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Dr. Stefanie Baller

Dr. Stefanie Baller

2016: Doctorate in Finance, Dissertation "Three Essays on Individual Investors’ and Issuers’ Behavior in the Market for Speculative Exchange-Traded Retail Products"
2011-2015: Research associate and doctoral candidate, Chair of Finance and Banking, University of Passau

Market Makers’ Optimal Price-Setting Policy for Exchange-Traded Certificates.
Journal of Banking and Finance, 71, 2016, 206-226. (with Oliver Entrop, Michael McKenzie, and Marco Wilkens)
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Awards
Swiss Derivate Research Award, 2017

M.Sc. Paul Dechant

M.Sc. Paul Dechant

2011-2018: Research associate and doctoral candidate, Chair of Finance and Banking, University of Passau

Awards

Career Award DZ-Bank Group, 2012

Dr. Mathias Eickholt

Dr. Mathias Eickholt

2014: Doctorate in Finance (Dr. rer. pol.), Dissertation "Three Essays on Individual Investors’ Early Exercise Behavior in the Fixed-Income Market"

2011-2014: Research associate and doctoral candidate, Chair of Finance and Banking, University of Passau

Awards

Kulturpreis Bayern 2015 (for dissertation)

Helmut-Schmalen-Award 2014 (for dissertation)

Publications

  • What Makes Individual Investors Exercise Early? Empirical Evidence from Non-Tradable Fixed-Income Products.
    Journal of Banking and Finance, 97, 2018, 318-334 (with Oliver Entrop and Marco Wilkens)
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  • What Makes Individual Investors Exercise Early? Empirical Evidence from the Fixed-Income Market.
    Working Paper, 2017. (with Oliver Entrop and Marco Wilkens)
    An earlier version of this paper circulated under the title “What Makes Individual Investors Exercise Early? Empirical Evidence from the Fixed-Income Market".
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    accepted for presentation:
    • Joint Conference of the Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association (DGF) and the Symposium on Finance, Banking, and Insurance 2014, Karlsruhe, December 19-20, 2014.
    • Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting 2014, Nashville/TN, October 15-18, 2014.
    • International Finance and Banking Society (IFABS) Conference 2014, Lisbon, June 18-20, 2014.

Working Paper

  • Behavioral Financial Engineering in the Fixed-Income Market: The Influence of the Coupon Structure, Working Paper, 2014.
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Dr. Georg Fischer

Dr. Georg Fischer

  • Financial Engineering
  • Credit Risk
  • Financial Crisis

Education

  • 2019: Doctorate in Finance (Dr. rer. pol.), Dissertation: " Three Essays on Structured Financial Products, Investors´ Trading Behaviour and Issuers´Dynamic Hedging"
  • 2013-2017: Research associate and doctoral candidate, Chair of Finance and Banking, University of Passau
  • 2012: M.Sc. in International Business, Maastricht University, with a thesis on the predictability of art price movements, market efficiency and investment strategies
  • 2010 – 2012: Studies in M.Sc. International Business, Maastricht University, NL, and Yonsei University, Korea; major: Finance
  • 2007 – 2010: Studies in B.Sc. Economics, Maastricht University, NL, and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France; major: Finance

Awards

  • Swiss Derivate Research Award 2019 (for dissertation)

Publications

  • How Does Pricing Affect Investors’ Product Choice? Evidence from the Market for Discount Certificates
    Journal of Banking and Finance, 68, 2016, 195-215. (with Oliver Entrop, Michael McKenzie, Marco Wilkens and Christoph Winkler)
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  • Hedging Costs and Joint Determinants of Premiums and Spreads in Structured Financial Products.
    Journal of Futures Markets, forthcoming (with Oliver Entrop)
    https://doi.org/10.1002/fut.22109

Working Paper

  • How Dynamic Hedging Affects Stock Price Movements: Evidence from German Option and Certificate Markets
    Working Paper, 2019

