{{short description|Professor of Business}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Dan Amiram | native_name = דן עמירם | native_name_lang = he | image = Dan Amiram (G3A0668).jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|7|6|df=y}} | fields = Accounting<br />Business <br />[[Financial economics]] | workplaces = [[Columbia University]], [[Tel Aviv University]] | alma_mater = [[Ben-Gurion University]], [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] | thesis_title = Debt Contracts and Loss Given Default | thesis_year = 2011 }}

'''Dan Amiram''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: דן עמירם; born: 6 July 1977) is the [[Dean (education)|Dean]] and the Joseph Safra Capital markets and Financial Institutions Chaired professor of Business at the Coller School of Management at [[Tel Aviv University]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-07 |title=TAU Dedicates Chair to Philanthropist Joseph Safra |url=https://english.tau.ac.il/vision/inauguration_of_joseph_safra_chair_capital_markets_financial_institutions |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=Tel Aviv University |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Word from the Dean |url=https://en-coller.tau.ac.il/the-school/dean-amiram |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=en-coller.tau.ac.il |language=en-US}}</ref> He also serves as the head of the [[Fintech]] concentration in the [[MBA]] program. He served and currently serves on public companies' board of directors in the United States and Israel.<ref name=short_bio>{{citation|title=Prof. Dan Amiram |url=https://en-coller.tau.ac.il/profile/danamiram |publisher=Tel Aviv University |date= 2018}}</ref>

== Early life and education == Dan Amiram was born in [[Beersheba|Be'er-Sheva]], Israel. He studied at "Makif Gimel" high school in the city. He served in the [[Israeli Defense Forces]] and is a major (Res.). After his [[military service]] he received his BA in Economics and Accounting (2003), and MA in Economics (2007) from [[Ben-Gurion University]],<ref name=cv>{{citation|title=Dan Amiram – CV |url=https://coller.tau.ac.il/sites/coller.tau.ac.il/files/media_server/Recanati/management/cv/amiramcvMarch042022Short.pdf|publisher=Tel Aviv University |date= 2022}}</ref> Israel. During his M.A. studies Amiram worked for [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] (PwC) – Kesselman & Kesselman as an [[Auditor]]<ref name=cv /> and later as part of the finance division in [[Adama Agricultural Solutions|Adama]] (formerly Makhteshim–Agan Industries LTD).<ref name=cv /> His PhD degree was received in 2011 from the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]. Amiram authored the thesis ''Debt Contracts and Loss Given Default'', under the supervision of Prof. Wayne R. Landsman and Prof. Robert M. Bushman.<ref>{{citation|title=Debt Contracts and Loss Given Default|url=https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/concern/dissertations/b5644s45n |publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|date=2011}}</ref>

== Career == In 2011, Amiram moved to New York City and joined [[Columbia University]] [[Graduate School]] of Business as assistant professor of Accounting, [[Business Law]] and Taxation. He became the Philip H. Geier Associate Professor of Business at that school in 2016. During his stay in New York, Amiram started to serve on the board of directors, including as chairman of the [[audit committee]] of various public and private corporations.<ref name=cv /> In 2017 Amiram was a visiting professor at Tel Aviv University, and a year later he joined the Coller School of Management at Tel Aviv University as a [[full professor]]. In 2020 Amiram was appointed to be TAU Capital markets and Financial Institutions Chaired Professor of Business,<ref>{{citation|title=Chairs (in Hebrew)|url=https://coller.tau.ac.il/research/endowed-chair |publisher=Coller School of Management – Tel Aviv University|date=2020}}</ref> which was dedicated in 2021 by TAU to Joseph Safra. Amiram also serves the head of the Fintech concentration in the MBA program at the university.<ref>{{citation|title=TAU Forges Into Blockchain Research|url=https://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/TAU-forges-into-blockchain-research-568563 |work=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |date= 2018}}</ref>

== Research == Professor Amiram's research focuses on the effects and consequences of frictions created by [[information asymmetry]], taxation and business law on [[debt]] and [[equity markets]] around the world. He has conducted research in the areas of debt contracting, [[executive compensation]], banking, [[international taxation]], [[foreign investments]], [[financial distress]] and [[financial reporting]] fraud and misconduct that was published in finance and accounting journals.<ref name=short_bio /> Professor Amiram's research provides evidence that information, taxation and business law play a significant role in investors' [[decision-making]] processes and shape the design of contracts and the financial system.<ref name=short_bio /> == Professional experience == Upon his return to Israel (2017), Amiram joined the board of directors of [[Mercantile Discount Bank|Mercantile Bank]] and also serves as the chairman of the Board's [[Risk Management]] committee.<ref>{{citation|title=The Directors – Mercantile Discount Bank LTD (in Hebrew)|url=http://directors.dundb.co.il/Details/Company.aspx?duns=600056865|publisher=D&B Israel|date=2019|access-date=12 November 2019|archive-date=12 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112085502/http://directors.dundb.co.il/Details/Company.aspx%3Fduns%3D600056865|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is also the chairman of the United Nations [[Internal control]]s Advisory Committee.<ref name=short_bio /> Amiram served and currently serves on the board of directors, including as chairman of the audit committee, of various public and private corporations and financial institutions, and is asked by governmental organizations, corporations, financial institutions to advise on issues in the areas of his expertise, including [[risk management]], [[fraud prevention]] and recovery, [[capital market]]s [[trading strategies]], financing, [[Valuation (finance)|valuation]] and others.<ref name=short_bio /> Amiram serves as a board member in the Israeli Association for [[Appraiser]]s.<ref>{{citation|title= Directors (in Hebrew)|url= https://www.ivaluation.org.il|publisher= Israeli Association for Appraisers|date= 2019}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 2019, Amiram was approached to serve as the Deputy Governor of the [[Bank of Israel]].<ref>{{citation|title= After a Year in Duty, Amir Yaron is Looking for a Deputy Governor (in Hebrew)|url=https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001313306|newspaper=[[Globes (newspaper)|Globes]]|date= 2020 | last1=ברקת | first1=עמירם }}</ref>

