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David L. Yermack

Albert Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transformation
Daniel P. Paduano Faculty Fellow
Yamaichi Faculty Fellow
Joined Stern: 1994
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
Kaufman Management Center
44 West 4th Street, Room 9-56
New York, NY 10012
Email: dyermack@stern.nyu.edu
Research, publications, honors, and more
Teaches Research Interests
  • Restructuring Firms and Industries
  • Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Executive Compensation
  • Theory of the Firm
Academic Background
PhD, Business Economics, 1994 Harvard
MA, Business Economics, 1993 Harvard
JD, 1991 Harvard
MBA, 1991 Harvard
BA, Economics, 1985 Harvard
Biography
David L. Yermack is the Albert Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transformation at New York University Stern School of Business. Professor Yermack teaches courses in corporate finance, restructuring firms and industries, and law and finance.

Professor Yermack has been with NYU Stern for more than 10 years. His primary research areas include boards of directors, executive compensation, executive stock options, and law and finance. Professor Yermack has been published in many journals including Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Finance, and Journal of Law, Economics, and Organizations.

Professor Yermack received his Bachelor of Arts in economics, Master of Business Administration, Jurist Doctor degree, Master of Arts in business economics, and doctor of philosophy in business economics from Harvard University.