# Yakov Amihud

0 ya1 [Tenured or Tenure Track](/taxonomy/term/4799) Ira Rennert Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance 1990 [ Personal Website ](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/~yamihud)      ![Yakov Amihud profile photo](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/media/yamihud.jpg?h=89fff19e&itok=eWKV_GPo)

Kaufman Management Center

44 West Fourth Street, 9-58

New York, NY 10012

9-58 0 - Ph.D., Economics and Quantitative Analysis, 1975

New York University
- M.S., Business Administration, 1973

New York University
- B.A., Economics / Political Science, 1969

Hebrew University

- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Restructuring Firms and Industries

Yakov Amihud is Ira Rennert Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance at the Stern School of Business, New York University. His research includes the evaluation of corporate financial policies, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, objectives of corporate managers, dividend policy, and law and finance.

The focus of his research is the effects of liquidity of assets on their returns and values, and the design and evaluation of securities markets' trading methods. On these topics, Amihud has done consulting work for the NYSE, AMEX, CBOE, CBOT, and other securities markets. He has published more than seventy research articles in professional journals and in books, and edited and co-edited five books on topics such as LBOs, bank M&As, international finance, and securities market design.

Finance

- Corporate Finance
- Financial Exchanges and Clearing Houses
- International Finance
- IPOs
- Leveraged Buyouts
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Securities Markets

- Securities Markets Microstructure
- Corporate Finance

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