Julian Reif

Associate Professor of Finance and Academic Director of Data Science Research Services and Deloitte Scholar

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4036 Business Instructional Facility

515 Gregory Dr

Champaign, IL 61820

Academic Director of Data Science Research Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2024 to present
Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013 to present
Lecturer of Finance, Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012
Senior Consultant, Bates White, LLC, 2004-2007

Huh, J., & Reif, J. (2021). Teenage Driving, Mortality, and Risky Behaviors. American Economic Review: Insights.
Deryugina, T., Miller, N., Molitor, D., & Reif, J. (2021). Geographic and Socioeconomic Heterogeneity in the Benefits of Reducing Air Pollution in the United States. Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy, 2. link >
Deryugina, T., MacKay, A., & Reif, J. (2020). The Long-Run Dynamics of Electricity Demand: Evidence from Municipal Aggregation. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.
Deryugina, T., Heutel, G., Miller, N., Molitor, D., & Reif, J. (2019). The Mortality and Medical Costs of Air Pollution: Evidence from Changes in Wind Direction. American Economic Review, 109 (12), 4178-4219.

Jones, D., Molitor, D., & Reif, J. (2019). What Do Workplace Wellness Programs Do? Evidence from the Illinois Workplace Wellness Study. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1747-1791.
Reif, J. (2019). A Model of Addiction and Social Interactions. Economic Inquiry, 57 (2), 759-773.
Huh, J., & Reif, J. (2017). Did Medicare Part D Reduce Mortality? Journal of Health Economics, 53 17-37.
Lakdawalla, D., Malani, A., & Reif, J. (2017). The Insurance Value of Medical Innovation. Journal of Public Economics, 94-102.
Malani, A., & Reif, J. (2015). Interpreting Pre-trends as Anticipation: Impact on Estimated Treatment Effects from Tort Reform. Journal of Public Economics, (124), 1-17.
Katzman, B., Reif, J., & Schwartz, J. (2010). The Relation Between Variance and Information Rent in Auctions. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 38.

Lakdawalla, D., & Reif, J., John Komlos and Inas Rashad Kelly (Ed.) (2015). Health, Body Weight, and Obesity. Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lakdawalla, D., Malani, A., & Reif, J., Malani and Schill (Ed.) (2015). The Complex Relationship Between Healthcare Reform and Innovation. The Future of Healthcare Reform Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Reif, J. (2019). What Do Workplace Wellness Programs Do? Evidence from the Illinois Workplace Wellness Study. Annual Conference on Employee Benefits and Social Insurance.
Reif, J. (2019). What Do Workplace Wellness Programs Do? Evidence from the Illinois Workplace Wellness Study. Midwest Health Economics Conference.
Reif, J. (2019). The Mortality and Medical Costs of Air Pollution: Evidence from Changes in Wind Direction. Notre Dame seminar.
Reif, J. (2019). The Mortality and Medical Costs of Air Pollution: Evidence from Changes in Wind Direction. Purdue University seminar.
Reif, J. (2018). Mortality Risk, Insurance, and the Value of Life. Southeastern Health Economics Study Group.
Reif, J. (2018). The Mortality and Medical Costs of Air Pollution: Evidence from Changes in Wind Direction. UC Santa Barbara Occasional Workshop in Environmental and Resource Economics.
Reif, J. (2014). The Insurance Value of Medical Innovation. NBER Health Economics Program Meeting.

Deloitte Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2023 to present
RC Evans Data Analytics Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021-2023

Worksite Wellness: A Field Experiment on Participation Incentives and Selection into Wellness Programs, National Science Foundation, 2017-2020
The Impact of Temperature and Pollution on Mortality, Morbidity, and Health Care Cost Among the Elderly, National Institute of Health/National Institute on Aging, 2016-2023
Worksite Wellness: A Field Experiment on Participation Incentives and Selection into Wellness Programs, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2016-2018
Worksite Wellness: A Field Experiment on Participation Incentives and Selection into Wellness Programs, J-PAL North America, 2016-2018
Climate Change Policy in Illinois, IGPA, University of Illinois, 2016-2017

Big Data Analytics in Finance (FIN 550) Recent trends in "big data" present both enormous challenges and opportunities for businesses. This course introduces concepts and techniques of data analytics and shows how they can be used for making predictions, and to distinguish between correlation and causation, in the context of financial and economic analysis. Covered tools include data visualization, machine learning, regression analysis, randomized trials, A/B testing, and quasi-experiments. Students will apply these tools using R programming within the Amazon Web Services cloud computing environment.

4036 Business Instructional Facility

515 Gregory Dr

Champaign, IL 61820