Johan HOMBERT

Professor

Finance

hombert@hec.fr http://appli8.hec.fr/hombert/

Biography

Johan Hombert is a Professor of Finance at HEC Paris. He graduated from Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and holds a PhD in Economics from the Toulouse School of Economics. His research interests are life insurance, and the financing of entrepreneurship and innovation. His research has been published in the top finance and economics journal such as American Economic Review, Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial of Economics, Review of Financial Studies. In 2021, he was awarded a prestigious European Research Council Consolidator Grant to study long-term savings and European life insurers.

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Scientific articles

Upsteam competition with vertically integrated firms

Journal of Industrial Economics, february, 3 2011, vol. 59, n° 4, pp 677-713, (in coll. with M. Bourreau, J. Pouyet, N. Schutz)

Working papers

Optimal Financial Structure and Asset Prices

Mimeo , 2025

Solvency Shocks, Liquidity Shocks, and Fire Sales

Mimeo , 2025

Scientific articles

Can Innovation Help U.S. Manufacturing Firms Escape Import Competition from China?

Journal of Finance, October 2018, vol. 73, n° 5, pp 2003-2039, (in coll. with A. MATRAY)

The competitive effect of a bank megamerger on credit supply

Journal of Banking and Finance, aout 2018, vol. 93, pp 151-161, (in coll. with H. FRAISSE, M. LE)

The Real Effects of Lending Relationships on Innovative Firms and Inventor Mobility

Review of Financial Studies, July 2017, vol. 30, n° 7, pp 2413–2445, (in coll. with A. MATRAY)

News Trading and Speed

Journal of Finance, February 2016, vol. 71, n° 1, pp 335-382, (in coll. with T. FOUCAULT, I. ROSU)

Working papers

Intergenerational Risk Sharing in Life Insurance: Evidence from France

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2017

The Competitive Effect of a Bank Megamerger on Credit Supply

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2016

Can Innovation Help U.S. Manufacturing Firms Escape Import Competition from China?

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2015

Can Unemployment Insurance Spur Entrepreneurial Activity? Evidence from France

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2013

Education

2009
Ph.D. in Economics, Toulouse School of Economics - France
2005
MS in Economics, École d'économie de Paris (Paris School of Economics) - France
2005
Graduate Diploma in Economics and Statistics, Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE) - France
2004
B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Economics, Ecole Polytechnique - France

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

2022- Professor HEC Paris
2021- Associate Dean of the Ph.D. Program HEC Paris
2018-2020 Department Head, Finance HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Editorial activities

Reviewer, Journal of Finance, Econometrica, Review of Financial Studies, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Finance, Review of Economics and Statistics, American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics

Conference organisation

2019-2019 Organizer of the 8th Annual HEC Paris Workshop on Entrepreneurship

Awards & honors

2016 2016 Best Young Researcher in Finance Award
2015 Prix du Chercheur de l'annee 2015, Fondation HEC
2015 Laureat du Prix EIF 2015 du meilleur papier en finance
2014 Young Researcher in Economics Prize 2014