BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Bankruptcy courts across the United States and abroad claim to assign judges to individual cases randomly to promote fairness in the judicial system, but new research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business suggests otherwise. Analyzing U.S. corporate bankruptcy filings between 2010 and 2020, Kristoph Kleiner, associate professor of finance at… Read more »
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Kelley investment management students win prestigious Balyasny Asset Management stock pick competition
NEW YORK – A team of three students from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business finished in first place in the prestigious Balyasny Asset Management Winter Stock Pitch Competition, which attracts top talent from business schools across the country and provides them with invaluable experience they will use in the future. In mid-January, students… Read more »
Gig economy may serve as a substitute for those seeking other, more permanent work
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – While traditionally laid off employees have relied on consumer credit and unemployment insurance to maintain consumption, research finds that the gig economy serves as a substitute for many seeking other, more permanent work. In a paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics, researchers matched anonymized data from on credit profiles with… Read more »
Teams from Kelley School’s Master of Science in Finance program sweep the competition at Purdue event
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – For the second year in a row, Master of Science in Finance students from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business emerged as the winners of Purdue University’s Private Equity Case Competition. This year, the three Kelley School teams swept the awards, also coming in second and third place, defeating a… Read more »
Investors generally underestimated the risk and impact of hurricanes, prior to feeling “Superstorm” Sandy’s fury on Wall Street
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Weather experts are warning that this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, which officially began June 1, could be among the most active on record. Hurricanes annually cause millions of dollars in damage to households and public infrastructure, but also to businesses. Hurricanes and other extreme weather events also create spikes in uncertainty that… Read more »
Kelley professor: Use of CoCo bonds – hybrid securities issued by banks – do not protect taxpayers
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – A financial tool used in the bailout of global banking giant Credit Suisse Group, hybrid securities known as “CoCo” bonds, would not protect taxpayers. Their use should continue to be left to the private sector, instead of being treated as regulatory capital after bank failures in the United States, said a finance… Read more »
Two Kelley School professors receive international honors for their scholarly efforts
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Professors at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business frequently are recognized for their scholarly activities, including international honors, from their peers. Two recent examples are Susan Monaco, clinical associate professor and associate chairperson of finance, and Sagar Samtani, assistant professor of operations and decision technologies. This week, Monaco and Samtani were honored by… Read more »
Winners of Kelley Research Awards announced
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Indiana University Kelley School of Business recently recognized faculty at Bloomington and Indianapolis for their research impact. Fei Gao, assistant professor of operations and decision technologies, received Kelley’s Early Career Research Impact Award, which recognizes the research contributions of a pre-tenured faculty member’s body of work. Gao’s award-winning research focuses on… Read more »
IU Kelley School students shine and continue to come out victorious in case competitions
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Each year, there are dozens of business case competitions worldwide, where students apply their real-world grasp of business concepts under tremendous pressure. For those in Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, it’s been another solid year, including some recent victories for students studying finance, investment management and real estate. Case competitions are… Read more »
U.S. News ranks IU, Kelley faculty research activities as among most impactful worldwide
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University, the Department of Economics in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Kelley School of Business rank 24th worldwide and 14th nationally in U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of “Best Global Universities for Economics and Business.” Unlike U.S. News’ other rankings of degree programs, this ranking primarily ranks… Read more »