Ryan D Israelsen

 RESEARCH INTERESTS 

Asset Pricing, Information, Intangible Capital, Public Finance, Real Estate Finance.

  PUBLISHED/FORTHCOMING ARTICLES 

15. "Political Polarization in Financial News"
with  Eitan Goldman and Nandini Gupta
Journal of Financial Economics, 2023, forthcoming.

14. "Uncovering the Hidden Effort Problem"
with  Azi Ben-Rephael, Bruce Carlin, and Zhi Da
Journal of Finance, 2023, forthcoming.

• Internet Appendix

13. "Rating Agency Fees: Pay to Play in Public Finance?"
with Jess Cornaggia and Kimberly Cornaggia
Review of Financial Studies, 2022, forthcoming.

12. "Public and Private Information: Firm Disclosure, SEC Letters, and the JOBS Act"
with Sumit Agarwal and Sudip Gupta
Quarterly Journal of Finance, 2022, 12 (3).

• Best Paper Award

• Lead Article

11. "Who Pays Attention to SEC Form 8-K?"
with Azi Ben-Rephael, Zhi Da and Peter Easton
The Accounting Review, 2022, 97 (5): 59-88.

10. "Information Consumption and Asset Pricing"
with Azi Ben-Rephael, Bruce Carlin, and Zhi Da
The Journal of Finance, 2022, 76 (1): 357-394.

• Data Appendix

• Best paper award at 2018 CICF Conference

9. "Where the Heart Is: Information Production and the Home Bias"
with Jess Cornaggia and Kimberly Cornaggia
Management Science, 2019, 66 (12): 5532-5557. 

8. "Credit Ratings and the Cost of Municipal Financing"
with Jess Cornaggia and Kimberly Cornaggia
Review of Financial Studies, 2018, 31 (6): 2038-2079.

• Internet Appendix

• Download Moody's Recalibration Data - Data Read Me

7. "Are Some Clients More Equal than Others? An Analysis of Asset Management Companies’ Execution Costs"
with Azi Ben-Rephael
Review of Finance, 2018, 22 (5): 1705-1736.

6. "It Depends on Where You Search: Institutional Investor Attention and Under-reaction to News"
with Azi Ben-Rephael and Zhi Da
Review of Financial Studies, 2017, 30 (9): 3009-3047.

• Internet Appendix

• Data Appendix

5. "Key Human Capital"
with Scott Yonker
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2017, 52(1): 175-214.

• Download Key Human Capital Data - Data Read Me

4. "Does Common Analyst Coverage Explain Excess Comovement?"
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2016, 51(4): 1993-1229.

3. "How Quickly do Equity Prices Converge to Intrinsic Value?"
with Dennis Capozza
Journal of Investment Management, 2010, 8(4): 1-13.

2. "Predictability in Equilibrium: The Price Dynamics of Real Estate Investment Trusts"
with Dennis Capozza
Real Estate Economics, 2007 35(4): 541-567.

1. "Appraisal, Agency, and Atypicality: Evidence from Manufactured Homes"
with Dennis Capozza and Thomas Thomson
Real Estate Economics, 2005, 33(3): 509-537.

   ACTIVE WORKING PAPERS 

"Block Diversity and Governance" (with Miriam Schwartz-Ziv and James Weston) (November 2023)

• • Revising for 3rd round submission at the Review of Corporate Finance Studies

  • Presented at Rice University*

  • Presented at Oregon State University*

  • Presented at the Summer Finance and Accounting Conference in Jerusalem (2019)

  • Presented at the Midwest Finance Association Conference (2018)

  • Presented at the WAPFIN@Stern (2018)*

"Security Analysis and the Collection of Hard and Soft Information" (with Azi Ben-Rephael, Bruce Carlin, and Zhi Da) (November 2023)

• • Media Coverage: Economist, Financial Times

  • Presented at Finance Conference at Chapman University*

  • Presented at the Future of Financial Information Conference, Paris (2023)

  • Presented at the Asian Bureau of Financial and Economic Research (ABFER) Conference (2023)*

  • Presented at Alliance Manchester Business School*

  • Presented at Boston College*

  • Presented at Brigham Young University

  • Presented at HEC Lausanne/EPFL*

  • Presented at Hong Kong PolyU*

  • Presented at Iowa State University*

  • Presented at Lancaster University*

  • Presented at MIT*

  • Presented at McMaster University*

  • Presented at Michigan State University (2022)

  • Presented at Nottingham University*

  • Presented at Oklahoma State University*

  • Presented at Peking University*

  • Presented at Renmin University*

  • Presented at Rutgers University (2022)*

  • Presented at Tsinghua University*

  • Presented at Washington State University*

  • Presented at Western University

  • Presented at York University*

"Hazy Outlook:  Wildfire Smoke Exposure and Analysts" (with Jing Kong) (January 2024)

"Presence of Potential Traders in the Corporate Bond Market" (with Jennie Bai, Azi-Ben Rephael, and Zhi Da) (November 2023)

• • Presented at HEC Paris

"Government Spending and Local Demographics: Evidence from Moody's Municipal Ratings Recalibration" (with Jess Cornaggia, Matthew Gustafson and Zihan Ye) (August 2019)

• • Presented at the Midwest Finance Association Conference (2020)*

  • Presented at the Eastern Finance Association Conference (2020)*

  • Presented at Central Florida* (2021)

  • Presented at Penn State University* (2019)

PERMANENT WORKING PAPERS 

"Indirect Costs of the JOBS Act: Disclosures, Information Asymmetry and Post-IPO Liquidity" (with Sudip Gupta) (August 2014)

• • Presented at Indiana University (2014)

"Tell It like It Is: Disclosed Risks and Factor Portfolios" (October 2014)

• • Presented at the Financial Research Association annual meeting, Las Vegas (early ideas session) (2013)

  • Presented at Indiana University (2012)

"Investment Based Valuation and Managerial Expectations" (previously entitled 'Investment Based Valuation') (November 2010 - download).

• • Presented at Indiana University (2009)

  • Presented at Penn State (2009)

  • Presented at North Carolina (2009)

  • Presented at Houston (2009)

  • Presented at Notre Dame (2009)

  • Presented at Brigham Young University (2008)

  • Presented at Utah State University (2008)

  • Presented at Michigan State (2008)

  • Presented at Michigan (2008)

* indicates presentation by coauthor

 PERSONAL 

I am fluent in Italian. During the college basketball season, I maintain the website RPIforecast.com. With my limited free time, I enjoy cycling and restoring vintage Italian Lambrettas.