R. Andrew Butters

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R. Andrew Butters

Associate Professor
Blanche “Peg” Philpott Faculty Fellowship
Associate Chairperson of the Business Economics and Public Policy Department

Department: Business Economics & Public Policy

Campus: Bloomington

Areas of Expertise

Industrial Organization, Applied Econometrics, Productivity, Market Integration

Academic Degrees

Ph.D., Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2015
B.A. in Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008
General Course, London School of Economics, 2007

Professional Experience

Indiana University, Kelley School of Business: Assistant Professor; July 2015—present
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Economic Research: Associate Economist; 2008—2010

Awards, Honors & Certificates

Rising Star Award, International Industrial Organization Conference, 2015
Kellogg School of Management Graduate Fellowship, 2010

Selected Publications

Butters, R. A. (2020). Demand Volatility, Adjustment Costs, and Productivity: An Examination of Capacity Utilization in Hotels and Airlines. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 12(4), 1-44.
Butters, R. A. (2019). On Demand Uncertainty in the Newsvendor Model. Economics Letters, 185.
Brave, S., Butters, R. A., and Justiniano, A. (2019). Forecasting Economic Activity with Mixed Frequency Bayesian VARs. International Journal of Forecasting, 35(4), 1692-1707.
Butters, R. A., and Spulber, D. (2015). Market Integration through Factor Price Equalization: Evidence from the Electric Power Market. Working paper.
Brave, S., and Butters, R. A. (2012). Diagnosing the Financial System: Financial Conditions and Financial Stress. International Journal of Central Banking, 8(2), 191-239.

Edited on January 31, 2025