Current Position

d-fine GmbH

Dr. Fabian U. Fuchs

Dr. Fabian U. Fuchs

  • Foreign Currency Risk
  • Corporate Finance

Education

  • 2020: Doctorate in Finance (Dr. rer. pol.), Dissertation “Three Essays on Foreign Currency Risk and Selective Hedging of Companies”
  • 2019: Dissertation submitted
  • 2015 - 2019: Research associate and doctoral candidate, Chair of Finance and Banking, University of Passau
  • 2015: M.A. in Economics, University of Passau with a thesis on the international comparison of foreign currency exposure of companies
  • 2012-2015: Studies in International Economics and Business, University of Passau; major: International Finance
  • 2009-2012: Studies in Business Administration and Economics (B.Sc.), University of Passau and University College Dublin, Ireland; major: Economics

Publications

Working Paper

Current Position

Finance and Risk Strategy Manager, Corporate Finance & Treasury, Porsche AG, Stuttgart

Dr. Carl-Friederich Grösbrink

Dr. Carl-Friederich Grösbrink

  • Empirical Corporate Finance: Firm Value and Firm Risk
  • Economics of Information Technology (IT)
  • Economics of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
  • Cultural Economics

Education

2023Doctorate in Finance (Dr. rer. pol.), Dissertation "Three Essays on Firm Value and Firm Risk and their Relation to IT-Exposure, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Religiosity"2022Dissertation submitted2017-2022

University of Passau
Research associate and doctoral candidate, Chair of Finance and Banking

2015-2017University of Passau
Master of Arts in International Economics and Business
Majors: Trade theory, finance
Thesis on dynamic panel data models and their application in finance 2014-2017University of Passau
Master of Science, Business Administration
Majors: Finance, Statistics
Thesis on on the empirical methods to measure interest rate exposure of companies 2015-2016California State University Fresno, USA
Business Administration
Majors: Finance, Accounting2011-2014University of Passau
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration and Economics
Majors: Finance, Statistics

Awards

Helmut Schmalen Dissertation Award (for outstanding dissertation)


Working Paper

Current Position

Consultant at Bain & Company

Dr. Matthias Merkel

Dr. Matthias Merkel

  • Corporate Finance
  • Risk Management
  • Derivatives
  • Empirical Finance

Education:

  • 2018: Doctorate in Finance, (Dr. rer. pol.), Dissertation: " Three Essays on Foreign Risk and the Use of Foreign Exchange Derivates"
  • 2013-2018: Research associate and doctoral candidate, Chair of Finance and Banking, University of Passau
  • 2011-2013: Commerzbank AG
  • 2011: M.Sc. in Finance, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, with a thesis on Early Warning Systems of banking crises
  • 2010-2011: Studies in Finance (M.Sc.), Frankfurt School of Finance & Management; major: Capital Markets
  • 2006-2010: Studies in Business Administration (B.Sc.), Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and Napier University, Edinburgh, UK; major: Finance
  • 2004-2006: Bank apprenticeship with Commerzbank AG, Nuremberg

Publications

  • Managers’ Research Education, the Use of FX Derivatives and Corporate Speculation.
    Review of Managerial Science, forthcoming (with Oliver Entrop)
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Working Paper

  • “Exchange Rate Risk” within the European Monetary Union? Analyzing the Exchange Rate Exposure of German Firms.
    Working Paper, 2017 (with Oliver Entrop)
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    accepted for presentation:
    • Southern Finance Association (SFA) Annual Meeting, Key West, November 15-18, 2017.
  • Foreign Exchange Derivative Use and Firm Value: Evidence from German Non-Financial Firms.
    Working Paper, 2018

Current Position:

Head of M&A and International Business Development
NürnbergMesse Group

Professional Experience:

Projekt Manager Mergers & Acquisitions
Nürnberg Messe Group
Relationship Manager Firmenkundengeschäft
Commerzbank AG

Dr. Marco Seruset

Dr. Marco Seruset

  • 2023: Doctorate in Finance (Dr. rer. pol.), Dissertation: "Three Essays on Price Discovery, Stock Liquidity, and Crash Risk"
  • 2018-2022: Research associate and doctoral candidate, Chair of Finance and Banking

Publications

  • Oliver Entrop,Bart Frijns,Marco Seruset, The determinants of price discovery on Bitcoin Markets, Journal of Futures Markets, 40(5), 2020, 819-837
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fut.22101

Working Paper

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