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Call for Papers: Second Aarhus Workshop on Strategic Interaction in Corporate Finance

Call for Papers: Second Aarhus Workshop on Strategic Interaction in Corporate Finance

August 19-20, 2024 in Aarhus, Denmark

The objective of this workshop is to present state-of-the-art academic research on topics related to strategic interaction in corporate finance. There will be one track of presentations over the course of two days, with a small number of papers on the program to allow for ample time for discussions and to create a stimulating environment. Each paper will have a discussant. The workshop will start with a welcome reception on the evening of Sunday August 18, 2024.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Itay Goldstein, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Mike Burkart, London School of Economics

TOPICS: We welcome submissions from all areas of corporate finance, in particular related to the strategic interaction between different agents (such as managers, investors, financial institutions, rating agencies), and their objectives. Papers in an early stage will also be considered. We ask you not to submit a paper that has been accepted for publication in a journal or is close to being accepted. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome.

Sample topic areas include, but are not limited to:

      • Interaction between firms’ investment and financing decisions
      • Real implications of financial contracts
      • Conflicts of interest between the firm’s stakeholders
      • Real options signaling games
      • Bargaining along the supply chain
      • Interdependence between disclosure and corporate finance
      • Feedback between the firm and financial markets
      • Feedback effects of ratings
      • Corporate governance and shareholder voting
      • Strategic decisions in corporate takeovers

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

Stefan Hirth (chair), Aarhus University
Matthias Lassak (co-chair), Aarhus University

Adelina Barbalau, University of Alberta
Ajay Subramanian, Georgia State University
Alexander Schandlbauer, University of Southern Denmark
Alexander Szimayer, Hamburg University
Andrey Malenko, Boston College
Anil Kumar, Aarhus University
Boris Nikolov, University of Lausanne
Cecilia Bustamante, University of Maryland
Chong Huang, University of California, Irvine
Christian Hilpert, Sun Yat-sen University
Christoph Schneider, University of Münster
Christopher Hennessy, London Business School
David Lando, Copenhagen Business School
Dion Bongaerts, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Emilio Bisetti, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Enrique Schroth, EDHEC Business School
Evgeny Lyandres, Tel Aviv University
Florian Kiesel, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Francesca Zucchi, ECB
Francesco Sangiorgi, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Francesco Sannino, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Grzegorz Pawlina, Lancaster University Management School
Günter Strobl, University of Vienna
Jan Schneemeier, Indiana University
Jing Zeng, University of Bonn
Joel Shapiro, Saïd Business School
Kornelia Fabisik, University of Bern
Larissa Schäfer, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Magdalena Rola-Janicka, Imperial College
Marliese Uhrig-Homburg, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Martin Ruckes, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Matthias Efing, HEC Paris
Matthieu Bouvard, Toulouse School of Economics
Nadya Malenko, Boston College
Naveen Gondhi, INSEAD
Paul Voss, HEC Paris
Simon Gervais, Duke University
Thomas Geelen, Copenhagen Business School
Tom Aabo, Aarhus University
Vladimir Vladimirov, University of Amsterdam
Yunzhi Hu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Yuri Tserlukevich, Arizona State University
Zacharias Sautner, University of Zurich
Zhen Zhou, Tsinghua University

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Interested authors should submit their papers (with author information or anonymized) via the submission link on the workshop web page https://events.au.dk/corpfin24/ by February 20, 2024. There is no submission fee. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by end of April 2024.

EXPENSES AND PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS: We expect regular participants to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses, as well as a modest participation fee for the catering. We are in the process of securing additional funding, which may allow us to cover further expenses.
The workshop web page https://events.au.dk/corpfin24/ will continuously be updated with current information. Please contact the organizers corpfin@econ.au.dk for questions regarding paper submission and workshop attendance.

