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Department of Finance

Public Thesis Defenses

Of the many milestones our PhD Candidates pass, the Public Thesis Defence is our favorite. Often friends, family, colleagues and peers join in and mark this special day. We are proud of each and every one of our successful PhDs.

 

2024

PhD Candidate Topic Location Date & Time Main advisor
Mohammad Hassan Sadeghi Selected Statistical Approaches in Quantitative Risk Management KOL-H-321, and online 04.10.2024
7:00pm
Marc Paolella
Soros Chitsiripanich New Momentum, Reversal, and Multivariate Discrete Mixtures for Portfolio Selection online 13.09.2024
2:30pm
Marc Paolella
Qian Wang Three Essays in Financial Machine Learning KO2-F-153 09.09.2024
10:00am
Markus Leippold
Giulio Cornelli Essays on Fintech and Digital Currencies KOL-F-103 26.07.2024
1:30pm
Steven Ongena
Winta Beyene Essays in Empirical Banking and Climate Finance KO2-F-150, and online 13.06.2024
9:00am
Steven Ongena
Alexandra Matyunina Essays on Bank Credit Supply online 31.05.2024
3:00pm
Steven Ongena
Vincent Wolff The Economics of Financial Markets with Frictions: Risk-Taking, Market Liquidity, and Transaction Taxes KOL-F-101, and online 03.05.2024
3:00pm
Marc Chesney
Isabella Kooij Sustainability Integration and Trading Behavior in Financial Markets PLD-E-04 11.03.2024
10:00am
Thorsten Hens
Daniel Grosshans Beliefs in Financial Economics KOL-E-13 26.02.2024
3:00pm
Thorsten Hens
Adrian Fuhrer Essays in Quantitative Finance PLM-F-103/104 19.02.2024
2:00pm
Walter Farkas
Adrien-Paul Lambillon Sustainable Finance or Financialization of Sustainability? KOL-F-104 09.02.2024
4:30pm
Marc Chesney
Linda I. Hain Statistical Finance: Insuring Climate Risks KOL-G-217 01.02.2024
12:00
Markus Leippold
Luca Gaegauf Essays in Finance online 31.01.2024
3:00pm
Felix Kübler
Michal Svaton Essays in Volatility PLM-F-103/104 09.01.2024
10:00am
Markus Leippold
Luzius Meisser Essays in Decentralized Finance PLD-E-04 08.01.2024
2:00pm
Thorsten Hens

2023

PhD Candidate Topic Location Date & Time Main advisor
Jordy Rillaerts Three Essays in Empirical Finance online 25.10.2023
5:30pm
Markus Leippold
Reto Rey Three Essays in Small Business and Consumer Finance KOL-G-222 20.10.2023
9:30am
Thorsten Hens
Jiyuan Huang Factor structure and Machine Learning in Finance KO2-F-174 09.08.2023
3:00pm
Per Östberg
Ming Deng Corporate Communication and News Media in the Financial Market KOL-E-18 03.07.2023
3:00pm
Thorsten Hens
Konrad Kevin Meyer Three Essays in Finance PLM-F-103/104 17.05.2023
3:30pm
Michel Habib
Stefan Pohl Three Essays on Empirical Financial Intermediation online 11.04.2023
3:30pm
Steven Ongena
Jiani (Isabelle) Zheng Climate Change, Biodiversity Losses and Financial Risks online 28.03.2023
3:30pm
Marc Chesney
Jan Toczynski Essays in Empirical Finance PLM-F-103/104 03.03.2023
4:00pm
Christoph Basten

2022

PhD Candidate Topic Location Date & Time Main advisor
Simon Hediger New Methods for Testing, Prediction, and Estimation with Applications to Finance KO2-F-152 15.12.2022
11:00am
Markus Leippold
Michele Pelli Essays on Unconventional Central Bank Policies KOL-E-18,
and online
02.12.2022
4:15pm
Michel Habib
Andrea Bergesio Frictional costs in insurance KOL-G-204 07.11.2022
11:00am
Cosimo Munari
Florian Heeb Three Essays on the Impact of Sustainable Investing KOL-F-123 24.08.2022
3:00pm
Marc Chesney
Patrick Eugster Forecasting with Technical and Sentiment Analysis KOL-G-212 22.08.2022
3:00pm
Thorsten Hens
Sean Hofland New Approaches to Modelling Individual Decisions under Uncertainty KOL-E-18 22.08.2022
10:00am
Helga Fehr
Alexander Smirnow Risk Measures and their Applications in Quantitative Finance KOL-F-101,
and online
23.06.2022
4:00pm
Walter Farkas
Urban Ulrych Applications of Statistical Learning in Quantitative Finance KOL-G-217,
and online
03.03.2022
4:00pm
Walter Farkas

