirical Foundations of

Supply-Side Economics conference

demonstrated the institute’s

unique strengths: it presented the

best available evidence on how

taxes impact individual and

corporate economic decisions,

providing a factual basis for tax

policy discussions. It highlighted

micro-and macroeconomic

perspectives and brought together

experts from different disciplines

and policy roles to discuss the

implications.

f The Monetary and Fiscal History

of Latin America conference

was a key part of a long-term

historical research project. Teams

of researchers are comparing

economic data and policies across

the crisis-prone region to learn why

its growth lagged well behind much

of the rest of the world. The project

relies on such conferences to review

data and calibrate the models used

to analyze it.

Richard Blundell

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10conferences

186presenters

713total attendees

Research Conferences

2013–14

Networks in Macroeconomics

and Finance*

The Empirical Foundations

of Supply Side Economics *

Macro Financial Modeling

and Macroeconomic Fragility*

(Boston)

Science of Philanthropy*

Conference on Empirical

Labor Economics in Honor

of Finis Welch

The Monetary and Fiscal

History of Latin America*

Macroeconomic Fragility*

Economics of Mediaand Communications

Workshop on Risk and Family

Economics* (London)

Macro Financial Modeling*

(New York)

*starred conferences are part of our

multiyear research initiatives.

Veronica Guerrieri

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The institute made it a priority to bring learning

opportunities to students at all levels, from new under-

graduates to doctoral candidates completing their

dissertations.

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STUDENT EVENTS

Preparing Tomorrow’s Economists:

Student Programming

Research Experience for

Undergraduates

This summer program gives

budding economists a

broader research perspectiveand enhanced analytic skills.

June 26–July 12, 2013

June 23–July 3, 2014

Friedman Forum Lectures

This series for undergraduates

offers informal access

to leading researchers and

Nobel laureates

The Euro Crisis 

Pierre-André Chiappori

On Moral Hazard and

Macroeconomics

Roger Myerson

Financial Globalization and

Financial Crises

Maurice Obstfeld

Other Undergraduate Events

Students planned, promoted,

and presented a discus-

 sion with top economic

 policymakers.

Views from White House

Economists

China and the World

Yao Yang keynote address

Becker Brown Bag talks

for MBA students

Top faculty share emerging

research with MBA students

in this popular series.

Regulating Consumer

Financial Products:

Evidence from Credit Cards

Neal Mahoney, University

of Chicago Booth School

of Business

Perspectives on Greece

George Tavlas, Bank of Greece

Asset Pricing and Sports

Betting

Tobias Moskowitz, Chicago

Booth

Becker Brown Bag Undergraduate Awards

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18graduate

student events

921estimated

attendance

8undergraduate

events

566estimated

attendance

Monitoring Risk with V-LAB

Robert Engle, Ta-Chung Liu

Distinguished Visitor, New

York University

The High-Frequency Trading

Arms Race

Eric Budish, Chicago Booth

Graduate Student

Lecture Series

Students gained access to a

broader range of expertise at

lectures by institute visitors

Economic Applications of

Modern Numerical Methods

Gregor Reich, Karl Schmedders,

Simon Scheidegger, and

Ole Wilms, University of Zurich;

Victor Zhorin, UChicago

Three ‘Biased’ Lectures on

Economic Models of Internal

Organization: Pricing, Politics,

and Path Dependence

Robert Gibbons,Massachusetts Institute of

Technology

Computational Economics:

Practical Tools and

Techniques

Victor Zhorin, UChicago

Structural GARCH:

The Volatility-Leverage

Connection

Robert Engle, New York

University

Segregated Security

Exchanges with Ex Ante

Rights to Trade

Robert Townsend, MIT

Internal and International

Migration: Models and

Empirics

John Kennan, University

of Wisconsin—Madison

Trilemmas and Tradeoffs

Maurice Obstfeld, University

of California, Berkeley

Friedman Forum Research Experience for Undergraduates

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OUR NEW HOME

Saieh Hall

for Economics

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With 150,000 square feet of new and beautifully

renovated space, Saieh Hall offers additional

classroom and seminar space for the institute’s

conferences and workshops. Offices for visitors

near the Department of Economics allow

impromptu exchances and easy collaboration,

making the institute a true intellectual

destination.

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RESEARCH INITIATIVES

Supporting Innovative Inquiry

Emerging new initiatives are exploring topics like the

price of policy uncertainty, industrial organization,

and the economics of health care markets, while

existing projects engage faculty and young scholars

from around the world.

