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Olivier Darmouni

Associate Professor of Business
Finance Division
Olivier Darmouni
Areas of Expertise
Corporate Finance, Financial Institutions, Macroeconomics
Contact
Office: 769 Kravis
E-mail: [email protected]
Links
Personal Website
Curriculum Vitae

Professor Olivier Darmouni is a financial economist whose research interests span corporate finance, banking and industrial organization. He applies a variety of empirical methods to understand how frictions, in particular asymmetric information, affect credit markets. Prior to joining Columbia, Olivier graduated from a PhD in Economics from Princeton University.

Education
B.Sc., Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, London School of Economics, 2009; M1, Economics, Toulouse School of Economics, 2010; M.A. Economics, Princeton University, 2012; Ph.D. in Economics, Princeton University, 2016
Joined CBS
2016

All Activities

  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Awards and Honors
  • Press
  • CaseWorks
  • Journal articles
  • Working papers
  • Articles
  • Books
  • Chapters
Journal Article
Chodorow-Reich, Gabriel, Olivier Darmouni , Stephan Luck, and Matthew Plosser
. “Bank Liquidity Provision across the Firm Size Distribution.”
Journal of Financial Economics
vol.
144
, no.
3
(June 01, 2022):
908
-
932
.
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Journal Article
Darmouni, Olivier and Andrew Sutherland
. “Learning about competitors: Evidence from SME lending.” vol.
34
, no.
5
(May 01, 2021):
2275
-
2317
.
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Journal Article
Darmouni, Olivier and Alexander Rodnyansky
. “The Effects of Quantitative Easing on Bank Lending Behavior.”
Review of Financial Studies
vol.
30
, (November 01, 2017):
3858
-
3887
.
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Journal Article
Darmouni, Olivier
. “Informational frictions and the credit crunch.” vol.
75
, no.
4
(May 20, 2025):
2055
-
2094
.
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Working Paper
Darmouni, Olivier and Kerry Siani
. Crowding Out Bank Loans: Liquidity-Driven Bond Issuance. October 30, 2020.
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Working Paper
Chodorow-Reich, Gabriel, Olivier Darmouni , Stephan Luck, and Matthew Plosser
. Bank Liquidity Provision Across the Firm Size Distribution. October 11, 2020.
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Working Paper
Darmouni, Olivier and Dan Zeltzer
. Horizon Effects and Adverse Selection in Health Insurance Markets. July 16, 2020.
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Working Paper
Darmouni, Olivier
. Estimating Informational Frictions in Sticky Relationships. December 10, 2016.
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Newspaper/Magazine Article
Darmouni, Olivier and Andrew Sutherland
. “Learning about Competitors: Evidence from SME Lending.”
Review of Financial Studies
. Forthcoming.
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Newspaper/Magazine Article
Darmouni, Olivier
. “Informational Frictions and the Credit Crunch.”
Journal of Finance
. Forthcoming.
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  • Courses
  • Case Studies
Course
B6302: Corporate Finance (Half-Term)
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Course
B5300: Corporate Finance
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  • Awards & Honors
2025

2025 Best Young Researcher in Finance and Insurance Award

  • In the Media
  • Articles
In the Media

The Savings of Corporate Giants

MIT Management Sloan School
In the Media

America's Two-Track Economy: the Small Business Credit Crunch

The Financial Times
In the Media

Much of America Is Shut Out of the Greatest Borrowing Binge Ever

Bloomberg News
Article

Lender Discretion vs. Lender Commitment: Bank Loan Terms Create Barriers to COVID Financial Relief for Smaller Businesses

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Welcome New Faculty

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