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Education
| 2012 | Ph.D. (Finance), London Business School |
| 2009 | M.Res. (Finance), London Business School |
| 2006 | CEMS Master (International Management), University of Cologne and HEC Paris |
| 2006 | Dipl.-Kfm. (Business Administration), University of Cologne |
Current Position(s) Held
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2021 - Now |
Associate Professor of Finance Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
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2017 - 2021 |
Assistant Professor of Finance Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
Awards, Recognition and Honors
- Michael J. Brennan Award for the Best Paper Published in 2021 in the Review of Financial Studies, 2022
- Best Paper Award, Paris December Finance Meeting, 2017
- Best Paper in Corporate Finance Award, Paris December Finance Meeting, 2013
- SAC Capital Ph.D. Candidate Award for Outstanding Research, Western Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2012
- Doctoral Tutorial Best Paper Award, European Finance Association Annual Meeting, 2011
- Top Student Award, University of Cologne, 2006
Research Interests
- Financial Contracting
- Corporate Disclosure
- Corporate Investment
- Behavioural Finance
Journal Articles (Refereed)
- The Downstream Impact of Upstream Tariffs: Evidence from Investment Decisions in Supply Chains, 2024, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Vol. 59, No. 6, 2695-2732 (with Thorsten Martin)
- Do Firms Respond to Peer Disclosures? Evidence from Disclosures of Clinical Trial Results, 2023, The Accounting Review, Vol. 98, No. 3, 71-108 (with Vedran Capkun, Yun Lou, and Yin Wang)
- CAPM-Based Company (Mis)valuations, 2021, Review of Financial Studies 34, 1-66 (with Olivier Dessaint, Jacques Olivier, and David Thesmar)
- Accounting Quality and Debt Concentration, 2021, The Accounting Review 96, 377-400 (with Ningzhong Li, Yun Lou, and Regina Wittenberg-Moerman)
- Debt Heterogeneity and Covenants, 2020, Management Science 66, 70-92 (with Yun Lou)
- Marking to Market and Inefficient Investment Decisions, 2018, Management Science 64, 3756-3771 (with Paolo Volpin)
- CEO Optimism and Incentive Compensation, 2014, Journal of Financial Economics 114, 366-404
- The Unintended Effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 2011, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 167, 149-164 (with Vidhi Chhaochharia and Vikrant Vig)
- A New Approach to the Measurement of Polarization for Grouped Data, 2007, AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis 91, 181-196 (with Eckart Bomsdorf)