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Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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Stock-Based Compensation and CEO (Dis)Incentives

NBER Working Paper No. w13732

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 11 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2014

Efraim Benmelech, Pietro Veronesi and Eugene Kandel

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics

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Stock-Based Compensation and CEO (Dis)Incentives

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6515

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 05 Jun 2008

Efraim Benmelech, Eugene Kandel and Pietro Veronesi

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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Liquidation Values and the Credibility of Financial Contract Renegotiation: Evidence from U.S. Airlines

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Liquidation Values and the Credibility of Financial Contract Renegotiation: Evidence from U.S. Airlines

9th Annual Texas Finance Festival, AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 23 May 2008

Efraim Benmelech and Nittai Bergman

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Tel Aviv University

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Liquidation Values and the Credibility of Financial Contract Renegotiation: Evidence from U.S. Airlines

NBER Working Paper No. w14059

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 09 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2008

Efraim Benmelech and Nittai Bergman

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Tel Aviv University

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The Political Economy of Financial Regulation: Evidence from U.S. State Usury Laws in the 18th and 19th Century

AFA 2007 Chicago Meetings Paper

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 17 Mar 2006

Efraim Benmelech and Tobias J. Moskowitz

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Yale University, Yale SOM

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Negotiating with Labor Under Financial Distress

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Negotiating with Labor Under Financial Distress

AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 25 Feb 2010

Efraim Benmelech, Nittai Bergman and Ricardo Enriquez

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Tel Aviv University and Harvard University

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Negotiating with Labor Under Financial Distress

NBER Working Paper No. w17192

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 11 Jul 2011

Efraim Benmelech, Nittai Bergman and Ricardo Enriquez

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Tel Aviv University and Harvard University

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Credit Traps

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Credit Traps

AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 14 Mar 2010

Efraim Benmelech and Nittai Bergman

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Tel Aviv University

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Credit Traps

NBER Working Paper No. w16200

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2010

Efraim Benmelech and Nittai Bergman

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Tel Aviv University

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Economic Conditions and the Quality of Suicide Terrorism

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Economic Conditions and the Quality of Suicide Terrorism

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 26 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2010

Efraim Benmelech, Claude Berrebi and Esteban F. Klor

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, RAND Corporation and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics

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Economic Conditions and the Quality of Suicide Terrorism

NBER Working Paper No. w16320

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 30 Aug 2010

Efraim Benmelech, Claude Berrebi and Esteban F. Klor

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, RAND Corporation and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics

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Economic Conditions and the Quality of Suicide Terrorism

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7995

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 Nov 2010

Efraim Benmelech, Claude Berrebi and Esteban F. Klor

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, RAND Corporation and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics

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Vintage Capital and Creditor Protection

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Vintage Capital and Creditor Protection

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 26 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2008

Efraim Benmelech and Nittai Bergman

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Tel Aviv University

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Vintage Capital and Creditor Protection

NBER Working Paper No. w15735

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 10 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2010

Efraim Benmelech and Nittai Bergman

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Tel Aviv University

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The Alchemy of Cdo Credit Ratings

NBER Working Paper No. w14878

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 20 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2010

Efraim Benmelech and Jennifer Dlugosz

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School

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Strong Employers and Weak Employees: How Does Employer Concentration Affect Wages?

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Strong Employers and Weak Employees: How Does Employer Concentration Affect Wages?

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 22 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2019

Efraim Benmelech, Nittai Bergman and Hyunseob Kim

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Tel Aviv University and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

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Strong Employers and Weak Employees: How Does Employer Concentration Affect Wages?

NBER Working Paper No. w24307

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 02 Jun 2018

Efraim Benmelech, Nittai Bergman and Hyunseob Kim

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Tel Aviv University and Cornell University - Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

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What Explains the Flow of Foreign Fighters to ISIS?

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What Explains the Flow of Foreign Fighters to ISIS?

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 May 2016

Efraim Benmelech and Esteban F. Klor

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics

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What Explains the Flow of Foreign Fighters to Isis?

