Yaron Levi

Yaron Levi is an economist who specializes in individual decision making, household finance, and behavioral economics. His research has been published in the Journal of Financial Economics and Review of Financial Studies, and has been profiled in the New York Times, Money, and the Harvard Business Review. His current research uses big data and field experiment to understand the influence of innovations in financial technology and information design on consumer and investor behavior.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Household finance, behavioral economics, consumer and investor behavior, field experiments, corporate finance.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) UCLA Anderson School of Management (2009 — 2015)
• Sidney Frank Merit scholar for excellent achievement in the field of economics Brown University (2006 — 2008)
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Haifa University (2006 — 2008)

Companies

• Assistant Professor of Finance USC Marshall School of Business (2015)
• Lieutenant Commander IDF - Israeli Navy Special Forces (1996 — 2006)

Publications

• Symmetric and Asymmetric Market Betas and Downside Risk
  with Ivo Welch
  Review of Financial Studies, 2020, 33(6), 2772-2798.
• Decision Fatigue and Heuristic Analyst Forecasts
  with David Hirshleifer, Ben Lourie, and Siew Hong Teoh.
  Journal of Financial Economics, 2019, 133(1), 83-98.
• Best Practice for Cost-of-Capital Estimates
  with Ivo Welch
  Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2017, 52(2), 427-463.