All Publications

ZORA Publication List

Publications

• Journal Article

  • 2021

    • Falkinger, Josef; Habib, Michel A (2021). Managerial Discretion and Shareholder Capital at Risk. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 48(7-8):1215-1245.

  • 2020

    • Brealey, Richard A; Cooper, Ian A; Habib, Michel A (2020). Cost of capital and valuation in the public and private sectors: tax, risk, and debt capacity. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 47(1-2):163-187.

  • 2018

    • Habib, Michel A (2018). Multifaceted Transactions and Organizational Ownership. Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 7(1):22-69.

  • 2016

    • Habib, Michel A; Johnsen, D Bruce (2016). The quality-assuring role of mutual fund advisory fees. International Review of Law and Economics, 46:1-19.

  • 2015

    • Collard, Fabrice; Habib, Michel; Rochet, Jean-Charles (2015). Sovereign debt sustainability in advanced economies. Journal of the European Economic Association, 13(3):381-420.

  • 2014

    • Gibson, Rajna; Habib, Michel A; Ziegler, Alexandre (2014). Reinsurance or Securitization: The Case of Natural Catastrophe Risk. Journal of Mathematical Economics, 53:79-100.

  • 2013

    • Habib, Michel A; Hege, Ulrich; Mella-Barral, Pierre (2013). Entrepreneurial spawning and firm characteristics. Management Science, 59(12):2790-2804.
    • Habib, Michel A; Mella-Barral, Pierre (2013). Skills, core capabilities, and the choice between merging, allying, and trading assets. Journal of Mathematical Economics, 49(1):31-48.

  • 2012

    • Delaloye, Francois-Xavier; Habib, Michel A; Ziegler, Alexandre (2012). Swiss Banking Secrecy: The Stock Market Evidence. Financial markets and portfolio management, 26(1):143-176.

  • 2007

    • Ziegler, Alexandre; Habib, Michel A (2007). Why government bonds are sold by auction and corporate bonds by posted-price selling. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 16(3):343-367.
    • Mella-Barral, Pierre; Habib, Michel A (2007). The Role of Knowhow Acquisition in the Formation and Duration of Joint Ventures. Review of Financial Studies, 20(1):189-233.
    • Chemla, Gilles; Ljungqvist, Alexander; Habib, Michel A (2007). An Analysis of Shareholder Agreements. Journal of the European Economic Association, 5(1):93-121.

  • 2006

    • Barzel, Yoram; Habib, Michel A; Johnsen, D Bruce (2006). Prevention Is Better than Cure: The Role of IPO Syndicates in Precluding Information Acquisition. Journal of Business, 79(6):2911-2923.

  • 2005

    • Habib, Michel A; Ljungqvist, Alexander (2005). Firm value and managerial incentives: a stochastic frontier approach. The Journal of Business, 78(6):2053-2094.

  • 2001

    • Habib, Michel; Ljungqvist, Alexander P (2001). Underpricing and entrepreneurial wealth losses in IPOs: theory and evidence. Review of Financial Studies, 14(2):433-458.

  • 2000

    • Habib, Michel A; Johnsen, D Bruce (2000). The private placement of debt and outside equity as an information revelation mechanism. Review of Financial Studies, 13(4):1017-1055.

  • 1999

    • Habib, Michel A; Johnsen, D Bruce (1999). The financing and redeployment of specific assets. Journal of Finance, 54(2):693-720.

  • 1998

    • Habib, Michel A; Ljungqvist, Alexander P (1998). Underpricing and IPO proceeds: a note. Economics Letters, 61(3):381-383.

  • 1997

    • Habib, Michel (1997). Monitoring, implicit contracting, and the lack of permanence of leveraged buyouts. European Finance Review, 1(2):139-163.
    • Habib, Michel A; Johnsen, D Bruce; Naik, Narayan Y (1997). Spinoffs and information. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 6(2):153-176.

  • 1996

    • Habib, Michel; Naik, Narayan (1996). Models of information aggregation in financial markets: a review. Applied Mathematical Finance, 3(2):159-166.

• Book Section

  • 2022

    • Habib, Michel; Johnsen, D Bruce (2022). Equilibrium Investor Protection: Active Mutual Fund Fees. In: Krug, Anita; Laby, Arthur; Shnitser, Natalia. Cambridge Handbook of Investor Protection. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 241-258.

  • 2002

    • Habib, Michel; Ljungqvist, Alexander (2002). Underpricing and Entrepreneurial Wealth Losses in IPOs: Theory and Evidence. In: Biais, Bruno; Pagano, Marco. New research in corporate finance and banking. New York: Oxford University Press, 117-145.

  • 2000

    • Habib, Michel; Brealey, Richard; Cooper, Ian (2000). The financing of large engineering projects. In: Miller, Roger; Lessard, Donald. The strategic management of large engineering projects: shaping institutions, risks, and governance. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 165-179.

• Dissertation

  • 2023

    • Meyer, Kevin. Three Essays in Finance. 2023, University of Zurich, Faculty of Economics.

  • 2021

    • Peng, Yushi. Applications of New Empirical IO in Banking and Real Estate Economics. 2021, University of Zurich, Faculty of Economics.

• Published Research Report

  • 2025

    • Adamek, Juerg; Habib, Michel; Mellors, Frederick; Müller, Andreas; Ongena, Steven (2025). Navigating the World of Sovereign Debt. Zürich: Swiss Finance Institute.

• Scientific Publication in Electronic Form

  • 2023

    • Collard, Fabrice; Habib, Michel; Panizza, Ugo; Rochet, Jean-Charles (2023). Assessing Debt Sustainability in the Euro Area. cepr.org: VoxEU, CEPR Policy Portal.

  • 2016

    • Habib, Michel; Rochet, Jean-Charles; Collard, Fabrice (2016). The reluctant defaulter: A tale of high government debt. London: VoxEU, CEPR Policy Portal.

• Working Paper

  • 2023

    • Habib, Michel; Peng, Yushi; Wang, Yanjie; Wang, Zexi (2023). The Implementation of Central Bank Policy in China: The Roles of Commercial Bank Ownership and CEO Faction Membership. CEPR Discussion Papers 17918, University of Zurich.

  • 2022

    • Collard, Fabrice; Habib, Michel; Panizza, Ugo; Rochet, Jean-Charles (2022). Debt Sustainability with Involuntary Default. CEPR Discussion Papers 17357, University of Zurich.

  • 2013

    • Habib, Michel A; Rochet, Jean-Charles (2013). How can governments borrow so much?. NCCR FINRISK Working Paper Series 863, University of Zurich.

  • 2011

    • Habib, Michel; Hege, Ulrich; Mella-Barral, Pierre (2011). Entrepreneurial Spawning and Firm Characteristics. Working Paper ISB 000, University of Zurich.

  • 2007

    • Gibson, Rajna; Habib, Michel; Ziegler, Alexandre (2007). Why have exchange-traded catastrophe instruments failed to displace reinsurance?. NCCR FINRISK Working Paper Series 371, University of Zurich.