2012 Call for Research Proposals
from the Macro Financial Modeling (MFM) Group
The Becker Friedman Institute and the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering are leading a collaborative research project to develop enhanced macroeconomic models that better capture the linkages between the financial sector and the economy as a whole. With funding from the Sloan Foundation, this project will provide dissertation support to doctoral students in economics or related fields pursuing innovative work in this area.
Project Details
| Program Area: | Modeling Financial Sector Linkages to the Macroeconomy |
| Purpose: | This project will lead efforts to construct better, more comprehensive models for assessing systemic risk stemming from activities in the financial sector that can impact the economy as a whole. To encourage new research in this area, we are funding relevant dissertation proposals. Specifically, we seek proposals that examine:
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| Program Information: | Our objective is to begin developing enhanced macroeconomic models that can be used to help guide and shape effective economic policy and regulation. To do so, this project assembles a working group of macro and financial economists with complementary interests and skills who meet to discuss and critique current and proposed models. It provides research assistance and data sets necessary for developing new models. The group will work toward developing software for solving and evaluating these models, and provide guidance for young scholars. |
| Total Awards: | Successful proposals will be awarded up to $16,000 to support research activity. The project will fund up to six graduate students annually. Awards may be renewed for one or two years. |
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| Contact: | Amy Boonstra, Program Administrator aboonstra@uchicago.edu (773) 702-7307 |