Autor: Itzhak Venezia

Itzhak Venezia is a Professor of Finance at the Tel Aviv Yaffo Academic College, and the Chairman of the Finance Area for the MBA studies. He also holds the Sanger Chair of Banking and Risk Management (Emeritus) at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, where he taught prior to assuming his current position. Professor Venezia has published numerous papers in leading journals such as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Banking and Finance, Management Science, and is the joint editor of the book: Bridging the GAAP: Recent Advances in Accounting and Finance. He was a visiting professor at Yale University, University of California, Los Angeles, Rutgers University, and Northwestern University. Professor Venezia”s research currently concentrates on Behavioral Finance, where he contributed profoundly to the better understanding of the disposition effect, herding, the differences in biases between amateurs and professionals, and other issues. Professor Venezia holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.