Prof. Dr. Oliver Spalt
Chair of Financial Markets and Financial Institutions
spalt uni-mannheim.de
Credit: Rike Allendörfer
Main fields of research
- Behavioral Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Financial Market Institutions
Curriculum vitae
2019 | Professor of Finance, University of Mannheim |
2019 | Research Member, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) |
2014–2019 | Professor of Behavioral Finance, Tilburg University |
2012–2014 | Associate Professor of Finance (with tenure), Tilburg University |
2009–2012 | Assistant Professor of Finance, Tilburg University |
2009–2019 | CentER Fellow, Tilburg University |
2008–2009 | Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Texas at Austin |
2008 | Dr. rer. pol. (summa cum laude), University of Mannheim |
Prizes, awards, honors
- 2015–2020 VIDI Grant from The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Project: The Impact of Biases in Top Management Teams on Corporate Actions. Grant Size: €800,000
- since 2010 over 10 Awards for Excellence in teaching
- 2019 Wirtschaftswoche BWL-Ranking 2019: ranked 2nd, across all fields, among all researchers under the age of 40 by A+ publications
- 2016–2018 Included in the list: “Top 40 Economists in the Netherlands 2018” published by the journal “Economisch Statistische Berichten”
- 2008 Outstanding Dissertation Award, University of Mannheim
- 2004 Winner of the Prechel Prize 2004, awarded to the best graduating student (BWL mit IQ), University of Mannheim
Selected publications
- Kempf, E. and Spalt, O. (2023). Attracting the sharks: Corporate innovation and securities class action lawsuits. Management Science, 69, 1805-1834.