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1384

Overview

Gur Huberman is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans the intersection of computer science and economics, with a focus on information systems, finance, and the application of computational methods to economic and financial problems. Their scholarly work is situated within fields such as computer science and economics, econometrics, and finance.

The main areas of study covered by their research include:

  • Computer Science
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Within these broader fields, their subfields of interest and specialization include:

  • Information Systems
  • Finance
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Strategy and Management
  • Management Science and Operations Research

Huberman's work addresses several focused topics in economic and technological analysis. These primary topics comprise:

  • Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • Digital Platforms and Economics
  • Auction Theory and Applications
  • Complex Network Analysis Techniques
  • Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
  • Economic theories and models
  • Peer-to-Peer Network Technologies

Regarding their scholarly output, some of their recent publications are:

  • Monopoly without a Monopolist: An Economic Analysis of the Bitcoin Payment System, 2021, The Review of Economic Studies
  • Moral hazard and debt maturity, 2024, Journal of Financial Intermediation

Other related works connected to their research field, authored by frequent coauthors or addressing related topics, include:

  • Lightning Network Economics: Channels, 2023, Management Science
  • Lightning Network Economics: Channels, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Moral Hazard and Debt Maturity, 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal

The scientist has collaborated regularly with other researchers, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Jacob D. Leshno
  • Ciamac C. Moallemi
  • Paolo Guasoni
  • Clara Shikhelman
  • Rafael Repullo

Their work has appeared in multiple publication venues with notable frequency at:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Management Science
  • The Review of Economic Studies
  • Journal of Financial Intermediation

Best Publications

  • Familiarity Breeds Investment

    Gur Huberman

  • Contagious Speculation and a Cure for Cancer: A Nonevent that Made Stock Prices Soar

    Gur Huberman;Tomer Regev

  • How Much Choice is Too Much?: Contributions to 401(k) Retirement Plans

    Sheena S. Iyengar;Wei Jiang;Gur Huberman

  • Mean-Variance Spanning

    Gur Huberman;Shmuel Kandel

  • Talk and Action: What Individual Investors Say and What They Do

    Daniel Dorn;Gur Huberman

  • Offering versus Choice in 401(k) Plans: Equity Exposure and Number of Funds

    Gur Huberman;Wei Jiang

  • Two-Sided Uncertainty and "Up-or-Out" Contracts

    Charles Kahn;Gur Huberman

  • A Simple Approach to Arbitrage Pricing Theory

    Gur Huberman

  • Price Manipulation and Quasi‐Arbitrage

    Gur Huberman;Werner Stanzl

  • Do Stock Price Bubbles Influence Corporate Investment

    Simon Gilchrist;Charles P. Himmelberg;Gur Huberman

  • Monopoly without a monopolist : An economic analysis of the bitcoin payment system

    Gur Huberman;Jacob D. Leshno;Ciamac Moallemi

  • Familiarity Breeds Investment

    Gur Huberman

  • Minimum cost spanning tree games

    Daniel Granot;Gur Huberman

  • Correlated Trading and Returns

    Daniel Dorn;Gur Huberman;Paul F. Sengmueller

  • Optimal Liquidity Trading

    Gur Huberman;Werner Stanzl

  • Defined Contribution Pension Plans: Determinants of Participation and Contributions Rates

    Gur Huberman;Sheena S. Iyengar;Wei Jiang

  • Mimicking Portfolios and Exact Arbitrage Pricing

    Gur Huberman;Shmuel Kandel;Robert F. Stambaugh

  • Optimal insurance policy indemnity schedules

    Gur Huberman;David Mayers;Clifford W. Smith

  • On the core and nucleolus of minimum cost spanning tree games

    Daniel Granot;Gur Huberman

  • Limited Contract Enforcement and Strategic Renegotiation

    Gur Huberman;Charles Kahn

  • Do Stock Price Bubbles Influence Corporate Investment

    Charles P. Himmelberg;Simon Gilchrist;Simon Gilchrist;Gur Huberman

  • Replication package for: "Monopoly without a Monopolist: An Economic Analysis of the Bitcoin Payment System"

    Gur Huberman;Jacob D. Leshno;Ciamac Moallemi

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon Gilchrist
Simon Gilchrist New York University
Charles M. Kahn
Charles M. Kahn University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ariel Rubinstein
Ariel Rubinstein Tel Aviv University
G. William Schwert
G. William Schwert National Bureau of Economic Research
Robert F. Stambaugh
Robert F. Stambaugh University of Pennsylvania
Clifford W. Smith
Clifford W. Smith University of Rochester
William N. Goetzmann
William N. Goetzmann Yale University

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