2026 Itzhak Ben-David: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	40	2303	2081	1311	1153	177	6745

Overview

Itzhak Ben-David is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within economics, finance, and management, focusing on empirical and theoretical aspects of financial markets, investment strategies, and corporate governance.

They have a significant publication record with frequent appearances in venues such as:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Review of Financial Studies
Harvard Dataverse
Management Science
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Ben-David's recent published papers include:

"Asymmetric Consumption Smoothing," 2020, American Economic Review
"What Do Mutual Fund Investors Really Care About?," 2021, Review of Financial Studies
"Competition for Attention in the ETF Space," 2022, Review of Financial Studies
"Exporting Pollution: Where Do Multinational Firms Emit CO2?," 2021, Economic Policy
"Ratings-Driven Demand and Systematic Price Fluctuations," 2021, Review of Financial Studies

Their frequent co-authors include:

Andrea Rossi
Jiacui Li
Yang Song
Francesco A. Franzoni
Byung-Wook Kim

Ben-David's main research fields are:

Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Business, Management and Accounting

Subfields of their work include:

Economics and Econometrics
Finance
Accounting
Management Information Systems
Strategy and Management

The primary research topics covered in their publications consist of:

Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
Housing Market and Economics
Corporate Finance and Governance
Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
Economic theories and models
Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis

Best Publications

Managerial Miscalibration*

Unknown

741
Citations
Hedge Fund Stock Trading in the Financial Crisis of 2007–2009

Itzhak Ben-David;Francesco Franzoni;Rabih Moussawi

618
Citations
Are Investors Really Reluctant to Realize Their Losses? Trading Responses to Past Returns and the Disposition Effect

Itzhak Ben-David;David Hirshleifer

435
Citations
Managerial Overconfidence and Corporate Policies

Itzhak Ben-David;John R. Graham;Campbell R. Harvey

384
Citations
Policy Intervention in Debt Renegotiation: Evidence from the Home Affordable Modification Program

Sumit Agarwal;Gene Amromin;Itzhak Ben-David;Souphala Chomsisengphet

349
Citations
MANAGERIAL OVERCONFIDENCE AND CORPORATE POLICIES

Itzhak Ben-David;John R Graham;Campbell R Harvey

327
Citations
Do ETFs Increase Volatility?: Do ETFs Increase Volatility?

Itzhak Ben-David;Francesco Franzoni;Rabih Moussawi

322
Citations
The Role of Securitization in Mortgage Renegotiation

Sumit Agarwal;Gene Amromin;Itzhak Ben-David;Souphala Chomsisengphet

315
Citations
Policy Intervention in Debt Renegotiation: Evidence from the Home Affordable Modification Program

Unknown

295
Citations
Do ETFs Increase Volatility

Itzhak Ben-David;Francesco Franzoni;Rabih Moussawi

225
Citations
Financial literacy and financial planning: Evidence from India

Sumit Agarwal;Gene Amromin;Itzhak Ben-David;Souphala Chomsisengphet

219
Citations
Do Hedge Funds Manipulate Stock Prices

Itzhak Ben-David;Francesco Franzoni;Augustin Landier;Rabih Moussawi

203
Citations
The Granular Nature of Large Institutional Investors

Itzhak Ben-David;Itzhak Ben-David;Francesco Franzoni;Francesco Franzoni;Rabih Moussawi;Rabih Moussawi;John Sedunov

191
Citations
Predatory lending and the subprime crisis

Sumit Agarwal;Gene Amromin;Itzhak Ben-David;Souphala Chomsisengphet

185
Citations
What Do Mutual Fund Investors Really Care About

Itzhak Ben-David;Jiacui Li;Andrea Rossi;Yang Song

180
Citations
Exchange-Traded Funds

Unknown

159
Citations
Financial Constraints and Inflated Home Prices during the Real Estate Boom

Itzhak Ben-David

152
Citations
Systematic mistakes in the mortgage market and lack of financial sophistication

Sumit Agarwal;Itzhak Ben-David;Vincent W. Yao

148
Citations
Learning to Cope: Voluntary Financial Education and Loan Performance during a Housing Crisis

Sumit Agarwal;Gene Amromin;Itzhak Ben-David;Souphala Chomsisengphet

136
Citations
Loan prospecting and the loss of soft information

Sumit Agarwal;Itzhak Ben-David

118
Citations
Acquirer Valuation and Acquisition Decisions: Identifying Mispricing Using Short Interest

Itzhak Ben-David;Michael S. Drake;Darren T. Roulstone

109
Citations
Asymmetric Consumption Smoothing

Brian Baugh;Itzhak Ben-David;Hoonsuk Park;Jonathan A Parker

107
Citations
Banks’ Internal Capital Markets and Deposit Rates

Itzhak Ben-David;Ajay A. Palvia;Chester S. Spatt

98
Citations
Hedge Fund Stock Trading in the Financial Crisis of 2007-2009

Itzhak Ben-David;Itzhak Ben-David;Francesco A. Franzoni;Rabih Moussawi;Rabih Moussawi

96
Citations
Collateral Valuation and Borrower Financial Constraints: Evidence from the Residential Real Estate Market

Sumit Agarwal;Itzhak Ben-David;Vincent Yao

92
Citations
Competition for Attention in the ETF Space

Unknown

91
Citations
Are Investors Really Reluctant to Realize their Losses? Trading Responses to Past Returns and the Disposition Effect

Itzhak Ben-David;Itzhak Ben-David;David A. Hirshleifer;David A. Hirshleifer;David A. Hirshleifer

59
Citations
Do Loan Officers' Incentives Lead to Lax Lending Standards?

Sumit Agarwal;Itzhak Ben-David

57
Citations
Policy Intervention in Debt Renegotiation: Evidence from the Home Affordable Modification Program

Sumit Agarwal;Gene Amromin;Itzhak Ben-David;Itzhak Ben-David;Souphala Chomsisengphet

42
Citations
Hedge Fund Stock Trading in the Financial Crisis of 2007-2008

Itzhak Ben-David;Francesco Franzoni;Rabih Moussawi;Giovanni Barone-Adesi

17
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Sumit Agarwal National University of Singapore

Souphala Chomsisengphet Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

René M. Stulz The Ohio State University

David A. Hirshleifer University of Southern California

John R. Graham Duke University

Campbell R. Harvey Duke University

Theodore P. Beauchaine The Ohio State University

Jonathan A. Parker MIT

Chester S. Spatt Carnegie Mellon University

Amit Seru Stanford University

External Links

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