7topical

initiatives

91papers

presented

480conference

participants

James Heckman

i The Human Capital and Economic

Opportunity Global Working Group is

becoming part of the new Center for the

Economics of Human Development, directed

by James Heckman.

f More than a dozen doctoral students received

dissertation support from the Macro Financial

Modeling and Systemic Risk initiative, supporting

innovative new work on the topic. The project is

working to develop macroeconomic models with

enhanced linkages to the financial sector, with the

aim of providing better policy tools for managing

systemic risk.

Fiscal Studies: The Facts About Taxes

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f The Experimental Economics

Initiative is yielding evidence

on effective approaches in

early childhood education and

philanthropy. One project tests

interventions with students,

teachers, and families in

Chicago Heights schools to see

which methods boost student

achievement.

Harald Uhlig

Initiatives 2013–14

The institute supported research

activity exploring key questions

in these areas in 2013–14.

Economics of the Family

Fiscal Studies

Human Capital and Economic

Opportunity

Industrial Organization

Macroeconomic Modeling

and Systemic Risk

Policy Uncertainty

Andrew and Betsy Rosenfield

Program

• Experimental Economics

• Law and Economics

• Price Theory

Macro Financial Modeling Group members

with students receiving dissertation support

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The institute shared Chicago-style economic analysis at

breakfasts, informal talks and receptions, panel discussions,

and workshops. These events engaged attendees in

discussions of some of our greatest economic and policy

challenges

OUTREACH EVENTS

Sharing Economic Knowledge

Outreach 2013–14

Economics Over Easy: Breakfast with

Lars Peter Hansen (New York)

Addressing the Euro Crisis: Workshop

with Fernando Alvarez and Tano Santos

(New York)

The Future of US Economic Policy:

Conversation with Gary S. Becker and

Edward Lazear (Washington DC)

Banking Reform in Britain and Europe

with Sir John Vickers

Economics and Music with Lars Peter Hansen

The Future of the Euro: Conversation with

Luigi Zingales

Regulation, Risk, and the Affordable Care Act:

Conversation with Pierre-André Chiappori

The Consequences of Uncertainty with Lars

Peter Hansen talk (London, Hong Kong)

Lars Hansen

in London

William Nordhaus on

Climate Change

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14events

900+attendees

i Visiting Scholar Sir John Vickers

gave a public talk on post-crisis

banking reform in Britain.

The Economics of Climate Change:

Conversation with William Nordhaus

Scheinkman on Bubbles: Workshop with

José Scheinkman (New York)

From the Trading Floor to the Foreclosure

Next Door: Financial Markets andEconomic Performance panel discussion

(New York)

Uncommon Core: The Future of Economics

with Lars Peter Hansen

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Revenue

In thousands of dollars

Funding Source Budget

Unrestricted Support 1,000

Unrestricted Endowment Payout 536

Restricted Gifts and Grants 2,483

Restricted Endowment Payout 569

Total Current Year 4,588

Actual Expense

In thousands of dollars

Expense Area Amount

BFI Operations 1,368

Researcher Compensation 789

Conferences & Research Support 882

Visitors 382

Total 3,421

Overall, the institute underspent funding by $1.167 million, but this was

almost exclusively from restricted sources. Unspent funding rolls over

into the next fiscal year.

Funding Allocation to Expense Areas

In thousands of dollars

  Unrestricted Restricted

Expense Area Funding Funding

BFI Operations 1,114 254

Researcher Compensation 63 726

Conferences and Research Support 190 692

Visitors 167 214

Expense Total 1,534 1,886

Funding Available 1,536 3,052

Net Total 2 1,166

22%Unrestricted

Support

24%Endowment Payout

(unrestricted

and restricted)

54%Restricted Gifts

and Grants

40%BFI Operations

23%Researcher

Compensation

26%Conferences and

Research Support

11%Visitors

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2013–14

Financials

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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

Becker Friedman InstituteBenefactorsThe institute gratefully acknowledges the generosity of these donors who supported

economic inquiry in 2013–14.

$250,000+

Mrs. Anne Dias Griffin

Mr. Kenneth C. Griffin

Humana, Inc.

Ernest and Joan Liu Foundation

John D. and Catherine T.

MacArthur Foundation

$50,000+

The Chicago Community

FoundationMr. and Mrs. Claudio L. S. Haddad

Horizons Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Keiser

Searle Freedom Trust

Mr. and Mrs. Stuart B. Townsend

Townsend Family Foundation, Ltd.