University of Mannheim: Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences, Germany PhD in Finance

Call for Applications

University of Mannheim, Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences, Germany
PhD in Finance
 

Join our online information event with the chance to talk to the program directors on December 13. Register under: https://www.uni-mannheim.de/gess/csdb-info-session/

📌 Overview:

  • APPLY NOW: Fully-funded PhD in 8 doctoral programs in business and economics
  • Early Application Deadline: 15 January 2024
  • Application Deadline: 31. March 2024
  • Program Start: September 2024
  • Where? Mannheim, Germany

The Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS) at the University of Mannheim offers excellent opportunities for the most qualified students in business and economics with strong quantitative skills and enthusiasm for research to pursue a full-time PhD Program at the Center for Doctoral Studies in Business (CDSB) or Center for Doctoral Studies in Economics (CDSE) starting in September 2024.

The internationally competitive doctoral programs enrols up to 40 students each year with 40% international students in the student body.

Benefit from an internationally recognized interdisciplinary teaching and training concept across the boundaries of the economic and social sciences according to your research interests, which will lay the foundation for a successful research career. Conduct research in a stimulating research environment across the program disciplines. Our courses are taught by distinguished/outstanding and dedicated faculty members. Our excellent libraries will support you with your research.

Doctoral Degree in Finance

Our program in Finance covers research fields such as Asset Pricing and Asset Management, Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance, Behavioral Finance, Market Microstructure, and Climate Finance. It provides students with core competencies in analytical and empirical research methods. In addition, students are equipped with a thorough knowledge of modern tools from areas such as machine learning and NLP, which have recently become more important in our field, while offering links to other academic disciplines. Our faculty members regularly publish in the leading international journals. We offer access to a large array of databases that are vital for your empirical research. We encourage and support research visits abroad and our students receive intensive preparation for the academic job market.  We have an established record of successfully placing our graduates at top schools around the world.

Discover GESS

  • All PhD programs in English.
  • Modern doctoral program with a structured course program and skills courses in teaching, academic writing, and presenting.
  • Guaranteed funding for the duration of the program.
  • Stimulating research environment.
  • Work with the outstanding faculty of our triple accredited Business School (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA) that persistently publishes in the top academic journals.
  • Gain new insights from research stays with partner universities worldwide.
  • Enjoy access to major databases and excellent libraries.
  • Modern offices and equipment.
  • Boost your career options with a professional job market training.
  • No tuition fees – government funded first-class education.

The research findings of our students and graduates are regularly published in leading journals of the fields. Our graduates pursue careers both in academia and the private sector, taking up professorships, assistant professorships, and postdoctoral positions at internationally renowned academic institutions and research positions at public institutions (government, central banks, international organizations). Excellent past placements include Boston College, Columbia University, Cornell University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Indiana University Bloomington, Illinois State University, Princeton University, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago,  UT Austin, Yale University, University of Cambridge, University College London, University of Oxford, Bocconi University, Aalto University, Aarhus University, Erasmus University Rotterdam, NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Tilburg University, Toulouse School of Economics, International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, OECD, European Commission.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Application Deadline: 31 March 2024.

For early offers we provide an early application deadline: 15 January 2024. Candidates that are not accepted in the early round will be reconsidered with all other applications after the final deadline of 31 March.

For more information on our programs and application requirements, please visit the website https://www.uni-mannheim.de/gess/apply or contact the doctoral office at gess.office@uni-mannheim.de.

Philipps Universität Marburg: Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (Doktorand*in)

Die 1527 gegründete Philipps-Universität bietet vielfach ausgezeichnete Lehre für rund 22.000 Studierende und stellt sich mit exzellenter Forschung in der Breite der Wissenschaft den wichtigen Themen unserer Zeit.

Am Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften, AG Finanzierung und Banken, ist zum 01.04.2024 befristet für 3 Jahre mit der Möglichkeit der Verlängerung, soweit keine Qualifizierungsvorzeiten anzurechnen sind, eine Teilzeitstelle (75 % der regelmäßigen Arbeitszeit) als

Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (Doktorand*in)

zu besetzen. Die Eingruppierung erfolgt nach Entgeltgruppe 13 des Tarifvertrages des Landes Hessen.

