In a global business environment, it’s important that students have some understanding of different cultures. Therefore, the Kelley School wants to send the maximum number of their students abroad. Of course, not all students can spend a semester or year overseas due to financial or curriculum constraints. Thus, for more than a decade the Kelley… Read more »
Students
Ph.D. Placement: Yaying Zhou
Yaying Zhou grew up in China and earned her Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Tongji University and her Master’s degree in Economics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Before joining BEPP, she visited Copenhagen Business School as an exchange student. After receiving her Ph.D. at Kelley, she joined the University of Queensland as a Lecturer (Assistant… Read more »
Faculty Spotlight: Michael Rauh
Michael Rauh will never forget when he first arrived on campus in 2005 to join the BEPP faculty. “The faculty had decided to protest en masse against the IU President [at the time]. Hundreds of professors met in the IU Auditorium to speak out against him,” says Rauh. “While this was going on, a tornado… Read more »
Alumni Spotlight: Shirin S. Baradaran
Shirin S. Baradaran graduated from IU in 2013, just after the Global Financial Crisis. “That was a time of change and a time of people grappling with really big questions about our financial structure,” says Baradaran. “Now our financial markets are in turmoil again so everyone is once again asking, ‘How can we improve this… Read more »
New Faculty: Jia Xiang
You never know how life will turn out. Just ask Jia Xiang, who once majored in film directing. “I wrote my script and produced my own little movie!” says Xiang, who grew up in Sichuan Province, China, an area famous for its spicy food and pandas. Midway through her studies, however, she pivoted and decided… Read more »
BEPP 2022 Letter from the Chair
Dear BEPP Community, I am thrilled to write to you again as a kick-off and welcome to our annual department newsletter and blog! The BEPP department consists of high-caliber economists working within a top business school. As such, our primary purpose is to bring the rigor and critical thinking inherent in economic modeling and… Read more »
Vietnam Initiative: A Global Knowledge Network
The Vietnam Initiative (VNi) is a global network for research and training in development policy in Vietnam. Founded in 2010 by IU’s O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs Professor Tran Ngoc Anh, the VNi is a large group of independent scholars, who organize regular seminars and conferences in Vietnam. Andreas Hauskrecht, Clinical Professor of… Read more »
IU Welcomes Severin Borenstein as Featured Speaker for the Bonser Lecture
In February 2020, BEPP and the IU O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs hosted its annual Bonser lecture series. Its namesake, Charles Bonser, is a well-known academic and influential across both departments at IU. Andrew Butters, who helped organize this year’s lecture, says that the series creates an opportunity to bring in well-established thought… Read more »
Alumni Spotlight
In 2020, Laura Swedo graduated from the Kelley School of Business with a BEPP degree, having majored in economic consulting and co-majored in business analytics. “I was always interested in economics, and the business economics courses were my favorite, along with econometrics and managerial economics,” says Swedo. In one of her business analytics classes, they… Read more »
Faculty Spotlight: Francesco Marchionne
The first time Francesco Marchionne came to Bloomington, he was introduced to Indiana’s fickle Midwestern weather. It was Feb 28, 2014, and temperatures were pleasant and warm. The following day, however, it started snowing and didn’t stop for three days. Being Italian, the stark temperature changes were a definite shock—especially when the cold snap lasted… Read more »