Dr. Jane C.K. Chan and

Dr. Yue-Chim Richard Wong

$10,000+

Professor Gary S. Becker

Mrs. Guity Nashat BeckerMr. Neil Andrew Chriss and

Mrs. Natasha Herron

Mr. Jeffrey Robert Currie and

Ms. Alex Currie

Goldman Sachs & Company

Goldman Sachs Gives

Ms. Deborah Ziegler Hilibrand

and Mr. Lawrence Hilibrand

The Hilibrand Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Lazear

Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Lockhart

Dr. Bernard E. Munk

Norfolk Southern Foundation

Ms. Lisa S. Rigsbee and

Mr. Stephen R. Rigsbee

Barbara and Barre Seid

Foundation

Mr. Barre Seid and Mrs. Barbara

Landis

Mr. David Adrian Sekiguchi

Ms. Grace Tsiang and Professor

Lars Peter Hansen

Vanguard Charitable Endowment

Yale University Donor Advised

Funds

$1,000+

Mr. Andrew William Alford and

Ms. Wei Jiang

Ms. Dora Luisa Costa and

Mr. Matthew Edwin Kahn

Mr. David Gerrard Dunn and

Ms. Tamara Dunietz

Mr. Pierre A. Ellis and

Ms. Amy F. Ellis

Mr. Indermit Singh Gill and

Harlivleen K. Gill

Dr. Ira Goldberg and Ms. Donna

Lingle

Professor John M. Hansen and

Ms. Dana Saowalak

Mr. and Mrs. Robert James Hodrick

Mr. Boyan Jovanovic

Mr. Malcolm S. Kamin and

Ms. Kay H. Kamin

Mr. Paul M. Mayfield and

Ms. Susan N. Mayfield

Mr. Frederic W. Morton, Jr.Mr. Eric Olson and Ms. Laura

Bermudez

Ana Lucia S. Pappas, M.D. and

Mr. Philip J. Pappas

Mr. Todd Eugene Petzel

The Sedoh Foundation

Dr. Sherman Shapiro and

Mrs. Ellen Shapiro

Ms. Alison J. Veres and

Mr. Charles Veres

Ms. Heather Lynn Wilhelm

Under $1,000

Mr. Ivan A. Adames

Dr. James Dutton Adams and

Dr. Jennifer Cobb Adams

Mr. Baird Smith Allis

Ms. Leslie Rene Armstrong

Ayco Charitable Foundation

Ms. Aasha Bharat Barot

Mr. Lawrence Scott Berlin

Mr. Jerry Bern and

Ms. Christine M. Bern

Dr. Mario A. Bianchet andDr. Margarita Faig

Mr. Paul Bloom and Ms. Polly J.

Lynam Bloom

Mr. Nicholas Wyeth Buchholz

Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Carr

Ms. Laura Cervantes

Ms. Nga Chung Cheung

Mr. Hans Dieter Dramm andDr. Sarah June Keller

Ms. Samantha D. Edds

Mr. Michael E. Edleson

Mr. Yihan Fang

Dr. and Mrs. James M. Ferguson

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Mr. Thomas J. Fojtik and

Ms. Susan M. Fojtik

Mr. Trevor S. Gallen

Mr. Roberto Santiago Garcia Verdu

Mr. Dushime K. Gashugi

Mr. Michael Halberstadt

Mr. Andrew Hanssen

Dr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Heiney

Mr. and Mrs. Russell J. Horn

Mr. Richard A. Hornbeck

Mr. He Huang and Ms. Rebecca H.

Li-Huang

Mr. Tom J. Janssens and

Dr. Jeanne-Mey Sun

Mr. Kevin F. Jiang

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Klein

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Charles Klein

Mr. Sathish Kodali

Mr. Rob E. Kolson

Mr. Apoorv Kumar

Mr. Bernard Lashinsky

Mr. Eddie Lee and Ms. Mae Lee

Marshall Pierce & Company

Mr. Jackson Martin

Continuing support for

research initiatives has been

generously provided by

Dr. Edward R. Allen III and

Dr. Chinhui Juhn

Mr. David Booth

CME Group Foundation

DRW Trading Group

HMRC Charities

Mr. James B. McWethy

The McWethy Foundation

Mr. Andrew M. Rosenfield and

Mrs. Betsy B. Rosenfield

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Solvalle LLP

John Templeton Foundation

Dr. Hodson Thornber and

Ms. Ludmila Thornber

Mr. Donald Ray Wilson Jr.

