Department of Finance,

Wharton School,

University of Pennsylvania,

Steinberg Hall – Dietrich Hall, Suite 2300, 

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6367.

Phone: 215-746-0499

e-mail: itayg@wharton.upenn.edu
 
 

I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. I have been at Wharton since 2004. I got my PhD in Economics from Tel Aviv University in 2001. Before joining Wharton, I was an Assistant Professor at the Fuqua School, Duke University.

Below, you can find a link to my academic vita and details about my research and teaching:

Vita 

RESEARCH

I do research in the areas of Corporate Finance, Financial Institutions, and Financial Markets.

For a list of publications and working papers (by reverse chronological order), click here: Publications and Working Papers.

Many of my papers revolve around two themes: "financial fragility and crises" and "the feedback effect from financial markets to the real economy". For a brief description and list of papers by research theme, click:

• Financial Fragility
• The Feedback Effect
• Other Papers

TEACHING

I teach "Advanced Corporate Finance" at the MBA level. Here is a link to my course page:

Teaching Material (Password Required)