Tavy Ronen

Professor, Director of the Business of Fashion Programs & the Center for Business of Fashion | Associate Director, Whitcomb Center

Academic degrees

Ph.D., Finance, Stern School of Business, New York University

M.Phil., Finance, Stern School of Business, New York University

B.A., Economics, Wesleyan University

 

Research Interests

  • Bond/credit markets
  • Market microstructure
  • Informational efficiency
  • Behavioral finance
  • AI and the impact of images

 

Selected Publications

The Informational Role of Imagery in Financial Decision Making: A New Approach, with Susan Gans, Joshua Ronen, and Mi (Jamie) Zhou, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 40, December 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2023.100851

Unfair “Fair Value” in Illiquid Markets: Information Spillover Effects in Times of Crisis, with Alex Dontoh, Fayez Elayan, and Joshua Ronen, Management Science, December 2020.

When an Executive Departs: An Information Content Story, with Seungham Nam and Joshua Ronen, Contemporary Accounting Research, 2018.

Trade and Information in the Corporate Bond Market, with Xing Zhou, Journal of Financial Markets, Volume 16, Issue 1, 2013.

The Informational Efficiency of the Corporate Bond Market: An Intraday Analysis, with Edith S. Hotchkiss, Review of Financial Studies, Volume 15, Issue 5, 2002, pp. 1325-1354.

See full list of publications.

 

Selected Working Papers and Presentations

“Show Me!” The Informativeness of Images (previously titled: Do Images Provide Relevant Information to Investors? An Exploratory Study), with Azi Ben-Rephael, Joshua Ronen, and Mi (Jamie) Zhou.

Machine Learning in the Corporate Bond Market and Beyond: A New Classifier, with Mark Fedenia and Seunghan Nam.

Presentation: Do Images Provide Relevant Information to Investors? An Exploratory StudyNBER Big Data and High-Performance Computing for Financial Economics, Summer 2023

 

Additional Activities

Member of the Economic Advisory Committee of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

Director, Center for Business of Fashion

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