In December 2020, several months after graduating from IU with a degree from BEPP, Kirah Cahill began her Master of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. “I’ve always been artistic so after my time in the BEPP program, I wanted to do something more creative,” says Cahill, who received her master’s degree in May 2024…. Read more »
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Alumni Spotlight: James Snyder
James Snyder graduated from IU in 2022, having studied economic consulting and business analytics. While at IU, Snyder was involved in a number of activities, including participating in Greek life, playing on a volleyball team, and working as a campus tour guide. The cherry on top was auditioning for and securing a spot in the… 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 »
Course Spotlight: Digital Economics for Business
As more of the economy goes digital, the BEPP department has a brand-new course called Digital Economics for Business that is perfect for students who are interested in getting a better understanding of the key economic forces at play. The course, which will be rolled out in the spring of 2023, will cover key economic… Read more »
Faculty Spotlight: Aaron Kolb
Aaron Kolb worked in the finance industry for a few years before going to Duke for his Ph.D. He was thrilled to join the IU BEPP faculty in the summer of 2016—his first academic job. At IU, Kolb teaches a Ph.D. class on economic modeling and an undergraduate game theory class. “My research focus is… 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 »
New Faculty Spotlight: Thomas Youle
Thomas Youle grew up in Rockville, Maryland, and got his undergraduate degree at Albion College in Albion, Michigan. He spent his last year of college studying at the London School of Economics prior to attending graduate school at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. His dissertation was on the market manipulation of the LIBOR benchmark… Read more »
New Faculty: Deepal Basak
Deepal Basak grew up in a small town called Malda in West Bengal, India. He attended St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata and after graduation, he moved to Delhi to study Quantitative Economics at the Indian Statistical Institute. That was when he realized that he wanted to be a researcher and work on Game Theory, so he… Read more »
Managerial Economics Revamped to Better Serve MBA Students
The Kelley Direct (KD) G596 Managerial Economics was recently revamped by Steven and Ellie Kreft to become an integrated Core in the MBA program that also includes Organizational Behavior and Business Law. The philosophy behind the overhaul was to make integration impactful for students rather than surface-level. Since MBAs already have a lot of experience… Read more »
Faculty Spotlight: Rick Harbaugh
Rick Harbaugh is an economist, as is his wife…and brother…and two sisters-in-law…and one brother-in-law. “Perhaps gene therapy can save the next generation,” jokes Harbaugh, who joined IU’s staff in 2004 after teaching at Yale School of Management and Claremont McKenna College. His wife got a job as a professor in Kelley’s finance department; the following… Read more »