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Working Papers

2023

1. National Culture and Banks' Stock Market Volatility
   Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics
2. Prediction of Corporate Credit Ratings with Machine Learning: Simple Interpretative Models
   Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article Prediction of corporate credit ratings with machine learning: Simple interpretative models, Finance Research Letters, Elsevier (2023) View citations (3) (2023)
3. Shedding Light on the Dynamics of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
   Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics
4. Socioeconomic Status and Individual Investors’ Behavior during a Financial Crisis
   Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics
5. Trustworthiness of Firm Valuations: Bias and Market Perception in Compliance with Capital Market Regulations
   Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article Trustworthiness of firm valuations: Bias and market perception in compliance with capital market regulations, Finance Research Letters, Elsevier (2025) (2025)

2018

6. PREDICTING DEFAULT MORE ACCURATELY: TO PROXY OR NOT TO PROXY FOR DEFAULT
   Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics
   Also in Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics (2015)
   See also Journal Article Predicting Default More Accurately: To Proxy or Not to Proxy for Default?, International Review of Finance, International Review of Finance Ltd. (2019) View citations (1) (2019)

2015

7. Debt composition and lax screening in the Israel corporate bond market
   Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics
8. Using Merton model: an empirical assessment of alternatives
   Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics (2012) View citations (6)

2013

9. THE DETERMINANTS OF CDS SPREADS
   Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article The determinants of CDS spreads, Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier (2014) View citations (72) (2014)

2011

10. Rating Shopping and Rating Inflation: Empirical Evidence from Israel
    Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics

2009

11. A re-examination of value-creation through strategic alliances
    Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article A reexamination of value creation through strategic alliances, International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd (2011) View citations (1) (2011)

2005

12. Ratings as Predictors of Default in the Long Term:an Empirical Investigation
    Working Papers, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Economics

Journal Articles

2025

1. Have ratings become more accurate?
   Journal of Banking & Finance, 2025, 170, (C)
2. Trustworthiness of firm valuations: Bias and market perception in compliance with capital market regulations
   Finance Research Letters, 2025, 73, (C)
   See also Working Paper Trustworthiness of Firm Valuations: Bias and Market Perception in Compliance with Capital Market Regulations, Working Papers (2023) (2023)

2024

3. National culture and banks stock volatility
   Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2024, 91, (C) View citations (1)

2023

4. Bailouts and the modeling of bank distress
   Journal of Financial Research, 2023, 46, (1), 7-30 View citations (1)
5. Cross-currency basis swap spreads and corporate dollar funding
   Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2023, 85, (C) View citations (2)
6. Prediction of corporate credit ratings with machine learning: Simple interpretative models
   Finance Research Letters, 2023, 58, (PD) View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Prediction of Corporate Credit Ratings with Machine Learning: Simple Interpretative Models, Working Papers (2023) View citations (2) (2023)
7. Socioeconomic status and individual investors’ behavior during a financial crisis
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2023, 40, (C)

2020

8. The dynamics of sovereign yields over swap rates in the Eurozone market
   International Review of Financial Analysis, 2020, 72, (C) View citations (4)
9. To decrease or not to decrease: The impact of zero and negative interest rates on investment decisions
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2020, 87, (C) View citations (3)

2019

10. Predicting Default More Accurately: To Proxy or Not to Proxy for Default?
    International Review of Finance, 2019, 19, (4), 731-758 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper PREDICTING DEFAULT MORE ACCURATELY: TO PROXY OR NOT TO PROXY FOR DEFAULT, Working Papers (2018) (2018)

2018

11. Debt composition and lax screening in the corporate bond market
    International Review of Economics & Finance, 2018, 56, (C), 178-189 View citations (3)
12. Do ultimate owners follow the pecking order theory?
    The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2018, 67, (C), 45-50 View citations (7)

2016

13. Using Merton model for default prediction: An empirical assessment of selected alternatives
    Journal of Empirical Finance, 2016, 35, (C), 43-67 View citations (19)

2014

14. Rating shopping and rating inflation in Israel
    International Review of Financial Analysis, 2014, 33, (C), 270-280 View citations (8)
15. The (un)informative value of credit rating announcements in small markets
    Journal of Financial Stability, 2014, 14, (C), 66-80 View citations (11)
16. The determinants of CDS spreads
    Journal of Banking & Finance, 2014, 41, (C), 271-282 View citations (72)
    See also Working Paper THE DETERMINANTS OF CDS SPREADS, Working Papers (2013) View citations (5) (2013)

2013

17. Are time preferences for risky outcomes, riskless outcomes and commodities really different?
    Economics Letters, 2013, 118, (3), 512-514 View citations (5)

2011

18. A reexamination of value creation through strategic alliances
    International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, 2011, 3, (2/3), 133-154 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper A re-examination of value-creation through strategic alliances, Working Papers (2009) (2009)
19. Good news, bad news and rating announcements: An empirical investigation
    Journal of Banking & Finance, 2011, 35, (11), 3101-3119 View citations (61)

Chapters

2007

1. Unobserved Heterogeneity and the Term-Structure of Default
   A chapter in Issues in Corporate Governance and Finance, 2007, pp 311-344