About
Joseph Kalmenovitz is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Simon Business School, University of Rochester. Previously, he was a faculty member at Drexel University and served as a senior law clerk for the Supreme Court of Israel. He holds a PhD in Finance from New York University (2020) and a joint Law and Economics degree from Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2012, magna cum laude). His research focuses on the economics of regulation, corporate governance, and financial regulation, employing advanced empirical methods and novel datasets.
Key research areas include regulatory intensity measurement, regulatory risk perception, and incentive structures for financial regulators. He has been recognized with awards such as the RFS Rising Scholar Award and the John W. Ryan Award. Kalmenovitz frequently presents at top conferences including NBER, European Finance Association, and the American Law & Economics Association.
His work integrates legal training with quantitative finance to address gaps in understanding how regulations shape business decisions. Notable projects include analyzing federal regulatory costs using NLP and machine learning, and studying career paths of senior regulators to identify incentive-driven policy behaviors.
