Amy Finkelstein

Over the Summer, I had the opportunity to intern in the Corporate Real Estate department at First Midwest Bank. This position required interest in the field of real estate; however, it also required financial and data analysis skills. Although my major is in Economics, I am double-minoring in Informatics and Business Administration. These minors have allowed me to obtain financial knowledge and technical skills, which were needed for the internship. I also have had a strong interest in real estate and was pursuing a real estate license, which ultimately got me the job. My internship consisted of tracking and analyzing various metrics and financial data for the bank’s properties. This included creating financial spreadsheets for mergers and acquisitions of properties, analyzing the branches that should be shutdown, and researching other bank branches to potentially acquire in the future. In addition, I worked on a project throughout the entire summer that could make the financial da...

The alias that I was assigned to is Amy Finkelstein, and she is known for her research in the public health industry. Amy is currently a professor of Economics at MIT; however, conducted an experiment called the "Oregon Health Insurance Experiment". Due to her findings, patients make more trips to the doctor and emergency room after acquiring health insurance. As a result, Finkelstein was able to show that health insurance positively impacts the health of people.  I have not heard of Amy Finkelstein before this class, but I do think her work will be relevant to this course. It will be interesting to see how public policies and healthcare laws impacted organizations such as insurance firms.