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Freeing the Power of the Individual
Future Students
Bill Gunther
Dr. Bill Gunther is director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at The University of Southern Mississippi.

 

Ed Ranck
Dr.Ed Ranck is associate director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research.

About the BBER

The Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER), housed in the College of Business, serves as an additional point of contact between the college and the regional business community. The BBER will be a primary provider of timely and relevant business and economic information including economic forecasting at the regional level, information about important regional economic trends, and limited fee based business services. This administrative unit will facilitate additional grant based activity within the CoB and will help to transport ongoing economic research into the regional community.

The BBER also administers the Center for Economic Education that has its own unique purpose in the area of economic education.

Director
Dr. William Gunther, professor of economics
Department of Economics, Finance and International Business
118 College Drive #5072
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Phone: 601.266.5049
E-mail: William.Gunther@usm.edu

Associate Director
Edward L. Ranck, Ph.D.
Associate Director
Bureau of Business and Economic Research
The University of Southern Mississippi
P.O. Box 850
Gautier, MS 39553
228-497-7249,   601-842-3747 (cell)
E-mail: Edward.Ranck@usm.edu

Focus
The bureau’s focus will be in three major areas:

  • Policy Issues

  • Economic Forecasting 

  • Economic Education