Azi Ben-Rephael

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Azi Ben-Rephael is a scholar working on Finance, Accounting and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Azi Ben-Rephael has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Finance, 23 papers in Accounting and 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Azi Ben-Rephael's work include Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (28 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (17 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (17 papers). Azi Ben-Rephael is often cited by papers focused on Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (28 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (17 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (17 papers). Azi Ben-Rephael collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Israel. Azi Ben-Rephael's co-authors include Ryan D. Israelsen, Zhi Da, Avi Wohl, Shmuel Kandel, Ohad Kadan, Jacob Oded, Bruce Carlin, Itay Goldstein, Jaewon Choi and Yehuda Izhakian and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and Review of Financial Studies.

In The Last Decade

Azi Ben-Rephael

31 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

It Depends on Where You Search: Institutional Investor At... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. It Depends on Where You Search: Institutional Investor Attention and Underreaction to News
    2017 471 citations Azi Ben-Rephael, Zhi Da et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Azi Ben-Rephael United States 13 873 572 450 146 83 33 1.0k
Roger Loh Singapore 9 745 0.9× 625 1.1× 310 0.7× 141 1.0× 137 1.7× 19 925
Avi Wohl Israel 15 676 0.8× 460 0.8× 434 1.0× 137 0.9× 68 0.8× 33 874
Kelsey D. Wei United States 15 1.3k 1.5× 1.2k 2.1× 535 1.2× 98 0.7× 169 2.0× 34 1.6k
Javier Gil‐Bazo Spain 13 692 0.8× 482 0.8× 395 0.9× 77 0.5× 180 2.2× 34 866
R. Burt Porter United States 5 841 1.0× 524 0.9× 474 1.1× 113 0.8× 147 1.8× 8 986
Bonnie F. Van Ness United States 20 1.1k 1.3× 817 1.4× 537 1.2× 152 1.0× 107 1.3× 100 1.3k
Adi Sunderam United States 17 1.1k 1.2× 371 0.6× 701 1.6× 46 0.3× 57 0.7× 39 1.3k
Venkatesh Panchapagesan United States 12 611 0.7× 620 1.1× 373 0.8× 121 0.8× 95 1.1× 28 903
Laura Xiaolei Liu China 12 655 0.8× 445 0.8× 352 0.8× 74 0.5× 144 1.7× 29 812
John C. Bogle United States 16 477 0.5× 359 0.6× 310 0.7× 65 0.4× 103 1.2× 52 700

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Azi Ben-Rephael

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ben-Rephael, Azi, Bruce Carlin, Zhi Da, & Ryan D. Israelsen. (2025). Uncovering the Hidden Effort Problem. The Journal of Finance. 80(2). 1261–1311. 2 indexed citations
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Ben-Rephael, Azi, Bruce Carlin, Zhi Da, & Ryan D. Israelsen. (2023). Security Analysis and the Collection of Hard and Soft Information. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Ben-Rephael, Azi, J. Anthony Cookson, & Yehuda Izhakian. (2022). Do I Really Want to Hear the News? Public Information Arrival and Investor Beliefs. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Ben-Rephael, Azi, et al.. (2021). Investor (Mis)Reaction, Biased Beliefs, and the Mispricing Cycle. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Ben-Rephael, Azi, Joshua Ronen, Tavy Ronen, & Mi Zhou. (2021). Do Images Provide Relevant Information to Investors? An Exploratory Study. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Ben-Rephael, Azi, Zhi Da, Peter D. Easton, & Ryan D. Israelsen. (2021). Who Pays Attention to SEC Form 8-K?. The Accounting Review. 97(5). 59–88. 1 indexed citations
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Ben-Rephael, Azi & Yehuda Izhakian. (2020). Should I Stay or Should I Go? Trading Behavior Under Ambiguity. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Ben-Rephael, Azi, Jaewon Choi, & Itay Goldstein. (2018). Mutual Fund Flows and Fluctuations in Credit and Business Cycles. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Ben-Rephael, Azi & Ryan D. Israelsen. (2017). Are Some Clients More Equal Than Others? An Analysis of Asset Management Companies’ Execution Costs. European Finance Review. 22(5). 1705–1736. 15 indexed citations
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Ben-Rephael, Azi. (2017). Does SEC Form 8-K Provide Information Necessary or Useful for the Protection of Investors?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Arif, Salman, Azi Ben-Rephael, & Charles M.C. Lee. (2016). Short-Sellers and Mutual Funds: Why Does Short-Sale Volume Predict Stock Returns?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Arif, Salman, Azi Ben-Rephael, & Charles M.C. Lee. (2015). How Do Short Sellers Interact with Other Professional Investors? Evidence from the Daily Trades of Active Fund Managers. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Ben-Rephael, Azi, Ohad Kadan, & Avi Wohl. (2015). The Diminishing Liquidity Premium. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 50(1-2). 197–229. 87 indexed citations
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Ben-Rephael, Azi & Ryan D. Israelsen. (2013). Are Some Clients More Equal than Others? Evidence of Price Allocation by Delegated Portfolio Managers. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 9(6). 750–755. 2 indexed citations
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Ben-Rephael, Azi, Jacob Oded, & Avi Wohl. (2013). Do Firms Buy Their Stock at Bargain Prices? Evidence from Actual Stock Repurchase Disclosures. European Finance Review. 18(4). 1299–1340. 66 indexed citations
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Ben-Rephael, Azi, Jacob Oded, & Avi Wohl. (2012). Do Firms Buy their Stock at Bargain Prices? - Evidence from Actual Stock Repurchase Disclosures. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Ben-Rephael, Azi. (2012). Flight-to-Liquidity, Market Uncertainty, and the Actions of Mutual Fund Investors. SSRN Electronic Journal. 17 indexed citations
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Ben-Rephael, Azi, Shmuel Kandel, & Avi Wohl. (2010). The Price Pressure of Aggregate Mutual Fund Flows. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 46(2). 585–603. 104 indexed citations
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Ben-Rephael, Azi, Shmuel Kandel, & Avi Wohl. (2010). Measuring investor sentiment with mutual fund flows. Journal of Financial Economics. 104(2). 363–382. 55 indexed citations
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Ben-Rephael, Azi, Shmuel Kandel, & Avi Wohl. (2008). The Price Pressure of Aggregate Mutual Fund Flows. SSRN Electronic Journal. 15 indexed citations

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