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We are glad to announce that one of our former students has been awarded by the „Stiftung Kommunikations- und Medien­wissenschaften“. Carina Leonhardt won this prize for her master thesis „How Does the Media Report on Macroeconomic Announcements? An Empirical Analysis“.

The papers „Financial Advice and Bank Profits“ (by Hoechle, Ruenzi, Schaub, and Schmid) and „Ninety Years of Media Coverage and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns“ (by Hillert and Ungeheuer) have been accepted for presentation at the European Finance Association Annual Meeting 2016 in Oslo. You can ...

City Wire covers the research paper „Sex Matters – Gender Bias in the Mutual Fund Industry“ (joint with Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi) in an article from June 1, 2016. Read the full article here. 

We are glad to announce that two of our former students have been awarded prizes by the DZ BANK Group. Michael Kandziora received the second prize for the best master thesis “Improving credit card decisions by fostering self-control” which he had written in the spring semester of 2015. Franz Hinzen ...

The Swiss Handels­zeitung covers the research paper „Sex Matters – Gender Bias in the Mutual Fund Industry“ (joint with Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi) in its April 10 issue. Read the full article here.

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.