2021

PhD Candidate Topic Location Date & Time Main advisor
Olga Briukhova Three Essays on the Consequences of Financial Stability Regulation KOL-G-204,
and online
21.10.2021
09:00am
Stefano Battiston
Dietmar Dorn Corporate Market Timing and Short-Sale Constraints Webinar 15.10.2021
10:00am
Per Östberg
Mrinal Mishra How Does Financial Intermediation Respond to Varied Shocks? KOL-G-204,
and online
09.09.2021
2:00pm
Steven Ongena
Kuchulain O'Flynn Essays on the Impact of Financial Markets on Traditional Banking Webinar 09.09.2021
12:00
Steven Ongena
Philipp Lentner The effect of monetary policy on covered bonds Webinar 23.08.2021
10:00am
Kjell Nyborg
Gazi Kabas Essays on Household Finance and Empirical Banking Webinar 13.08.2021
10:00am
Steven Ongena
Marlon Azinovic Essays on Computational Macro-Finance Webinar 29.07.2021
3:00pm
Felix Kübler
Marco Ceccarelli Essays on Sustainable Finance Webinar 14.07.2021
2:00pm
Alexander Wagner
Gianluca De Nard Asset Return Prediction and Covariance Matrix Estimation for Portfolio Selection in Large Dimensions Webinar 16.06.2021
12:00
Markus Leippold
Yushi Peng Applications of New Empirical IO in Banking and Real Estate Economics Webinar 21.05.2021
10:00am
Michel Habib
Stefano Ramelli Finance in the Climate Crisis: Preferences, Policies, and Prospects Webinar 16.04.2021
9:00am
Alexander Wagner
Felix Stang Essays on Arbitrage Pricing Theory and Contagion in a Financial Network Webinar 26.02.2021
4:00pm
Markus Leippold
Jonathan Krakow Information Disclosure, Competition, and Sustainability in Retail Financial Markets Webinar 04.02.2021
2:00pm
Marc Chesney
Alan Roncoroni Risk and opportunities in the context of the low-carbon transition: a financial network approach Webinar 15.01.2021
2:00pm
Stefano Battiston

2020

PhD Candidate Topic Location Date & Time Main advisor
Alexandra Janssen Expectations, Fear, and Returns in Currency Markets Webinar 18.12.2020
4:15pm
Thorsten Hens
Hanlin Yang Learning and Systematic Investing Webinar 03.11.2020
10:00am
Markus Leippold
Chiara Perillo A macro-financial network perspective to policy analysis Webinar 11.09.2020
10:30am
Stefano Battiston
Egor Maslov Essays in Financial Integration, Firm Dynamics and Risk Sharing Webinar 28.08.2020
4:00pm
Mathias Hoffmann
Steven Schärer Three Essays on Financial Engineering Webinar 04.06.2020
3:00pm
Markus Leippold
Luca Mazzone Leverage, Business Cycles and Human Capital Accumulation Webinar 28.05.2020
6:00pm
Felix Kübler
Michael Schnetzer Essays on Institutional Asset Management Webinar 13.05.2020
5:00pm
Thorsten Hens
Ludovic Mathys American-Type Exotic Options and Risk Management in Lévy-Driven Markets Webinar 29.04.2020
4:00pm
Walter Farkas
Yunhao He Essays on Factor Asset Pricing Webinar 23.04.2020
10:00am
Markus Leippold
Andrada Bilan Three Essays on the Consequences of Financial Market Frictions Webinar 19.03.2020
4:30pm
Steven Ongena
Lena Hörnlein Financing the energy transition - The impact of a changing power sector on investors PLD-E-04 20.01.2020
10:00am
Marc Chesney

