Welcome to the Area Banking, Finance, and Insurance
The Area Banking, Finance, and Insurance is part of the Business School at the University of Mannheim. It has first-class facilities, internationally renowned faculty and conducts research in all areas of modern finance.
European Finance Association Annual Meeting taking place at the University of Mannheim in 2017
The University of Mannheim is proud to host the 44th EFA Annual Meeting, taking place on August 23-26, 2017. The European Finance Association Annual Meetings have recently attracted over 750 renowned financial economist from...[more]
Finance Seminar Series
The Finance Area will host Heitor Almeida from the University of Illinois for a presentation on May 22nd. The title of the presentation will be "The Impact of Obamacare on Firm Employment and Performance". The...[more]
Five papers from the University of Mannheim accepted for presentation at the American Finance Association Annual Meetings 2017
The following papers from the Department of Finance at Mannheim University will be presented at the AFA 2017 conference in Chicago: Irem Demirci: Real Estate Holdings of Public Firms and Collateral Discount (with Umit Gurun...[more]
Paper accepted by Review of Financial Studies
The paper "Actual Share Repurchases, Price Efficiency, and the Information Content of Stock Prices" by Pascal Busch and Stefan Obernberger has been accepted for publication by the Review of Financial Studies.[more]
Paper accepted by Journal of Financial Economics
The paper "Tail Risk in Hedge Funds: A Unique View from Portfolio Holdings" by Vikas Agarwal, Stefan Ruenzi, and Florian Weigert has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Financial Economics.[more]
Five papers from the University of Mannheim accepted for presentation at the European Finance Association Annual Meetings 2016
The following papers from the Department of Finance at Mannheim University will be presented at the EFA 2016 conference in Oslo: Victoria Atanasov: The Factor Structure of Time-Varying Discount Rates (with Ilan Cooper,...[more]