NBER Working Paper No. w22190

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 25 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 06 May 2016

Efraim Benmelech and Esteban F. Klor

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics

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Credit Market Freezes

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Credit Market Freezes

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 Jun 2017

Efraim Benmelech and Nittai Bergman

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Tel Aviv University

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Credit Market Freezes

NBER Working Paper No. w23512

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Jun 2017

Efraim Benmelech and Nittai Bergman

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Tel Aviv University

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An Evaluation of the Different Approaches and Methodologies for Evaluating Investment Holding Companies' Credit Ratings

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 13 Jun 2017

Efraim Benmelech

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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The Political Economy of Financial Regulation: Evidence from U.S. State Usury Laws in the 19th Century

NBER Working Paper No. w12851

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 24 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2013

Tobias J. Moskowitz and Efraim Benmelech

Yale University, Yale SOM and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Military CEOS

NBER Working Paper No. w19782

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 04 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2014

Efraim Benmelech and Carola Frydman

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern University

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Counter-Suicide-Terrorism: Evidence from House Demolitions

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Counter-Suicide-Terrorism: Evidence from House Demolitions

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 19 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2012

Efraim Benmelech, Esteban F. Klor and Claude Berrebi

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics and RAND Corporation

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Counter-Suicide-Terrorism: Evidence from House Demolitions

NBER Working Paper No. w16493

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Nov 2010

Efraim Benmelech, Claude Berrebi and Esteban F. Klor

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, RAND Corporation and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics

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Do Liquidation Values Affect Financial Contracts? Evidence from Commercial Loan Contracts and Zoning Regulation

NBER Working Paper No. w11004

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2014

Efraim Benmelech, Tobias J. Moskowitz and Mark J. Garmaise

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Yale University, Yale SOM and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management

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Attack Assignments in Terror Organizations and the Productivity of Suicide Bombers

NBER Working Paper No. w12910

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Feb 2007 Last Revised: 05 Apr 2007

Efraim Benmelech and Claude Berrebi

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and RAND Corporation

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Bankruptcy and the Collateral Channel

NBER Working Paper No. w15708

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 01 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2010

Efraim Benmelech and Nittai Bergman

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Tel Aviv University

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Repossession and the Democratization of Credit

NBER Working Paper No. w17858

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2014

Juliano J. Assunção, Efraim Benmelech and Fernando Souza Silva

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) - Department of Economics, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Does Short-Term Debt Increase Vulnerability to Crisis? Evidence from the East Asian Financial Crisis

NBER Working Paper No. w17468

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 30 Sep 2011

Efraim Benmelech and Eyal Dvir

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Charles River Associates (CRA) - Competition Practice

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The Agglomeration of Bankruptcy

NBER Working Paper No. w20254

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 30 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2014

Efraim Benmelech, Nittai Bergman, Anna Milanez and Vladimir Mukharlyamov

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Tel Aviv University, Deloitte Consulting LLP and Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business

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An Empirical Analysis of the Fed's Term Auction Facility

NBER Working Paper No. w18304

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Aug 2012

Efraim Benmelech

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Making the House a Home: The Stimulative Effect of Home Purchases on Consumption and Investment

NBER Working Paper No. w23570

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 17 Jul 2017

Efraim Benmelech, Adam M. Guren and Brian Melzer

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Boston University - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

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The Economic Cost of Harboring Terrorism

NBER Working Paper No. w15465

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 03 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2009

Efraim Benmelech, Claude Berrebi and Esteban F. Klor

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, RAND Corporation and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics

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Financial Frictions and Employment During the Great Depression

NBER Working Paper No. w23216

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 22 Mar 2017

Efraim Benmelech, Carola Frydman and Dimitris Papanikolaou

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management - Department of Finance

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Debt, Information, and Illiquidity

NBER Working Paper No. w25054

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 17 Sep 2018

Efraim Benmelech and Nittai Bergman

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Tel Aviv University

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Asset Salability and Debt Maturity: Evidence from Nineteenth-Century American Railroads

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 1545-1584, 2009

Posted: 23 Mar 2009

Efraim Benmelech

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Efraim Benmelech

Harold L. Stuart Professor of Finance

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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