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Current Leadership As of July 1 , 2014

Governing Committee

Eric D. Isaacs, Chair

Provost

Sunil Kumar

Dean, University of Chicago

Booth School of Business

Steven J. DavisDeputy Dean, Chicago Booth

Daniel Diermeier

Dean, Harris School

of Public Policy

John List

Chair, Department of

Economics

Michael Schill

Dean, Law School

David Nirenberg

Dean, Social Science

Division

Distinguished Advisory

Group

Pierre-André Chiappori

Columbia University

Edward P. Lazear

Stanford University Graduate

School of Business

Thomas J. Sargent

New York University

Robert M. Townsend

Massachusetts Institute

of Technology

Institute Research Council

Lars Peter Hansen, Chair

Becker Friedman Institute

Co-chair and Director

Eric D. Isaacs, ex officio

Kevin Murphy, ex officio

Fernando Alvarez

Department of Economics

Kerwin Charles

Harris School of Public

Policy

James J. Heckman

Department of Economics

Erik HurstChicago Booth

Anup Malani

Law School

Nancy Stokey

Department of Economics

Chad Syverson

Chicago Booth

Pietro Veronesi

Chicago Booth

Mr. Marcus A. Martin

Ms. Deborah Ann Mason

Mr. Andrew Mauck

Mr. Daniel C. McCartney

Mr. Charles P. McPherson

Dr. Ann-Marie Meulendyke

Mr. Christopher Andrew Miller

and Ms. Suzanne Denise Miller

Mr. Derik Frank Miller and

Kimberly Diane Miller

Mr. Ilya G. Minevich

Mr. Claude Montmarquette and

Ms. Francine Brodeur

Mr. Edward A. Morgan

Ms. Ngan Vu Trang Dinh

Mr. Ryan O’Hollaren

Mr. Christian Michael Origlio

Ms. Julia Y. Pei

Mr. Clayne Legrand Pope and

Carolyn M. Pope

Mr. Alberto Manuel Barqueiro

RamosMs. Diane D. Reynolds

Mr. Michael Roberts and

Ms. Agnese Roberts

Dr. David E. Runkle and

Ms. Patricia M. Runkle

Mr. Huber A. Salas

Mr. Jeffrey R. Seaver and

Ms. Jennifer Seaver

Mr. Benjamin Changwook Shim

Mr. Joshua Micheal Steinman

Mr. Paul Joseph Strigler

Mr. and Mrs. T. J. SullivanSusquehanna International

Group, LLP

Ms. Suchanan Tambunlertchai

and Mr. Federico Temerlin Soler

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wagner

Mr. Christopher Allen Walker

Ms. Catherine Yu-Chie Wang

Mr. Kyle T. Wetzold

Mr. C.R. Wharton Jr. and Mrs.

Dolores D. Wharton

Ms. Anita Ka-Yin Yu

Ms. Abby M. Zarkin and Gary A.

Zarkin, PhD

Mr. and Mrs. Roberto Juan Zorgno

Every effort has been made to

recognize all 2013–14 donors correctly.

If you have questions or comments,

contact [email protected].

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20 |  The University of Chicago

Board of Overseers

From 2011 to 2014, this board

has played a leadership role

in building awareness of

and support for the Institute.

Membership comprises

leaders in the fields of

business, economics, law,

and public policy.

Edward Lazear, Chair

Jack Steele Parker Professor

of Human Resources

Management and Economics,

Stanford Graduate School

of Business

David BoothCo-CEO, Chairman, President,

and Founder, Dimensional

Fund Advisors;

Richard Elden

Founder, Lakeview Capital

Management LLC

Daniel R. Fischel

Chairman and President,

Compass Lexecon

Jacob Frenkel

Chairman, JP Morgan Chase

International

Ephraim Gildor

Cofounder, Axiom Investment

Advisors

Sanford Grossman

Chairman and Chief Executive

Officer, Q.F.S. Asset

Management

Claudio Haddad

President, Insper

Leo Melamed

Chairman and Chief Executive

Officer, Melamed and

Associates

Henry Paulson

Chairman, The Paulson

Institute

Andrew Rosenfield

Managing Partner,

Guggenheim Partners

Richard Ryan

Former President and Chief

Operating Officer, DEKALB

Alvaro Saieh

Chairman, CorpBanca S.A.

George Shultz

Distinguished Fellow, Hoover

Institution

Hodson Thornber

Former Managing Director,

Renaissance Capital

Mary Tolan

CEO, Accretive Health

MarrGwen Townsend

Founder, Townsend Analytics

& Archipelago

Clifton Wharton

Former Chairman and Chief

Executive Officer, TIAA-CREF

Donald Wilson

Founder and CEO, DRW

Investments LLC

Yue-Chim Richard WongChair of Economics,

University of Hong Kong

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