Prof. Dr. Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi
Chair of Corporate Governance
Credit: Anna Logue
Main fields of research
- Gender Differences on Capital Markets
- Corporate Governance
- Behavioral Finance
- Corporate Finance
- Asset Management
- Empirical Banking
Curriculum vitae
| 2009 | Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D. in Business), University of Cologne |
| 2009–2012 | Assistant Professor of Banking and Finance, University of Mannheim |
| Since 2012 | Associate Professor of Business Administration, Corporate Governance, University of Mannheim |
| Since 2016 | Professor of Finance and Corporate Governance (tenured), University of Mannheim. Visiting positions at Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, UC Berkeley, UT Austin, UNSW Sydney |
Selected memberships
- American Economic Association
- American Finance Association
- European Economic Association
- European Finance Association
- German Finance Association
Prizes, awards, honors
- Best Conference Paper, Rothschild Cesarea (IDC) conference, May 20–21, 2012, Herzliya, Israel
- Emerald Best Student Paper Award, Academy of Management, Annual Meetings 2008, Anaheim, USA
- Best Conference Paper, Midwest Finance Association, Meetings 2008, San Antonio, USA
- Best Conference Paper Award, Annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics, 2008, New York, USA
- DGF Outstanding Paper Award, Annual meeting of the German Finance Association, 2006, EBS, Germany
Selected editorial activities
- Ad-hoc reviewer for Journal of Finance
- Ad-hoc reviewer for Review of Financial Studies
- Ad-hoc reviewer for Review of Economic Studies, Management Science
Selected publications
- Meier, K., Niessen-Ruenzi, A. and Ruenzi, S. (2024). The impact of role models on women's self-selection in competitive environments. The Quarterly Journal of Finance : QJF (forthcoming).
- Du, M., Niessen-Ruenzi, A. and Odean, T. (2023). Stock repurchasing bias of mutual funds. Review of Finance, 1–29.
- Hillert, A., Niessen-Ruenzi, A. and Ruenzi, S. (2023). Mutual fund shareholder letters: Flows, performance, and managerial behavior. Management Science (forthcoming).
- Hillert, A., Niessen-Ruenzi, A. and Ruenzi, S. (2023). Mutual fund shareholder letters: flows, performance, and managerial behavior. SAFE Working Paper, 380. Frankfurt am Main: University of Frankfurt.
- Kornfeld-Gran, A. and Niessen-Ruenzi, A. (2023). An examination of the gender pension gap in Germany. In Old age, gender, social security in Africa and Europe : history and case studies (S. tba). Wien ; Zürich: LIT Verlag.
- Niessen-Ruenzi, A. and Zimmerer, L. (2023). The importance of signaling for women's careers.
ECGI Finance Working Paper, 888/
2023. Bruxelles: European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). - Chhaochharia, V., Du, M. and Niessen-Ruenzi, A. (2022). Counter-stereotypical female role models impact women's occupational choices. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization : JEBO, 196, 501–523.