David Thesmar

David Thesmar is the Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics and Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan School of Management. He holds a BA in physics and economics from École Polytechnique and a PhD from the Paris School of Economics. Thesmar has served on the council of economic advisors to the French prime minister (2007-2013) and is a scientific adviser to the European Systemic Risk Board.

His research examines corporate finance, financial intermediation, entrepreneurship, and behavioral economics, with recent focus on financing constraints and systemic risk in banking. He has received the Brattle Group Distinguished Paper Prize for his contributions to financial economics.