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Ryan Israelsen

Kaufman Endowed Professor in Insurance and Risk Management
Department: Finance
Professor
Department: Finance
Office:
Eppley Center
667 N Shaw Ln Rm 333
East Lansing, MI 48824
Phone: (517) 353-1705
  • Biography
  • Publications
    Article
     "Key human capital." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 52, no. 1 (2017): 175-214. (with Scott Yonker)
    Article
    "Where the Heart Is: Information Production and the Home Bias", 2019, Management Science 66 (12): 5532-5557 (with with Jess Cornaggia and Kimberly Cornaggia)
    Article
    "It depends on where you search: institutional investor attention and underreaction to news." The Review of Financial Studies 30, no. 9 (2017): 3009-3047. (with Ben-Rephael, Azi, Zhi Da)
    Article
    "Are some clients more equal than others? An analysis of asset management companies’ execution costs." Review of Finance 22 (5): 1705–1736. (with Azi Ben-Rephael)
    Article
    "Credit ratings and the cost of municipal financing." The Review of Financial Studies 31, no. 6 (2017): 2038-2079. (with Jess and Kimberly Cornaggia)
    Article
    "Does common analyst coverage explain excess comovement?." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 51, no. 4 (2016): 1193-1229.
    Article
     "Predictability in equilibrium: The price dynamics of real estate investment trusts." Real Estate Economics 35, no. 4 (2007): 541-567. (with Dennis Capozza)
    Article
    "Appraisal, agency and atypicality: evidence from manufactured homes." Real Estate Economics 33, no. 3 (2005): 509-537. (with Dennis Capozza and Thomas Thomson)
    Article
    "Information Consumption and Asset Pricing" Journal of Finance, 76 (1): 357-394 (2021) (with Azi Ben-Rephael, Bruce Carlin, and Zhi Da) https://www.dropbox.com/s/quuh3n0zir3zdbp/EIC.pdf
    Article
    How Quickly do Equity Prices Converge to Intrinsic Value?, 2010, Journal of Investment Management 8 (4) (2010): 1-13  (with Dennis Capozza)
  • Courses
    • FI 312: Intro to Investments
    • FI 981: Corporate Finance Theory
    • FI 491: Financial Data Analytics
    • FI 872: Financial Data Analytics 1
    • FI 873: Financial Data Analytics 2
    • PIM 851: Business Analytics
  • Awards
    • Best Paper Award 2018 CICF Conference
      "Demand for Information and Asset Pricing" won the best paper award at the 2018 CICF Conference.
    • Best Discussant Award FFI 2019
      Best discussant at the 2019 Future of Financial Information Conference, Stockholm Sweden.
  • Media Mentions
    • ARTICLE
      Why stockpickers should get out more
      December 14, 2023
      Outlet: The Economist
      Research coauthored by Ryan Israelsen, A.J. Pasant Fellow in finance, on the benefits of travel for American stock analysts was cited in The Economist.
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Alan Kaufman shaking hands with Professor Ryan Israelsen
Professor Ryan Israelsen named to the Alan J. and Sue E. Kaufman Endowed Professorship in Insurance
Broad faculty Judith Whipple, Stephen Schiestel, Anand Nair, Kevin Markle and Stanley Griffis wear academic regalia and pose in front of a Broad College banner at the 2022 Faculty Recognition Dinner and Investiture Ceremony.
This year’s Faculty Recognition Dinner and Investiture Ceremony highlighted faculty endowments from 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Stock market business graph chart on digital screen
In this Q&A, Ryan Israelsen, assistant professor of finance, outlines how cross-learning leads to high stock returns.