European Financial Management Association
2016 Annual Meetings
June 29-July 2, 2016
Basel, SWITZERLAND
Candidate Paper Listings
GROUP #1: Corporate Finance I
What Can Shocks to Life Expectancy Reveal About Bequest Motives? (PDF Version)
Jens Sorlie Kvaerner,Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Norway
Email: jens.kvaerner@nhh.no
The Rise of the Unicorns - How Media Affects Start-up Valuations (PDF Version)
Severin Zörgiebel,Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany,
Email: zoergiebel@finance.uni-frankfurt.de
Are all Leverage Decreasing Recapitalizations the Same? (PDF Version)
Loreta Rapushi, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Norway
Email: Loreta.Rapushi@nhh.no
Leverage Ratio: One Size Does Not Fit All (PDF Version)
David Grossmann ,Hamburg School of Business Administration, Germany
Email: david.grossmann@mail.de
GROUP #2: Capital Markets and Portfolio Investments
Who Holds Shares? Studies on Shareholders and their Investments (PDF Version)
Martin Abrahamson , Uppsala University, Sweden
Email: martin.abrahamson@fek.uu.se
The rising importance of Asymmetric Dependence in UK equity returns (PDF Version)
Petra Andrlikova, The University of Sydney Business School, Australia
Email: petraan@econ.usyd.edu.au;andrlikova@gmail.com
Disposition Effect in Social Trading –The Influence of Feedback and Transparency on Investment Decisions (PDF Version)
Marcel Lukas, ,University of Edinburgh Business School, UK
Email: s1564153@sms.ed.ac.uk
Do Pessimists Move Asset Prices? (PDF Version)
Simon Alfano,Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
Email: Simon.alfano@is.uni-freiburg.de
Anticipatory Trading in Brent Futures: Evidence from the Unregulated Dated Brent Benchmark (PDF Version)
Tom Steffen, University of Edinburgh & Macquarie University Sydney, UK/Australia
Email: tsteffen@cmcrc.com
On the Information Content of New Asset Pricing Factors in the UK (PDF Version)
Hang Zhou,University of Edinburgh, UK
Email: s1205805@sms.ed.ac.uk
GROUP #3:Corporate Finance II
The Determinants of Cash Holdings: Evidence from Meta-Regression Analysis (PDF Version)
Felix Weidemann, University of Cologne, Germany
Email: Weidemann@wiso.uni-koeln.de
Profitability, Leverage and Competition: How did Norwegian Firms React to China’s Exports Shocks? (PDF Version)
Raffaele Giuliana, Norwegian School of Economics, NHH, Norway
Email: Raffaele.Giuliana@nhh.no
Institutional Cross-ownership and Corporate Strategy:The Case of Mergers and Acquisitions (PDF Version)
Zhong Chen,ICMA Centre, University of Reading, UK
Email: zhong.chen@icmacentre.ac.uk
Equity based Compensation, Board Independence and Secondary Agency Problems in South Africa (PDF Version)
Akios Majoni, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Email: akios.majoni@uct.ac.za
Funding M&As Through Asset Sales: Balance Sheet Effect Vs Pecking Order Theory (PDF Version)
Nathan P. McNamee,Surrey Business School, University of Surrey
Email: n.mcnamee@surrey.ac.uk
