The Center for Business and Economic Research, formerly the Bureau of Business Research, is an award-winning economic policy and forecasting research center housed within the Miller College of Business. CBER research encompasses health care, public finance, regional economics, transportation, and energy sector studies. Our recent studies include the 2010 Manufacturing and Logistics Report, Wind Energy: A National Perspective and The Economic Effects of Indiana's Property Tax Rate Limits.

We publish the American Journal of Business—a peer-reviewed scholarly journal—and the Indiana Business Bulletin—a weekly e-newsletter with weekly commentary and regularly updated data on housing, wages, employment, consumption, exchange rates and dozens of other economic indicators that provide evidence of the direction of change in the local, state and federal economy.

In addition to research, we serve as the forecasting element in the Muncie area—holding five state and federal economic forecasting roundtables.

 

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Ball State's Center for Business and Economic Research is an award-winning member of the Association for University Business and Economic Research.  Since 1947, AUBER members engage in a diverse array of applied economic research and provide their communities with public presentations, forums, economic outlooks and workshops in areas of interest to the business community.

View our award-winning publications.