1 CURRICULUM VITAE (April 2021) S. Abraham (Avri) Ravid Sy Syms Professor of Finance, Sy Syms School of Business, Yeshiva University https://www.yu.edu/faculty/pages/ravid-s-abraham Office Address: Syms School of Business, Belfer Hall 2495 Amsterdam Ave New York, NY 10033 212 960 0125 Mailing address: 500 W. 185th St New York, NY 10033 Email:
[email protected] Research Interests: Corporate Finance- in particular, Capital Structure, Debt features, Bankruptcy, Mergers and Contracts under asymmetric information; Interaction of Production and Financial Decisions; Applications of Corporate Finance and Microeconomic Theory to the entertainment and media industries and to government policies. Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship, Risk Management. Teaching Range: MBA- Financial Management (core course) –Rutgers, UCLA, NYU, Haifa University, Tel Aviv University. Corporate Finance - Yale, Rutgers, NYU, Haifa University, Wharton, University of Chicago. Investments and Capital Markets- Rutgers University, University of Wisconsin. Equity Markets – NYU. Debt Markets and Fixed Income Securities- NYU, Rutgers, Columbia, Cornell. Micro Economics- Rutgers, Haifa University. Options- Rutgers. Entertainment Finance: Yale, NYU, UCLA. Advanced Topics in corporate finance- Cornell, Rutgers. Evaluation of Capital Investment projects- Cornell. Undergraduate: Financial Management-(core course)- Rutgers, YU. Corporate Finance–Rutgers. Micro Economics- Haifa University. Cost Benefit Analysis-Haifa University. Advanced Corporate Finance- YU. Fixed Income-YU. 2 Doctoral level – Corporate Finance – Rutgers, Cornell, Yale, Finland, Stockholm School of Economics, EIASM- Brussels. Recent doctoral Workshops and tutorials- EFA, AIMAC., MFA. Education: 1979 Ph.D. Graduate School of Business and Public Administration (currently Johnson School) Cornell University. 1977 M.S. Graduate School of Business and Public Administration, Cornell University. 1975 B.S.