Ihre Aufgaben:

  • wissenschaftliche Dienstleistungen in Forschung und Lehre
  • Abhalten von Lehrveranstaltungen in deutscher und englischer Sprache
  • Veröffentlichen von Forschungsergebnissen in internationalen wissenschaftlichen Fachzeitschriften und auf internationalen Konferenzen
    Im Rahmen der übertragenen Aufgaben wird die Möglichkeit zu eigenständiger wissenschaftlicher Arbeit geboten, die der eigenen wissenschaftlichen Qualifizierung dient. Die Befristung richtet sich nach § 2 Abs. 1 Satz 1 WissZeitVG.

Ihr Profil:

  • abgeschlossenes wissenschaftliches Hochschulstudium (Master oder vergleichbar) im Fach Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Volkswirtschaftslehre, Wirtschaftsmathematik etc. mit Prädikat
  • sehr gute mathematische und empirische Kenntnisse
  • Kenntnisse im Bereich Finance auf Master-Niveau
  • Fähigkeit, auf Deutsch und Englisch zu lehren
  • erste Erfahrung mit ESG, z. B. im Rahmen von Seminar- oder Master-Arbeiten, sind von Vorteil
  • Erfahrung im Präsentieren wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten und Programmierkenntnisse (z. B. R, Python) sind von Vorteil

Die Bereitschaft zur eigenen wissenschaftlichen Qualifizierung (z. B. ein Promotionsprojekt auf dem Gebiet Finanzierung und Banken) wird erwartet.

Die Philipps-Universität unterstützt die professionelle Entwicklung von Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen durch die Angebote der Marburg Research Academy (MARA), des International Office und der Stelle für Hochschuldidaktik.

Kontakt für weitere Informationen

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Nietert                                                                                                                                  +49 6421 28-23726                                                                                                                               nietert@wiwi.uni-marburg.de

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Call for Papers: 2nd Structured Retail Products and Derivatives Conference

Call for Papers:
2nd Structured Retail Products and Derivatives Conference

Campus Hagen, Germany
Fri–Sat, May 24–25, 2024

Succeeding the online workshop in 2021, we are pleased to announce the 2nd conference on options and derivatives with special emphasis on retail products. We cordially invite the academic community to submit papers related to options and derivatives markets in general.

There will be a special track on structured retail products. For this track, we also encourage the submission of work in progress, with an extended abstract of approximately 300–800 words. Topics for this track may include, but are not limited to:

  • Behavioral aspects,
  • Hedging strategies,
  • Market microstructure,
  • Pricing policies,
  • Product innovations,
  • Product valuation,
  • Regulatory issues.

Please submit your paper or abstract in PDF format via e-mail to
derivatives-conference@fernuni-hagen.de.

The submission deadline is January, 31st, 2024.

Author notification will be given in Mid-February 2024.

We are pleased to announce that Neil Pearson, Harry A. Brandt Distinguished Professor of Financial Markets and Options, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has agreed to give a keynote address.

The conference will be accompanied by a special issue of the Journal of Futures Markets.

For further information regarding the conference venue, travel, accommodation, etc. visit www.fernuni-hagen.de/derivatives-conference.

Conference chairs:

Prof. Rainer Baule
University of Hagen
rainer.baule@fernuni-hagen.de

Prof. Bart Frijns
Open University of the Netherlands
bart.frijns@ou.nl

Call for Papers: 2nd European Sustainable Finance PhD Workshop

Call for Papers
2nd European Sustainable Finance PhD
Workshop
June 18-20, 2024 in Augsburg

The Faculty of Business and Economics and the Centre of Climate Resilience of the University of Augsburg are organizing a PhD workshop together with colleagues from CREST, ENSAE, ESCP, KU Leuven, Warwick Business School, and Utrecht University on the topic of Sustainable Finance. We invite PhD students to apply to present and discuss their current research to professors and other PhD students with a focus on Sustainable Finance. The workshop will take place in person from June 18 to June 20, 2024, in Augsburg.

