Placements of former PhD Students
Job Market Candidates 2016
Dr. Michael Ungeheuer
Job Market Paper: Stock Returns and the Cross-Section of Investor Attention
Supervisor: Stefan Ruenzi
Research Focus: Empirical Asset Pricing, Investor Behavior
Placement: Assistant Professor, Aalto Unversity
Job Market Candidates 2015
Dr. Alexander Hillert
Job Market Paper: Ninety Years of Media Coverage and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns
Supervisor: Stefan Ruenzi
Research Focus: Empirical Asset Pricing, Textual Analysis, Behavioral Finance, Empirical Corporate Finance
Placement: Assistant Professor, Goethe University Frankfurt
Dr. Lena Jaroszek
Job Market Paper: Think Twice or Be Wise in Consumer Credit Choices
Supervisor: Stefan Ruenzi
Research Focus: Behavioral Finance, Empirical Asset Pricing, Household Finance
Placement: Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School

Dr. Esad Smajlbegovic
Job Market Paper: Regional Economic Activity and Stock Returns
Supervisor: Erik Theissen
Research Focus: Empirical Asset Pricing and Behavior Finance, with an emphasis on Market Segmentation and Investments
Placement: Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Previous Job Market Candidates





Dr. Christian Andres
First Placement: Associate Professor, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Current Position: Professor for Empirical Corporate Finance, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

Dr. André Betzer
First Placement: Assistant Professor, Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Current Position: Professor for Finance and Corporate Governance, Bergische Universität Wuppertal

Prof. Dr. Oliver Spalt
First Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Current Position: Professor at the University of Mannheim

Dr. Zacharias Sautner
First Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam
Current Position: Professor for Finance, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Dr. Lars Norden
First Placement: Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Current Position: Professor for Banking and Finance, Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE)