News

Two papers accepted at AFA 2019 in Atlanta

The papers “The impact of Role Models on Women’s Self Selection in Competitive Environments” (Kristina Mercedes Meier, Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi, and Stefan Ruenzi) and “M&A(advertising)” (Alexander Hillert, Anja Kunzmann, and Stefan Ruenzi) have been accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting ...

Paper accepted at EFA 2018 in Warsaw

The paper “The impact of Role Models on Women’s Self Selection in Competitive Environments” (Kristina Mercedes Meier, Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi, and Stefan Ruenzi) has been accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the European Finance Association 2018 in Warsaw.

Karin-Islinger Award for PhD Thesis of Michael Ungeheuer

Our former chair member, Michael Ungeheuer, got awarded the Karin-Islinger Award for his dissertation “Essays on Investor Behavior and Financial Markets”. Congratulations!

Information event for prospective Finance PhD Students

The event took place on May 25, 2018, in O151. Interested students can find the presentation slides here.

Boston Globe reports on research by Stefan Ruenzi

In todays newspaper, the Boston Globe features a short story on the recently published paper “Sex Matters – Gender Bias in the Mutual Industry” by Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi and Stefan Ruenzi. You can find the article here and the paper, which is forthcoming in Management Science – can be found here.

FAZ Reports on Research Results

One of the leading German daily newspapers, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) features an article on our recent research results. Please find the article here.

Handelsblatt and Spiegel Online Report on Research

The German daily business newspaper Handelsblatt and news website Spiegel Online report on a new survey study by Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi and Stefan Ruenzi that analyzes the determinants of career choices of female and male business students. Download a summary of the study results here. We ...

Paper accepted by Review of Financial Studies

The paper “Financial Advice and Bank Profits” by Stefan Ruenzi (with Daniel Hoechle, Nic Schaub, and Markus Schmid) has been accepted for publication by the Review of Financial Studies.

Paper accepted by Economics Letters

The paper “Momentum and Crash Sensitivity” by Stefan Ruenzi and Florian Weigert has been accepted for publication by Economics Letters.

Paper now published in Journal of Financial Economics

The paper „Tail Risk in Hedge Funds: A Unique View from Portfolio Holdings“ by Vikas Agarwal, Stefan Ruenzi, and Florian Weigert has now been published in the Journal of Financial Economics in Vol. 125, Issue 3, p. 610–636.