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Overview

Efraim Benmelech is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research spans key areas within economics, econometrics, and finance, with a notable presence in social sciences. The work covers both theoretical and applied aspects, focusing on areas such as banking stability, credit risk, corporate finance, and the intersections of housing markets and finance.

The scholar has published extensively, with a total of 35 publications classified under Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and 13 under Social Sciences. Their subfield expertise includes Economics and Econometrics, Finance, Accounting, Sociology and Political Science, and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

Major research topics addressed in their work include:

  • Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
  • Credit Risk and Financial Regulations
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism

Frequent publication venues showcase a focus on peer-reviewed journals and working paper series, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (15 publications)
  • Journal of Financial Economics (2 publications)
  • Journal of Public Economics (1 publication)
  • The Journal of Human Resources (1 publication)
  • European Finance Review (1 publication)

Collaborations have involved several coauthors with multiple joint publications, indicating ongoing research partnerships. Frequent coauthors include Nitish Kumar and Raghuram G. Rajan, each with six collaborations, followed by Michał Zator and João Monteiro with three each, and John Manuel Barrios with two.

Recent papers demonstrate the scholar's engagement with contemporary economic issues and financial research. Selected recent works include:

  • "Civic capital and social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic," 2020, Journal of Public Economics
  • "Strong Employers and Weak Employees," 2020, The Journal of Human Resources
  • "Financing Labor," 2021, European Finance Review
  • "The Determinants of Fiscal and Monetary Policies During the COVID-19 Crisis," 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Making the House a Home: The Stimulative Effect of Home Purchases on Consumption and Investment," 2022, Review of Financial Studies

Best Publications

  • Military CEOs

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  • Stock-Based Compensation and CEO (Dis)Incentives

    Efraim Benmelech;Eugene Kandel;Pietro Veronesi

  • The Credit Rating Crisis

    Efraim Benmelech;Jennifer Dlugosz

  • Military CEOS

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  • The Alchemy of CDO Credit Ratings

    Efraim Benmelech;Jennifer Dlugosz

  • Strong Employers and Weak Employees: How Does Employer Concentration Affect Wages?

    Efraim Benmelech;Nittai K. Bergman;Hyunseob Kim

  • Bankruptcy and the Collateral Channel

    Efraim Benmelech;Nittai K. Bergman

  • Securitization without adverse selection: The case of CLOs

    Efraim Benmelech;Jennifer Dlugosz;Victoria Ivashina

  • Human Capital and the Productivity of Suicide Bombers

    Efraim Benmelech;Efraim Benmelech;Claude Berrebi

  • Civic capital and social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic

    John M. Barrios;Efraim Benmelech;Yael V. Hochberg;Paola Sapienza

  • Do Liquidation Values Affect Financial Contracts? Evidence from Commercial Loan Contracts and Zoning Regulation

    Efraim Benmelech;Mark J. Garmaise;Tobias J. Moskowitz

  • Collateral pricing☆

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  • Economic Conditions and the Quality of Suicide Terrorism

    Efraim Benmelech;Claude Berrebi;Esteban F. Klor

  • Asset Salability and Debt Maturity: Evidence from Nineteenth-Century American Railroads

    Efraim Benmelech

  • Financial Frictions and Employment during the Great Depression

    Efraim Benmelech;Efraim Benmelech;Carola Frydman;Carola Frydman;Dimitris Papanikolaou;Dimitris Papanikolaou

  • Collateral Pricing

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  • The Political Economy of Financial Regulation: Evidence from U.S. State Usury Laws in the 19th Century

    Efraim Benmelech;Tobias J. Moskowitz

  • Liquidation Values and the Credibility of Financial Contract Renegotiation: Evidence from U.S. Airlines

    Efraim Benmelech;Nittai K. Bergman

  • Negotiating with Labor Under Financial Distress

    Efraim Benmelech;Nittai K. Bergman;Ricardo J. Enriquez

  • The Determinants of Fiscal and Monetary Policies During the Covid-19 Crisis

    Efraim Benmelech;Nitzan Tzur-Ilan

  • The Real Effects of Liquidity During the Financial Crisis: Evidence from Automobiles

    Efraim Benmelech;Ralf R. Meisenzahl;Rodney Ramcharan

  • Financing Labor

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  • Do Liquidation Values Affect Financial Contracts? Evidence from Commercial Loan Contracts and Zoning Regulation

    Efraim Benmelech;Efraim Benmelech;Tobias J. Moskowitz;Tobias J. Moskowitz;Mark J. Garmaise

  • Does Short-Term Debt Increase Vulnerability to Crisis? Evidence from the East Asian Financial Crisis☆

    Efraim Benmelech;Eyal Dvir

  • The Credit Rating Crisis

    Efraim Benmelech

Frequent Co-Authors

Raghuram G. Rajan
Raghuram G. Rajan University of Chicago
Tobias J. Moskowitz
Tobias J. Moskowitz Yale University
Pietro Veronesi
Pietro Veronesi University of Chicago
Paola Sapienza
Paola Sapienza Northwestern University
Luigi Zingales
Luigi Zingales University of Chicago
Victoria Ivashina
Victoria Ivashina Harvard University
Amit Seru
Amit Seru Stanford University
Michael D. Bordo
Michael D. Bordo Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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