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On February 29, the Wall Street Journal published an article referring to the paper „CEO Owner­ship, Stock Market Performance, and Managerial Discretion“. The press article can be found here and the study by Ruenzi that the article is referring to can be found here.

The paper „The Impact of Firm Prestige on Executive Compensation“ by Florens Focke (joint with Ernst Maug and Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi) has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Financial Economics.

The University of Mannheim, Business School offers a Virtual Fair for students interested in the Master in Management program on March 17. Due to the international focus of the Business School, the entire fair will be conducted in English. Participation is free of charge. You can find more ...

On November 24, 2015, The New York Times published an article covering the paper „Status Quo Bias and the Number of Alternatives: An Empirical Illustration from the Mutual Fund Industry” on its webpage. The press article can be found here.

The paper „Commonality in Liquidity: A Demand-Side Explanation“ by Stefan Ruenzi (joint with Andy Koch and Laura Starks) has been accepted and is now forthcoming in the Review of Financial Studies.

For their paper „Media Makes Momentum“ published in the Review of Financial Studies, Alexander Hillert, Heiko Jacobs, and Sebastian Müller received the second prize of the 2015 „Finanz­kompass – Innovations­preis des Finanz­platz Hamburg e. V.“ (Award for innovative research by the Financial Center ...

The paper „A Friendly Turn: Advertising Bias in the News Media“ has been accepted for a poster presentation at the American Economic Association Annual Meeting 2016 in San Francisco. You can find the preliminary conference program here.

The paper „Financial Advice and Bank Profits“ by Daniel Hoechle, Stefan Ruenzi, Nic Schaub, and Markus Schmid has been accepted for presentation at the American Finance Association Annual Meeting 2016 in San Francisco. You can find the preliminary conference program here.

For their paper „Media Makes Momentum“ published in the Review of Financial Studies, Alexander Hillert, Heiko Jacobs, and Sebastian Müller received the first prize of the 2015 ACATIS Value Award.

The first lecture of the course „FIN 580: Derivatives I – Basic Strategies and Pricing“ is given on Monday  7.9.2015 from 8:30 to 10:00 in the room SN 163 Manfred Lautenschläger Hörsaal, Schloss Schneckenhof Nord. The lectures take place every week in the same room at the same time. For exercise ...