Research Interests
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Human Capital
- Politics and Corporate Finance
- Corporate Taxation
Research Projects
- Politics and Corporate Investments
- Private Equity and Taxes (joint with Marcel Olbert)
- Mergers and Labor (joint with Britta Gehrke, Ernst Maug, Stefan Obernberger, Christoph Schneider)
Education
- Dr. (Ph.D.) in Corporate Finance, University of Mannheim (Sep.2015 – Mar.2020)
- Supervised by Prof. Ernst Maug, Ph.D.
- Visiting scholar at Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands (Apr.2019 – Jul.2019)
- Summer school on machine learning and big data at University of St. Gallen, Switzerland (June 2018)
- Visiting scholar at HEC Paris, France (Feb.2018 – May.2018)
- Expected grade 1.0 (summa cum laude)
- M.Sc. Business Administration, University of Mannheim (Sep.2014 – Jun.2016)
- Specialization in banking, finance, and insurance
- Final grade 1.6
- B.Sc. Business Administration, University of Muenster (Oct.2011 – Jun.2014)
- Exchange semester at HEC Liège, Belgium (Sep.2013 – Jan.2014)
- Final grade 2.3
- Abitur, Walram-Gymnasium Menden (Sep.2002 – Jun.2011)
- High-School exchange AS-Levels at Boston College, Great Britain (Sep.2008 – Jun.2009)
- Final grade 1.8
- Dr. (Ph.D.) in Corporate Finance, University of Mannheim (Sep.2015 – Mar.2020)
Presentations
- 2020
- AEA Poster Session in San Diego, USA
- 2019
- FMA Asia in Ho-Chi-Minh City, Vietnam
- EFMA in Ponta Delgada, Portugal
- WFA in Huntington Beach, USA
- FMA Europe Conference in Glasgow, Great Britain
- Finance Area Seminar at Erasmus University of Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Finance Area Seminar at University of Mannheim, Germany
- 2018
- DGF in Trier, Germany
- Public Economics Seminar at ZEW in Mannheim, Germany
- Workshop on Politics and Finance in Strasbourg, France
- Finance Area Seminar at HEC Paris, France
- 2017
- GESS Research Day in Mannheim, Germany
- Finance Area Seminar at University of Mannheim, Germany
- 2020
Grants
- 2020
- Internationalization of Doctoral Education Travel Grant
- 2019
- MaFAT Research Award
- Internationalization of Doctoral Education Travel Grant
- Julius-Paul-Stiegler Gedächtnisstiftung Research Grant
- Cubist Systematic Strategies Ph.D. Award for Outstanding Research
- 2018
- German Academic Exchange Service Study Grant
- German Academic Exchange Service Research Grant
- 2013–2017
- American Finance Association Travel Grant
- German Research Institute Research Grant
- European Union Erasmus Study Grant
- 2020
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