Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
Professor Benmelech’s research interests are in the field of credit markets where he studies financial contracting, financial crises, securitization, bankruptcy and financial distress. He also writes extensively on the economics of terrorism and economic history.
Education/Academic qualification
Finance, PhD, The University of Chicago
… → 2005
MBA, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
… → 2001
Economics and Business Administration, BA, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
… → 1999
Research interests
- Applied Corporate Finance
- Bankruptcy
- Credit Markets
- Economic History
- Financial Contracting
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Bankruptcy
Business & Economics
Liquidation
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Financial distress
Business & Economics
Credit
Business & Economics
Credit markets
Business & Economics
Financial contracting
Business & Economics
Network
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Research Output 2005 2019
4
Citations
(Scopus)
Financial frictions and employment during the Great Depression
Benmelech, E., Frydman, C. & Papanikolaou, D., Sep 1 2019, In : Journal of Financial Economics. 133, 3, p. 541-563 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Great Depression
Financial frictions
Friction
Credit supply
Public debt
The agglomeration of bankruptcy
Benmelech, E., Bergman, N., Milanez, A. & Mukharlyamov, V., Jan 1 2019, In : Review of Financial Studies. 32, 7, p. 2541-2586 46 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Bankruptcy
Agglomeration
Financial distress
Liquidation
Peers
Credit market freezes
Benmelech, E. & Bergman, N. K., Jan 1 2018, In : NBER Macroeconomics Annual. 32, 1, p. 493-526 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Credit markets
Financial crisis
Adverse selection
Liquidity
Illiquidity
16
Citations
(Scopus)
The real effects of liquidity during the financial crisis: Evidence from automobiles
Benmelech, E., Meisenzahl, R. R. & Ramcharan, R., Feb 1 2017, In : Quarterly Journal of Economics. 132, 1, p. 317-365 49 p., qjw031.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Liquidity
Financial crisis
Illiquidity
Automobile
Car
Discussion of Patrick Bolton’s “Corporate Finance, Incomplete Contracts, and Corporate Control”
Benmelech, E., 2016, The Impact of Incomplete Contracts on Economics. Aghion, P., Dewatripont, M., Legros, P. & Zingales, L. (eds.). 1st ed. Oxford University Press, p. 138-143 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Open Access
Incomplete contracts
Financial contracting
Corporate control
Corporate finance
Empirical evidence