What is the mission of the MFI?
The MFI’s mission is to support research on important policy-related questions through the application of economic analysis. This mission builds on Chicago’s tradition of rigorous intellectual inquiry motivated and backed by empirical evidence. Over the last century, contributions by University of Chicago faculty in the Department of Economics, the Chicago Booth School of Business, and the Law School have helped shape the study of economics in profound ways. The Milton Friedman Institute for Research in Economics continues this tradition by supporting the broad exchange of ideas among scholars in some of the most exciting areas of research in economics.