The submission is open to a wide range of theoretical and empirical work on Sustainable Finance including, but not limited to Corporate Finance and Governance, Asset Pricing, Climate Finance, and ESG Investing. The presentation of single-authored papers is particularly encouraged.

Please submit your journal-article-length paper (PDF) and CV to info@esfpw.eu by February 16, 2024. Applicants must be enrolled as PhD students at the time of the workshop. The program committee’s decision will be announced in April 2024. Selected students will receive a travel grant (250EUR) and free accommodation for the workshop.

We are happy to announce that the program committee will give a best paper award (only single-authored works) and a best discussion award. In addition, Prof. Roni Michaely, PhD, Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at The University of Hong Kong will be our keynote guest.

Program Committee:
Jeroen Derwall (U Maastricht, U Utrecht), Alberta Di Giuli (ESCP), Rients Galema (U Utrecht), Nickolay Gantchev (Warwick Business School), Irene Monasterolo (U Utrecht), Naciye Sekerci (KU Leuven), Sebastian Utz (U Augsburg), Thomas Walther (U Utrecht), Marco Wilkens (U Augsburg), Olivier David Zerbib (CREST, ENSAE)

Workshop homepage: http://www.esfpw.eu

Bern University of Applies Sciences: Lecturer (Tenure-Track to Professorship) Digital and Sustainable Finance

80 – 100% / 4 years / Bern / Tentative start on 1 August 2024

To start with, here are some of our strong points

  • An almost unbelievably large variety of themes and topics and a great mix of research and teaching.
  • Plenty of contact with eager young people from all over the world who are set on achieving things.
  • Curiosity is what we want, oodles of it. Plus, lots of independence and autonomy.
  • Responsibility in hugely exciting projects for the future attracting attention beyond the professional world.
  • Focus on research that is geared towards practical orientation and the education of committed people rather than mere profit maximisation.

What you’ll be doing here

  • Work on exciting research and innovation projects focused on data science, AI and ML applications in finance together with industry and academic expects from Switzerland and abroad.
  • Active contribution in the acquisition of third-party funding for research projects with the freedom to lead research proposals for various funding schemes.
  • Offer teaching support (Lectures, Bachelor- and Mastertheses) for the department group Data Science, Finance, Accounting, and Tax.
  • Support the lead of a large international research networks (through EU projects, COST Actions and research collaborations) including over 300 researchers from >50 countries.
  • Support the (nominated) MSCA Doctoral Network on Digital Finance, providing a European-wide doctorate in Digital Finance, with leading institutions such as the European Central Bank.

What you’ll bring with you

  • Very good PhD degree in business/economics or a related field (e.g. Statistics, Mathematics, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science) or you are about to complete.
  • High affinity for academic and applied research preferably documented through publications and working papers.
  • Experience or a strong interest in quantitative empirical work and very good working knowledge in the application of statistical methods (Stata, R, Python).
  • Experience and willingness to teach at Bachelor and Master level.
  • Excellent command of written and spoken English; preferably willingness to teach classes in German.

Business School

In the Business School, we offer an education with a clear practical emphasis for the digital change-makers of the future in the economy and society. Content we love to engage with includes topics such as New Work, digital business or public sector transformation.

Doing something meaningful in a fascinating environment and with an outlook to the future: a job at Bern University of Applied Sciences makes perfect sense. We’re busy researching, developing and virtually bending our minds to come up with practical solutions for business, culture and people in Bern, in Switzerland and all over the world. Apart from being incredibly interesting, this is also a lot of fun, and we get to learn a lot as well. This cutting-edge knowledge benefits all who are studying here or doing part-time continuing education courses. We have great plans for the future: We join forces to make an effective contribution to a sustainable, digitally literate and health-conscious society. This is how we create great prospects for your future work with us.

I’ll be your guide through the application procedure
Petra Kielmann
HR Consultant
P +41 31 848 65 79

For job-specific queries
Christian Hopp
Leiter Institut Applied Data Science und Finance
T +41 31 848 41 28