In 2021 Amiram joined the board of we-Sure<ref>{{Cite web |title=דירקטוריון weSure Global Tech - כל המידע על חברי הדירקטוריון |url=https://we-sure.co.il/wesureglobaltech-ir/wesureglobaltech-board/ |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=weSure |language=he-IL}}</ref> and was one of the founders of Cytactic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.cytactic.com/team |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=Cytactic |language=en}}</ref>

== Honors and awards == Amiram received awards for excellence in research and teaching, including the 2017 [[American Accounting Association|AAA]]/[[Deloitte]] Foundation Wildman Medal Award for "research published during the five calendar years preceding the year of the award, which is judged to have made the most significant contribution to the advancement of the practice of public accountancy";<ref>{{citation|title=Press Releases for the 2017 AAA Award Winners|url=https://aaahq.org/Education/Awards/Press-Release/2017#wma|publisher=[[American Accounting Association|AAA]]|date= 2017}}</ref> the Coller School of Management at Tel-Aviv University Award for Teaching Excellence (2019)<ref name=cv /> and the Columbia Business School Award for Teaching Excellence (2013).<ref>{{citation|title=Faculty Members Recognized for Core Course Teaching|url=https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/newsroom/newsn/2485/faculty-members-recognized-for-core-course-teaching|publisher=Columbia University|date= 11 October 2013}}</ref> == Media == Amiram's research and opinions were featured in ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'',<ref>{{citation|title=Accountants Increasingly Use Data Analysis to Catch Fraud|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/accountants-increasingly-use-data-analysis-to-catch-fraud-1417804886|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date= 5 December 2014}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>{{citation|title=Wells Fargo Fined $185 Million for Fraudulently Opening Accounts|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/09/business/dealbook/wells-fargo-fined-for-years-of-harm-to-customers.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date= 8 September 2016}}</ref> [[Forbes]]<ref>{{citation|title=The Simple Mathematical Law That Financial Fraudsters Can't Beat|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2014/05/30/the-simple-mathematical-law-that-financial-fraudsters-cant-beat/#7a34f3634612|work=[[Forbes]]|date= 30 May 2014}}</ref> and other media organizations.

== Selected articles ==

* Amiram, D., Bauer, A. and Frank, M.M., 2019 Forthcoming. "Tax Avoidance at Public Corporations Driven by Shareholder Taxes: Evidence from Changes in Dividend Tax Policy". The Accounting Review * Amiram, D., Kalay, A., Kalay, A. and Ozel, N.B., 2018. Information Asymmetry and the Bond Coupon Choice. The Accounting Review. 93(2), pp.&nbsp;37–59. * Amiram, D., Bozanic, Z., Cox, J.D., Dupont, Q., Karpoff, J.M. and Sloan, R.G., 2018. Financial Reporting Fraud and Other Forms of Misconduct: A Multidisciplinary Review of the Literature. Review of Accounting Studies, 23(2), pp.&nbsp;732–783. * Amiram, D., Beaver, W.H., Landsman, W.R. and Zhao, J., 2017. The effects of credit default swap trading on information asymmetry in syndicated loans. Journal of Financial Economics, 126(2), pp.&nbsp;364–382. * Amiram, D., Kalay, A. and Sadka, G., 2016. Industry characteristics, risk premiums, and debt pricing. The Accounting Review, 92(1), pp.&nbsp;1–27. * Amiram, D., Owens, E. and Rozenbaum, O., 2016. Do information releases increase or decrease information asymmetry? New evidence from analyst forecast announcements. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 62(1), pp.&nbsp;121–138. * Amiram, D. and Frank, M.M., 2015. Foreign portfolio investment and shareholder dividend taxes. The Accounting Review, 91(3), pp.&nbsp;717–740. * Amiram, D., Bozanic, Z. and Rouen, E., 2015. Financial statement errors: Evidence from the distributional properties of financial statement numbers. Review of Accounting Studies, 20(4), pp.&nbsp;1540–1593. * Galil, K., Shapir, O.M., Amiram, D. and Ben-Zion, U., 2014. The determinants of CDS spreads. Journal of Banking & Finance, 41, pp.&nbsp;271–282.

== Personal life == Amiram is married to Dr. Miriam. They have a son and a daughter and live in [[Be'er Sheva]]. {{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [https://coller.tau.ac.il/profile/danamiram, Dan Amiram] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112085500/https://coller.tau.ac.il/profile/danamiram, |date=12 November 2019 }}, Tel Aviv University * [https://web.archive.org/web/20191112091020/https://tautrust.org/meet-our-new-associate-dean-prof-dan-amiram/ Meet Our New Associate Dean – Prof. Dan Amiram], Tel Aviv University Trust * [https://web.archive.org/web/20200527200154/https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/video/videos/dan-amiram-financial-statements-fraud Financial Statements Fraud – a Lecture by Dan Amiram], Columbia University * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKUsuVRxpg0 Are Banks on the Way to Extinction? (in Hebrew)], YouTube

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