Yael Hochberg Explained

Yael Hochberg
Alma Mater:	Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Stanford University
Employer:	Rice University
Occupation:	Economist

Yael Hochberg is an American economist and the Ralph S. O'Connor Professor of entrepreneurship and finance at Rice University.

Education and career

Hochberg graduated from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, where she earned her MA in economics, and PhD in finance from the Stanford University.^{[1] [2]}

Hochberg served the faculty at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Johnson School of Management of the Cornell University before becoming the Head of the Entrepreneurship Initiative at Rice University, and Academic Director of the Rice Alliance.^[3] Hochberg simultaneously holds a Research Affiliate position at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where she was previously a visiting faculty member. She is also a visiting faculty member at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.^[4]

Outside of her university career, Hochberg has held positions in entrepreneurship firms including a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Managing Director of the Seed Accelerator Rankings Project, and an Associate Editor of Journal of Banking and Finance and the Journal of Empirical Finance.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Awards

Hochberg has been recognized for her contributions. Poets & Quants named her among the 40 under 40 best business school professors in 2015.^[8] She was the recipient of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship in 2016.^[9]

Selected publications

• Hochberg . Yael V. . Venture Capital and Corporate Governance in the Newly Public Firm . Review of Finance . September 6, 2011 . 16 . 2 . 474542 . 19 May 2023.
• Hochberg . Yael . Ljungqvist . Alexander . Lu . Yang . Whom You Know Matters: Venture Capital Networks and Investment Performance . Journal of Finance . September 2005 . 62 . 1 . 631941 . 19 May 2023.
• Hochberg . Yael V. . Lindsey . Laura Anne . Incentives, Targeting and Firm Performance: An Analysis of Non-Executive Stock Options . Review of Financial Studies . April 28, 2009 . 23 . 11 . 1267393 . 19 May 2023.
• Hochberg . Yael V. . Serrano . Carlos J. . Ziedonis . Rosemarie Ham . Patent Collateral, Investor Commitment, and the Market for Venture Lending . Journal of Financial Economics . October 7, 2014 . 130 . 1 . 2506911 . 19 May 2023.
• Aggarwal . Dhruv . Eldar . Ofer . Hochberg . Yael V. . Litov . Lubomir P. . The Rise of Dual-Class Stock IPOs . Journal of Financial Economics . November 23, 2021 . 144 . 1 . 3690670 . 19 May 2023.
• Hochberg . Yael V. . Ljungqvist . Alexander . Lu . Yang . Networking as a Barrier to Entry and the Competitive Supply of Venture Capital . Journal of Finance . June 30, 2009 . 65 . 3 . 1300775 . 19 May 2023.
• Hochberg . Yael V. . Ljungqvist . Alexander . Vissing-Jorgensen . Annette . Informational Hold-Up and Performance Persistence in Venture Capital . Review of Financial Studies . October 16, 2012 . 27 . 1 . 1260496 . 19 May 2023.
• Hochberg . Yael V. . Lindsey . Laura Anne . Westerfield . Mark M. . Resource Accumulation Through Economic Ties: Evidence from Venture Capital . Journal of Financial Economics . February 1, 2015 . 118 . 2 . 245–267 . 10.1016/j.jfineco.2015.06.008 . 1855764 . 19 May 2023.
• Ang . Andrew . Gu . Li . Hochberg . Yael V. . Is IPO Underperformance a Peso Problem? . Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis . October 25, 2005 . 42 . 3 . 527642 . 19 May 2023.
• Hochberg . Yael V. . Sapienza . Paola . Vissing-Jorgensen . Annette . A Lobbying Approach to Evaluating the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 . Journal of Accounting Research . January 25, 2007 . 47 . 2 . 891485 . 19 May 2023.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Yael Hochberg . Rice Business . 19 May 2023.
2. Web site: Profile: Yael Hochberg . National Bureau of Economic Research . 19 May 2023.
3. Web site: Yael V. Hochberg . Northwestern Kellogg . 19 May 2023.
4. Web site: Yael V. Hochberg . Becker Friedman Institute for Economics at the University of Chicago . 19 May 2023.
5. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-empirical-finance
6. 2018 Annual Report . Journal of Banking and Finance . February 26, 2019 . 2 . 19 May 2023.
7. Web site: Seed Accelerator Rankings Project . Wellfound . 19 May 2023.
8. Web site: Carter . Andrea . 2015 Best 40 Under 40 Professors: Yael Hochberg, Rice University Jones School . Poets & Quants . 16 April 2015 . 19 May 2023.
9. Web site: The Ewing Marion Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship . Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation . 14 December 2019 . 19 May 2023.