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Win One for the Tax Man

Win One for the Tax Man

December 20, 2013
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Running the Field of Dreams

Two alums keep a lot of baseballs in the air: Phillies’ Controller Mike Carson ’97 and Director of Marketing Mike Harris ’01.

Phantasy Job

The man behind the world’s best mascot: Tom Burgoyne ’88.

Lee Elias Teaches Us How to "Think Like a Fan"

MS in Sport Management graduate, Lee Elias, turned his thesis into a well-published book and a few thriving businesses.

Too Cool for School

Too Cool for School

December 20, 2013
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Welcome to the Spring 2013 issue of Market Street!
The Lead Singer Is a Finance Major

When Collin Walsh's band signed a record deal, he joined a club with very few members — rock stars with a finance major.

Accelerating Focus on Culture and Talent in the Boardroom: Part 2

Executive Director Patricia Connolly spoke with Lisa Blais and Greig Schneider of Egon Zehnder on how the pandemic is reshaping the way boards and companies approach talent overall.

Seeds of Change

Seeds of Change

December 20, 2013
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Two LeBow Students Named to Dorm Room Fund

Bradley Ericson and Christopher Gray have been chosen as members of the 11-student board overseeing the recently established Dorm Room Fund.

$500,000 Dorm Room Fund to Be Run by Drexel, Penn Students
True-Life Superhero

Christopher Gray on overcoming adversity, his entrepreneurial superpowers and his quest to save the world.

Here's to Health and a Better Bottom Line

Here's to Health and a Better Bottom Line

December 20, 2013
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Lifelong Learning: Imagining Health Care Differently

LeBow’s Corporate and Executive Education presented a panel on what innovations in health care could mean for insurance companies, employers and consumers.

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LeBow Accounting Professor Discusses Employee Healthcare Models at CFO Alliance
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LeBow's Executive Education and IBC Team Up to Better Leverage Data Analytics

Independence Blue Cross (IBC) recently teamed up with Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business to develop a Business Analytics Certificate program as a new way to further develop its informatics staff and prepare them for the many opportunities to improve health care coming with health care reform. The first class of IBC associates completed the program in May and a new class of students will begin this fall.

Restyling eBay

Restyling eBay

December 20, 2013
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Caroline's Holiday

The Power of the “F” Word. Failure, that is. How Drexel alumna and entrepreneur Caroline Cummings wove failure into gold.

The ABCs of Art, Business and Community with LeBow Student Commencement Speaker Ari Cabrera

Cabrera stayed true to her roots in attending college in her hometown, where she combined business skills and a passion for art into an online personal brand.

Q&A with MBA Alum Ken Barnes: An Unexpected Path to Leading a Nonprofit

Barnes brought decades of business leadership to his role as CEO of Options For All and has made service and advocacy for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities his mission.

Executive MBA Information Session - CANCELLED

This workshop has been canceled due to the threat of inclement weather.

Andre Kurmann, PhD

Andre Kurmann, PhD

Professor

Economics

Gerri C. LeBow Hall 1036

Biography

Areas of Expertise

Selected Works

Articles

Kurmann, Andre, Lale, Etienne, and Ta, Lien, Measuring Small Business Dynamics and Employment with Private-Sector Real-Time Data. Journal of Public Economics 250 (Oct 2025).

Potter, Tristan, Hobijn, Bart, and Kurmann, Andre, On the Efficiency of Non-Compete Agreements in Low-Wage Labor Markets. Economica 91 (Feb 2024):446-496.

Kurmann, Andre, and Lale, Etienne, School Closures and Effective In-Person Learning during Covid-19. Economics of Education Review 95 (Aug 2023).

Kurmann, Andre, Lale, Etienne, Krueger, Dirk, Popova, Irina, and Ludwig, Alexander, The Fiscal and Welfare Effects of Policy Responses to the Covid-19 School Closures. IMF Economic Review 71 (Feb 2023):35-98.

Kurmann, Andre, Revisions in Utilization-Adjusted TFP and Robust Identification of News Shocks. The Review of Economics and Statistics 103 (May 2021):216-235.

Kurmann, Andre, and Rabinovich, Stanislav, Dynamic Inefficiency in Decentralized Capital Markets. Journal of Economic Theory 173 (Jan 2018):231-256.

Champagne, Julien, Kurmann, Andre, and Stewart, Jay, Reconciling the divergence in aggregate U.S. wage series. Labour Economics 49 (Dec 2017):27-41.

Kurmann, Andre, and Otrok, Christopher M., News Shocks and the Slope of the Term Structure of Interest Rates: Reply. American Economic Review 107 (Oct 2017):3250-3256.

Kurmann, Andre, and Mertens, Elmar, Stock Prices, News, and Economic Fluctuations: Comment. American Economic Review 104 (Apr 2014):1439-45.

Kurmann, Andre, Holdups and Overinvestment in Capital Markets. Journal of Economic Theory 151 (May 2014):88-113.

Kurmann, Andre, and Champagne, Julien, The Great Increase in Relative Wage Volatility in the United States. Journal of Monetary Economics 60 (Mar 2013):166-183.

Kurmann, Andre, and Otrok, Christopher M., News Shocks and the Slope the Term Structure of Interest Rates. American Economic Review 103 (Oct 2013):2612-32.

Kurmann, Andre, and Danthine, Jean-Pierre, The Business Cycle Implications of Reciprocity in Labor Relations. Journal of Monetary Economics 57 (Oct 2010):837-850.

Kurmann, Andre, and Danthine, Jean-Pierre, The Macroeconomic Consequences of Reciprocity in Labor Relations. Scandinavian Journal of Economics 109 (Dec 2007):857-881.

Kurmann, Andre, VAR-based Estimation of Euler Equations with an Application to New Keynesian Pricing. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 31 (Mar 2007):767-796.

Kurmann, Andre, and Danthine, Jean-Pierre, Efficiency Wages Revisited: The Internal Reference Perspective. Economic Letters 90 (Feb 2006):278-284.

Kurmann, Andre, Quantifying the Uncertainty about the Fit of a New Keynesian Pricing Model. Journal of Monetary Economics 52 (Sep 2005):1119-1134.

Kurmann, Andre, and Danthine, Jean-Pierre, Fair Wages in a New Keynesian Model of the Business Cycle. Review of Economic Dynamics 7 (Jan 2004):107-142.

Kurmann, Andre, and King, Robert G., Expectations and the Term Structure of Interest Rates: Evidence and Implications. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Economic Quarterly 88 (Fall 2002):49-95.

MBA Information Session

Our general information sessions offer an overview of Drexel University and LeBow College of Business, as well as all of our graduate program offerings. Each session opens with food and beverages for all attendees and guests and an opportunity to speak with admissions counselors. Each session closes with a special raffle for a GMAT prep course, as well as the opportunity to network with other attendees and Drexel LeBow staff.

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