Dr. Rebel Cole
Dr. Rebel Cole
Contact Information
| Phone: | (312) 362-6887 |
| Fax: | (312) 362-5907 |
| Email: | rcole@depaul.edu |
| Address: |
The RealEstate Center |
Brief Bio
Dr. Cole has been a Professor of Finance at the Kellstadt School of Business of DePaul University in Chicago since July 2003 and a Professor of Real Estate since July 2008. He teaches MBA-level courses in financial management and corporate governance. During his career, he has taught finance in five different countries.
Dr. Cole received his PhD in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina in 1988, after which he spent ten years working in the Federal Reserve System, primarily at the Board of Governors in Washington, DC.
Since 1998, Dr. Cole has served as a special advisor to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, advising Central Banks in developing countries that include the Bahamas, China, Jamaica, Kenya, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Palestine, the Philippines, Russia and Yemen.
Dr. Cole has published refereed articles in the top finance journals, including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. His primary areas of research are commercial real estate, corporate governance, financial institutions and small-firm finance.