Haim Levy

Educational Background

• B.A. Hebrew University, 1963
• M.A. Hebrew University, 1966
• Ph.D. Hebrew University, 1969

Academic Appointments

• Dean, School of Business Administration, The Center of Law and Business, Ramat- Gan, 2007-2012
• Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Professor, 1976-Present

• Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel:

  • Dean, School of Business, 1973-1975
  • Professor, 1976-
  • Associate Professor, 1973-1976
  • Senior Lecturer, 1971-1973
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Statistics, 1963-1965
  • Research Assistant, 1962-1965

• University of Florida Graduate Research Professor, 1990-

• University of Pennsylvania Visiting Professor, 1979-1980

• University of California, Berkeley Visiting Associate Professor, 1970-1971, Summer 1972

• University of Illinois Visiting Associate Professor, 1969-1970

• Falk Institute of Research ,Research Fellow, 1978-1979, 1981-1983

• Levy Eshkol Institute for Economic, Social and Political Research, Research Fellow, 1971-1973

• Israel Financial Research Institute Senior Economist, 1965-1967

Offices in Business, Civic and Academic Associations

Business and Civic

• Director , Bank Leumi 2014-
• Director, Harel, Feb. 2014-June 26, 2014
• Director, Menora-EmedaMutual Funds, 2006-
• Chairman of EMDA, the Mizrachi Bank Mutual Funds, 1999-2006
• Consultant, Kanat Investment Funds, 2006-
• Consultant, Biet Meniv, 2008.
• Consultant, Bank Hapoalim, 2008.
• President, Ride On It, Ltd., 2000-2002
• Consultant, Mizrachi Bank, 2000-2006
• Consultant, Medibar Ltd.-2002
• Chairman, Academic Evaluation Committee of Tisom, 1994.
• Chairman, Investment Committee, Target Mutual Fund, 1988-1999
• Member of the Board of Directors, PIA Investment Corporation, 1987-1999
• Member of the Committee for Investment Incentives, Israel, 1993.
• Chairman, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1982-1984
• Member of the Board of Governors, Jerusalem Institute of Management, 1974-1982
• Member of the Israel Investment Incentives Committee, 1974
• Member of the Board of Governors, College of Administration, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 1973-1976
• Consultant, Bezek, 1992
• Consultant, Ministry of Law, 1993
• Consultant, T. S. A. United States 1988-1985
• Consultant, Bezek 1989-1990
• Consultant, Israel Ministry of Finance, 1984
• Consultant, Granot Industries, 1983-1985
• Consultant, Tadiran Ltd., 1979
• Consultant, Israel Ministry of Industry and Commerce, 1977-1978
• Consultant, Israel Contractors Organization, 1974-1975
• Consultant, Israel National Lottery, 1974
• Consultant, Israel Ministry of Interior, 1973
• Consultant, Bank of Israel, 1966-1967, 1972-1973, 1992-1993
• Consultant, Rogosin Industries, Ltd. 1969-1971

Academic

• Editor, Research in Finance, 1976-1985
• Associate Editor, Journal of Banking and Finance, 1976-1980
• Associate Editor, Management Science, 1983-1992
• Associate Editor, Journal of Finance, 1982-1983
• Associate Editor, Financial Review, 1989-2004
• Associate Editor, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 1990-
• Associate Editor, Journal of Portfolio Management, 1994-
• Associate Editor, Financial Analysts Journal, 1994-2002
• Associate Editor, European Finance Review, 1996-1998
• Associate Editor, Energy Economics, 2000-2004
• Editorial Board, Journal of Mathematical Finance, 2011-
• Editorial Board, Theoretical Economics Letters, 2011-
• Advisory Board, Annals of Financial Economics, 2011-
• Referee of articles for the Journal of Finance, California Management Review, Operation Research, Western Economic Journal, Management Science, American Economic Review, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Economic Theory, Econometrica, Public Finance Quarterly, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, Decision Science, European Economic Review, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Contemporary Accounting Research, Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Economic Journal, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Financial Analyst Journal, Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of Banking and Finance, Applied Mathematical Finance, The Statistician, and the Journal of Futures Markets, European Operation Research, Journal of Empirical Finance, Quantitative Finance.
• Referee of research projects for the U.S. National Science Foundation

** Dissertations Chairman or Co-Chairman**

• Lim, Kok-Chew - Several Essays in Financial Economics
• Gunthorpe, Deborah - Buy Backs: An Empirical Investigation
• Bi, Kequian - Bankruptcy: An Empirical Study of the Aggregate Effects of Strategic and Competitive Environment
• Jo Ho Je - A New Bilinear Paradigm of APT - Tests and Applications
• Shanker, Latha - Differential Inflation: Relative Impacts Upon Diversified and Single Industry Firms
• Wright, Deborah Lynne - Acquisitions of U.S. Companies by Foreign Firms
• Yoder, James Allen - An Empirical Investigation Into the Behavior of Options Around Merger and Acquisition Announcements
• Brooks, Robert - An Empirical Study of the Impact of Market Frictions on the Term Structure of Interest Rates
• Byun, Young Hoon - Takeover Announcements, Information Asymmetry, and Market Microstructure: An Empirical Investigation
• Broske, Mary - Quantifying the Probability of Default as Assessed by the Bond Market: An Empirical Investigation
• Bae Sung Chul - Essays on New Equity Issues and Investments Banking Contracts
• Zvi Lerman - The Yield to Maturity Curve and Optimal Bond Portfolios for Varying Investment Horizons
• Levy, Azriel - Problems in Multiperiod Investment Under Uncertainty
• Kroll, Yoram - Preferences Among Combination of Risky Assets and a Riskless Asset: Criteria and Implications
• Cohen, Allon - Optimal Portfolio Selection and Market Equilibrium with Stochastic Investment Horizons
• Golan Benita - Market Efficiency and Asset Pricing in a Heterogeneous Market and in a Segmented Market.
• Rachel Shalom-Gilo - Herd Behavior Among Investors in the Stock Market: Types of Signals and the Demand for Stocks