Ohad Kadan is an expert in the areas of corporate finance, market microstructure, game theory and the economics of information. He has studied the effectiveness of stocks or stock options as incentives for managers to work harder. He has also looked into whether stocks or options are more likely to encourage fraud. His work also includes examinations of the bias analysts have toward the investment banks they research. Kadan is a member of the American Finance Association, the Society for Financial Studies and the Econometric Society. Kadan received his PhD and MBA from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has received numerous awards for his work including the Klachky Fellowship for an outstanding PhD student. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a life insurance supervisor for Migdal Insurance Company in Israel. Kadan was also an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces.

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