Abigail Hurwitz
Lecturer at The Wharton School
Schools
- The Wharton School
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Biography
The Wharton School
Education
- Ph.D., Finance, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- M.A., Financial Economics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- B.A., Economics and Business Administration, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Past Positions
- Visiting Scholar, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
- Lecturer, Department of Finance, The College of Management Academic Studies, Israel
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Finance, The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania.
- Chief of Operations and Business Development, Ashdot – Itur Hon, Israel.
- ICAAP Project - Manager (Bank Capital Management), Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank, Israel.
- Basel II Project - Assistant Manager, Mizrahi-Tefahot Bank, Israel.
- Budgets Officer, IDF. Financial Advisor to the Chief of General Staff Unit / Budget Division in the Ministry of Defense - (Rank of Captain).
Grants Awards and Honors
- Pension Research Council/TIAA Institute Partnership Grant (35,000 USD), 2020-2021, with Olivia S. Mitchell and Orly Sade
- GIF (German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development) Young Scientists Grant (15,000 EURO), 2019
- TFI (Think Forward Initiative) research grant (10,000 USD), 2019, with Orly Sade
- Pension Research Council/TIAA Institute Partnership Grant (50,000 USD), 2019-2020, with Olivia S. Mitchell and Orly Sade
- Bogen fellowship for post-doctoral studies.
- Excellence in teaching award, The College of Management Academic Studies, 2018
- Excellence in teaching award, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, 2018
- Scholarship from Haim Stoessel Memorial Fund, 2017
- National Security Research grant, 2016-2017
- Excellence in teaching award, The College of Management Academic Studies, 2016
- The Israeli Ministry of Finance scholarship for financial literacy studies, 2015-2016
- Gal-Ed grant, School of Business Administration, HUJI for attending RBFC 2016
- Excellence in teaching award, The College of Management Academic Studies, 2013
- The Hebrew University Economics department honors for the year 2005-2006
- The Hebrew University Economics department honors for the year 2003-2004
Research Interests:
- Research interest: Pensions, Insurance, Environmental Economics, Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Decision making
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