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 »
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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 »
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 »
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: Matthijs R. Wildenbeest
Matthijs R. Wildenbeest joined IU in 2007, right after earning his Ph.D. in Economics from Erasmus University in the Netherlands. He’s currently teaching Business Econometrics in the undergraduate program and Predictive Analytics for Business Strategy in the online MBA program. In recent years, he’s also taught Predictive Analytics for Business Strategy in the residential MBA… Read more »
Course Spotlight: G316 Sustainable Enterprise
“Sustainability means change,” says Steven Kreft, who teaches the undergraduate G316 course called Sustainable Enterprise. It follows the book Getting Green Done by Auden Schendler, which was written in 2009 and focuses on the barriers that block the business case for sustainability. “The status quo of business is not sustainable in its present form so… Read more »