Department of Finance
The department of finance has an international faculty, which does research in all major areas of finance and publishes regularly in the top academic journals.
We have weekly seminars with invited top scholars and a brown bag series for discussion of research ideas. The finance courses attract a large number of students and our faculty members are in high demand as experts in a variety of contexts.
EVENTS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
- Finance Seminar: David Mauer Industry Tournament Incentives and Debt Contracting
- Finance Seminar: Katharina Lewellen TBC
- Finance Seminar: Adam Reed TBC
- Finance Seminar: Alexander Ljungqvist TBC
- Finance Seminar: Yongqiang Chu TBC
- The Annual Corporate Finance Conference CCF Conference 2019
Department news
Defense: Corporate Finance
On Monday 20 August 2018 Varun Verma will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Is the crowd wise?
The wisdom of the crowd in crowdfunding markets helps improve the decision making of the individuals, according to several studies. But is the crowd (really) wise?
Crowdfunding taking off
With the help of fan donations, game developer Chris Roberts has raised USD 183 mill to develop the popular game Wing Commander. Now, more and more people in Norway are jumping onto the crowdfunding wave.
Crowdfunding. Bitcoin. Machine learning
– The impact of informational technology is expected to radically restructure how finance is practiced, Walter Pohl says. On Friday 8 June NHH is hosting the 2018 Bergen FinTech Conference.
RECENT Publications
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Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions amid Political Uncertainty: A Bargaining Perspective |
Strategic Management Journal, forthcoming |
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Pohl,Walt; Schmedders, Karl; Wilms, Ole |
Higher-Order Effects in Asset-Pricing Models with Long-Run Risks |
Journal of Finance, forthcoming |
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Eckbo, B. Espen; Makaew, Tanakorn; Karin S. Thorburn |
Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 128 (3); page 443-465 |
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Lee, Kyeong Hun; Mauer, David C.; Xu, Qianying(Emma) |
Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 129, (1), page 111-135 |
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Kim, Jaewoo; Lee, Kyeong Hun; Lie, Erik |
Dividend Stickiness, Debt Covenants, and Earnings Management |
Contemporary Accounting Research, Volume 34, (4), page 2022–2050 |
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Kisser, Michael; Kiff, John; Soto, Mauricio |
Do managers of U.S. defined benefit pension plan sponsors use regulatory freedom strategically? |
Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 55, page 1213–1255 |
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Journal of Corporate Finance, Volume 42, page 247-266. |
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Transparency and Liquidity in the Structured Product Market. |
Review of Asset Pricing Studies, Volume 7 (2), page 316-348. |
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Partial Adjustment to Public Information in the Pricing of IPOs |
Journal of Financial Intermediation, Volume 32, page 60-75 |