Johan Hombert

Johan Hombert is a Professor of Finance at HEC Paris. He graduated from Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and holds a PhD in Economics from the Toulouse School of Economics. His research interests are entrepreneurship and innovation, friction in financial and banking markets, and life insurance. His research has been published in the top finance and economics journal such Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial of Economics, Review of Financial Studies.

EDUCATION

• 2009 Ph.D. in Economics, Toulouse School of Economics - France
• 2005 MS in Economics, École d'économie de Paris (Paris School of Economics) - France
• 2005 Graduate Diploma in Economics and Statistics, Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE) - France
• 2004 B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Economics, Ecole Polytechnique - France

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Academic responsabilities at HEC

• 2018-2020 Department Head, Finance HEC Paris
• 2015- Associate Professor, Finance HEC Paris
• 2010-2014 Assistant Professor HEC Paris
• 2012-2013 Member of the steering committee New challenges for new data with the HEC Polytechnique-ENSAE joint ECODEC Labex HEC Paris
• 2011-2013 Organization of the Finance Department research seminar series HEC Paris
• 2010- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris External Academic Responsabilities
• 2005-2009 Teaching Assistant in Macroeconomics, ENSAE, Paris, France HEC Paris

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Editorial activities

• Reviewer, Journal of Finance, Econometrica, Review of Financial Studies, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Finance, Review of Economics and Statistics, American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics

Conference organisation

• 2019-2019 Organizer of the 8th Annual HEC Paris Workshop on Entrepreneurship

AWARDS & HONORS

• 2016 2016 Best Young Researcher in Finance Award
• 2015 Prix du Chercheur de l'annee 2015, Fondation HEC
• 2015 Laureat du Prix EIF 2015 du meilleur papier en finance
• 2014 Young Researcher in Economics Prize 2014