Research Output per year
Research Output per year
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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, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
… → 2001
Economics and Business Administration, BA, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
… → 1999
Research interests
- Applied Corporate Finance
- Bankruptcy
- Credit Markets
- Economic History
- Financial Contracting
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Research Output
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Civic capital and social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic☆
Barrios, J. M., Benmelech, E., Hochberg, Y. V., Sapienza, P. & Zingales, L., Jan 2021, In: Journal of Public Economics. 193, 104310.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations -
What Explains the Flow of Foreign Fighters to ISIS?
Benmelech, E. & Klor, E. F., Oct 2 2020, In: Terrorism and Political Violence. 32, 7, p. 1458-1481 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
8 Scopus citations -
Financial frictions and employment during the Great Depression
Benmelech, E., Frydman, C. & Papanikolaou, D., Sep 2019, In: Journal of Financial Economics. 133, 3, p. 541-563 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
16 Scopus citations -
The agglomeration of bankruptcy
Benmelech, E., Bergman, N., Milanez, A. & Mukharlyamov, V., 2019, In: Review of Financial Studies. 32, 7, p. 2541-2586 46 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations -
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 › peer-review
2 Scopus citations