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Optimism, Economic Success, and Free Markets

Project Leader(s)

Luigi G. Zingales
Robert C. McCormack Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

Grantee(s)
University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
Description

This project studied 550 MBA candidates at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and produced the initial set in the Templeton-Chicago MBA Longitudinal Sample. This research explores the link between optimism and economic outcomes and how optimism contributes to the economic self-realization of individuals and the functioning of free markets.

Grant Amount:
$349,440
Start Date:
September 2005
End Date:
January 2009
Grant ID:
11653, 12713
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