David Thesmar

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David Thesmar
Born (1972-07-04) 4 July 1972 (age 52)
France
Occupation(s)Economist, Finance Researcher
Website https://sites.google.com/site/dthesmar/

David Thesmar (born in France on March 7, 1972) [1] is a French economist who works as Franco Modigliani Professor Financial Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His research interests include corporate finance, financial intermediation, entrepreneurship and behavioural economics. [2] In 2007, he was awarded the Prize of the Best Young Economist of France. [3]

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Biography

David Thesmar earned a B.Sc. in economics and physics from the École Polytechnique in 1995 and a M.Sc. from the Paris School of Economics and ENSAE, followed by an M.Phil. in economics from the London School of Economics. In 2000, he obtained his Ph.D. in economics from EHESS for a thesis supervised by Pierre Cahuc, Francis Kramarz, Patrick Rey, Christophe Chamley and Daniel Cohen. After his graduation, Thesmar began to work as a lecturer and researcher at ENSAE before becoming Associate Professor of Finance at HEC Paris and being promoted to full professor in 2009. In 2016, following a short visiting appointment at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, Thesmar moved to the MIT Sloan School of Management, where has been since working as the Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics and as Professor of Finance. [4] In parallel to his academic positions, Thesmar maintains affiliations with the Centre for Economic Policy Research and the Cercle des économistes and is a member of the European Economic Association, European Finance Association, and the American Finance Association. Finally, he performs editorial duties for the Journal of Finance and the Review of Finance .

Research

David Thesmar's research interests include behavioural economics, entrepreneurship, productivity and banking. [5] Therein, he has frequently collaborated with David Sraer. According to IDEAS/RePEc, he belongs to the top 3% of economists as per his research output. [6] Key findings of his research include the following:

Selected awards

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References

  1. ↑ Curriculum vitae of David Thesmar. Retrieved April 21st, 2018.
  2. ↑ Faculty profile of David Thesmar on the website of MIT Sloan. Retrieved April 21st, 2018.
  3. ↑ Le Cercle des économistes (May 14th, 2007). Prix du Meilleur Jeune Économiste 2007. Retrieved April 21st, 2018.
  4. ↑ Faculty profile of David Thesmar on the website of MIT Sloan. Retrieved April 21st, 2018.
  5. ↑ Homepage of David Thesmar. Retrieved April 21st, 2018.
  6. ↑ Ranking of economists registered on IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved April 21st, 2018.
  7. ↑ Sraer, David; Thesmar, David (2007). "Performance and Behavior of Family Firms: Evidence from the French Stock Market". Journal of the European Economic Association. 5 (4): 709–751. doi:10.1162/JEEA.2007.5.4.709.
  8. ↑ Landier, Augustin; Thesmar, David (2009). "Financial Contracting with Optimistic Entrepreneurs". Review of Financial Studies. 22: 117–150. doi:10.1093/rfs/hhn065.
  9. ↑ Bertrand, Marianne; Schoar, Antoinette; Thesmar, David (2007). "Banking Deregulation and Industry Structure: Evidence from the French Banking Reforms of 1985". The Journal of Finance. 62 (2): 597–628. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01218.x . S2CID   14677170.
  10. ↑ Chaney, Thomas; Sraer, David; Thesmar, David (2012). "The Collateral Channel: How Real Estate Shocks Affect Corporate Investment". American Economic Review. 102 (6): 2381–2409. doi:10.1257/aer.102.6.2381.
  11. ↑ Magnac, Thierry; Thesmar, David (2002). "Identifying Dynamic Discrete Decision Processes". Econometrica. 70 (2): 801–816. doi:10.1111/1468-0262.00306.
  12. ↑ Kramarz, Francis; Thesmar, David (2013). "Social Networks in the Boardroom". Journal of the European Economic Association. 11 (4): 780–807. doi:10.1111/jeea.12021. hdl: 10419/33548 . S2CID   17449394.
  13. ↑ Thesmar, D.; Thoenig, M. (2000). "Creative Destruction and Firm Organization Choice". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 115 (4): 1201–1237. doi:10.1162/003355300555051.
  14. ↑ Greenwood, Robin; Landier, Augustin; Thesmar, David (2015). "Vulnerable banks". Journal of Financial Economics. 115 (3): 471–485. doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2014.11.006.
  15. ↑ Greenwood, Robin; Thesmar, David (2011). "Stock price fragility". Journal of Financial Economics. 102 (3): 471–490. doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.06.003.
  16. ↑ Boucly, Quentin; Sraer, David; Thesmar, David (2011). "Growth LBOs". Journal of Financial Economics. 102 (2): 432–453. doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.05.014.
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