RESEARCH FIELDS
Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Sustainability, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Factors, and Households
WORKING PAPERS
- "Managerial Response to Investor Environmental Demand: The Role of Firm Ownership Structure” with Stuart Gillan (University of North Texas) and Laura Starks (McCombs School of Business at University of Texas)
Presentations (including scheduled ones):
ESADE Business School, EFA 2022 Annual Meeting, ESG Workshop at ESCP Paris Business School, 5th Annual GRASFI Conference, KU Leuven, EDHEC Business School, Stockholm University, CUNEF Madrid, HEC Liege, Open University, Universidad de Montevideo.
- "Sustainable investors: value and values" with Hans Degryse (KU Leuven), Alberta Di Giuli (ESCP Business School), and Francesco Stradi (KU Leuven)
*CEPR discussion paper
Presentations (including scheduled ones):
Lund University, 1st HEC-HKUST Workshop on Impact and Sustainable Finance, ESADE Business School, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, European Central Bank, FMA Europe 2024, EFMA 2024, Corporate Finance Day 2023, 7th Household Finance Workshop, European Sustainable Finance PhD Workshop 2023, International Conference in Finance, Banking and Accounting 2023.
(A previous version of this paper circulated with the title “Sustainable investments: One for the money, two for the show”)
- "The Effects of Hype and Social Preferences on Crypto investing?" with Hans Degryse (KU Leuven), Alberta Di Giuli (ESCP Business School), and Francesco Stradi (KU Leuven)
Presentations (including scheduled ones):
FIRS 2025, FMA Europe 2024, EFMA 2024, the Finance Research Day (Open Universiteit), the University of Bologna, the University of Limerick, and Toulouse Business School
(A previous version of this paper circulated with the title “Who Arrives Early and Late to the Crypto Market Party?”)
Media coverages:
be-crypto.lesoir.be/fr/marches/les-banques-belges-decouragent-dinvestir-dans-les-cryptomonnaies
be-crypto.lesoir.be/fr/marches/les-cryptomonnaies-seduisent-en-particulier-ceux-qui-ont-fait-des-etudes-en-economie
- "Artificial Intelligence and Firm Resilience” with Oussama El Moujahid (Utrecht University) and Samuele Murtinu (Utrecht University)
Presentations (including scheduled ones):
Utrecht University, University of Groningen, Grenoble Ecole de Management, Kedge Business School.
- "Cultural Bonds" with Michele Cascarano (Bank of Italy), Emilia Garcia-Appendini (Norges Bank & University of Zurich), and Francesco Stradi (KU Leuven)
*Norges Bank working paper
Presentations (including scheduled ones):
WFC 2024 (Best Paper Award), Bank of Italy Annual Conference, 31st Finance Forum, Research in Behavioral Finance Conference 2024.
WORK IN PROGRESS
- Investments with Alberta Di Giuli (ESCP Business School), Vesa Pursiainen (University of St. Gallen), and Francesco Stradi (KU Leuven)
PUBLICATIONS
Foreign Ownership and Board Cultural Diversity
Journal of Corporate Finance (2025) with Oussama El Moujahid (Utrecht University), Bart Frijns (Open University), and S. Abraham Ravid (Yeshiva University)
"published version
Investors' Reactions to CSR News in Family vs. Nonfamily Firms: A Study on Signal (In)credibility
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (2022) with Jamil Jaballah (Grenoble Ecole de Management), Marc van Essen (Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina), and Nadine Kammerlander (WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management)
Common Ownership and Firm Dividend Policies
Finance Research Letters (2021) with Alberta Di Giuli (ESCP Business School, Paris) and Egle Karmaziene (Vrije University of Amsterdam and Swedish House of Finance)
*published version
Large Investors' Portfolio Composition and Firms Value
Journal of Corporate Finance (2020) with S. Abraham Ravid (Yeshiva University)
*published version
Factors Associated with Strategic Corporate Decisions in Family Firms: Evidence from Sweden
International Review of Finance (2020)
*published version
Firm Ownership and Enterprise Risk Management Implementation: Evidence from the Nordic Region
Journal of Risk and Financial Management (2020) with Donald Pagach (Poole College of Management, NC State University)
*published version
Does Enterprise Risk Management Create Value for Firms?: Evidence from Nordic Countries
Book chapter (Chapter 22) in the book called “The Routledge Companion on Strategic Risk Management”, edited by Torben Juul Andersen (Copenhagen Business School) and published by Routledge on December 17, 2015.
Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Sustainability, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Factors, and Households
WORKING PAPERS
- "Managerial Response to Investor Environmental Demand: The Role of Firm Ownership Structure” with Stuart Gillan (University of North Texas) and Laura Starks (McCombs School of Business at University of Texas)
Presentations (including scheduled ones):
ESADE Business School, EFA 2022 Annual Meeting, ESG Workshop at ESCP Paris Business School, 5th Annual GRASFI Conference, KU Leuven, EDHEC Business School, Stockholm University, CUNEF Madrid, HEC Liege, Open University, Universidad de Montevideo.
- "Sustainable investors: value and values" with Hans Degryse (KU Leuven), Alberta Di Giuli (ESCP Business School), and Francesco Stradi (KU Leuven)
*CEPR discussion paper
Presentations (including scheduled ones):
Lund University, 1st HEC-HKUST Workshop on Impact and Sustainable Finance, ESADE Business School, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, European Central Bank, FMA Europe 2024, EFMA 2024, Corporate Finance Day 2023, 7th Household Finance Workshop, European Sustainable Finance PhD Workshop 2023, International Conference in Finance, Banking and Accounting 2023.
(A previous version of this paper circulated with the title “Sustainable investments: One for the money, two for the show”)
- "The Effects of Hype and Social Preferences on Crypto investing?" with Hans Degryse (KU Leuven), Alberta Di Giuli (ESCP Business School), and Francesco Stradi (KU Leuven)
Presentations (including scheduled ones):
FIRS 2025, FMA Europe 2024, EFMA 2024, the Finance Research Day (Open Universiteit), the University of Bologna, the University of Limerick, and Toulouse Business School
(A previous version of this paper circulated with the title “Who Arrives Early and Late to the Crypto Market Party?”)
Media coverages:
be-crypto.lesoir.be/fr/marches/les-banques-belges-decouragent-dinvestir-dans-les-cryptomonnaies
be-crypto.lesoir.be/fr/marches/les-cryptomonnaies-seduisent-en-particulier-ceux-qui-ont-fait-des-etudes-en-economie
- "Artificial Intelligence and Firm Resilience” with Oussama El Moujahid (Utrecht University) and Samuele Murtinu (Utrecht University)
Presentations (including scheduled ones):
Utrecht University, University of Groningen, Grenoble Ecole de Management, Kedge Business School.
- "Cultural Bonds" with Michele Cascarano (Bank of Italy), Emilia Garcia-Appendini (Norges Bank & University of Zurich), and Francesco Stradi (KU Leuven)
*Norges Bank working paper
Presentations (including scheduled ones):
WFC 2024 (Best Paper Award), Bank of Italy Annual Conference, 31st Finance Forum, Research in Behavioral Finance Conference 2024.
WORK IN PROGRESS
- Investments with Alberta Di Giuli (ESCP Business School), Vesa Pursiainen (University of St. Gallen), and Francesco Stradi (KU Leuven)
PUBLICATIONS
Foreign Ownership and Board Cultural Diversity
Journal of Corporate Finance (2025) with Oussama El Moujahid (Utrecht University), Bart Frijns (Open University), and S. Abraham Ravid (Yeshiva University)
"published version
Investors' Reactions to CSR News in Family vs. Nonfamily Firms: A Study on Signal (In)credibility
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (2022) with Jamil Jaballah (Grenoble Ecole de Management), Marc van Essen (Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina), and Nadine Kammerlander (WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management)
Common Ownership and Firm Dividend Policies
Finance Research Letters (2021) with Alberta Di Giuli (ESCP Business School, Paris) and Egle Karmaziene (Vrije University of Amsterdam and Swedish House of Finance)
*published version
Large Investors' Portfolio Composition and Firms Value
Journal of Corporate Finance (2020) with S. Abraham Ravid (Yeshiva University)
*published version
Factors Associated with Strategic Corporate Decisions in Family Firms: Evidence from Sweden
International Review of Finance (2020)
*published version
Firm Ownership and Enterprise Risk Management Implementation: Evidence from the Nordic Region
Journal of Risk and Financial Management (2020) with Donald Pagach (Poole College of Management, NC State University)
*published version
Does Enterprise Risk Management Create Value for Firms?: Evidence from Nordic Countries
Book chapter (Chapter 22) in the book called “The Routledge Companion on Strategic Risk Management”, edited by Torben Juul Andersen (Copenhagen Business School) and published by Routledge on December 17, 2015.