2019

PhD Candidate Topic Location Date & Time Main advisor
Vladimir Petrov Essays on Directional-Change Intrinsic Time PLD-E-04 20.09.2019
10:00am
Stefano Battiston
Runjie Geng Essays in Equilibrium Asset Pricing KO2-F-156 19.09.2019
13:00pm
Felix Kübler
Carlos Vargas Essays in Sustainable Finance PLD-E-04 12.07.2019
11:00am
Marc Chesney
Kathrin DeGreiff Essays on the Link of Climate Change and the Banking Sector KO2-F-155 26.06.2019
9:00am
Jean-Charles Rochet
Lilia Mukhlynina Essays on Valuation, Investments, and Asset Pricing KOL-G-220 12.06.2019
3:00pm
Kjell Nyborg
Adriano Tosi Essays in Systematic Asset Pricing KOL-G-217 07.06.2019
11:30am
Steven Ongena
Fulvia Fringuellotti Three Essays on Bank Lending HG-D-22 07.06.2019
2:00pm
Steven Ongena
Regina Hammerschmid Essays on the Pricing of Commodity and Currency Returns KOL-G-212 30.04.2019
3:00pm
Thorsten Hens

2018

PhD Candidate Topic Location Date & Time Main advisor
Thomas Richter Trading, Liquidity and Regulation in Sovereign Bond Markets KOL-G-212 19.12.2018
2:00pm
Per Östberg
Roger Rüegg Essays on Active Investing KOL-H-321 29.11.2018
12:15pm
Markus Leippold
Inke Nyborg Wie Banknoten Bargeld wurden. Geld und Notenbanken in der Schweiz im langen 19. Jahrhundert KO2-F-156 06.11.2018
3:00pm
Urs Birchler
Ferdinand Langnickel Essays in Behavioral Finance KOL-G-220 08.06.2018
09:00am
Thorsten Hens
Dominika Kryczka Recursive equilibria in non-optimal financial economies KOL-G-212 16.04.2018
2:00pm
Felix Kübler
Simone Bernardi Three Essays on Regulatory, Market, and Estimation Risk KOL-N-1-EV 27.03.2018
10:00am
Markus Leippold
Anastasiia Sokko Essays in Behavioural Financial Markets and Asset Pricing KOL-G-212 12.01.2018
2:00pm
Thorsten Hens

2017

PhD Candidate Topic Location Date & Time Main advisor
Quan Zhang Limits of Arbitrage and Collateral Constraints HG-D16.2 24.10.2017
2:00pm
Felix Kübler
René Hegglin Three Essays on Empirical Banking KOL-H-317 25.09.2017
4:00pm
Urs Birchler
Peter Schmidt Essays on Financial Market Efficiency KOL-F-123 22.09.2017
4:00pm
Alexander Wagner
Felix Fattinger The Pricing of Uncertain Information: From the Lab, to Derivatives Markets, to State-contingent Sovereign Debt HG-D22 22.09.2017
1:45pm
Marc Chesney
Andrin Bögli Essays on the Economics of Deception and Debt HG-D22 31.08.2017
4:00pm
Alexander Wagner
Ivan Petzev Essays in Asset Pricing and Corporate Finance HG-D22 30.08.2017
4:00pm
Alexander Wagner
Amelie Brune Three Essays on Economic Crises KOL-E-18 22.08.2017
11:00am
Thorsten Hens
Cornelia Rösler Three Essays on the Interbank Market KOL-F-109 21.08.2017
10:00am
Kjell Nyborg
Jiri Woschitz Three Essays on Monetary Policy and Financial Markets KOL-E-18 16.08.2017
2:00pm
Kjell Nyborg
Nina Gotthelf Three Essays on Media Content and Financial Markets KOL-N-1 21.06.2017
5:30pm
Thorsten Hens
Elisabeth Megally Three Essays on Managerial Compensation KOL-F-103 19.06.2017
1:30pm
Michel Habib
Lucas Marc Fuhrer Three Essays on Money and Liquidity KOL-G-217 24.05.2017
2pm
Kjell Nyborg
Andreas Ita Essays in Corporate Finance KO2-F-152 21.02.2017
1:15pm
Alexander Wagner

2016

PhD Candidate Topic Location Date & Time Main advisor
Sabine Elmiger On the Robustness of Consumption-Based Asset Pricing KOL-G-212 10.11.2016
11:00am
Thorsten Hens
Diego Ostinelli Financial markets, Innovation, and Acquisitions KO2-F-152 03.10.2016
4:00pm
Michel Habib
Jakub Rojček Market Quality and Price Impact of High-Frequency Trading and its Regulation KOL-G-212 12.07.2016
4:00pm
Thorsten Hens
Diana Festl-Pell Essays on Banking, Governance and Sustainability PLD-E-06 08.06.2016
10:30am
Urs Birchler
Nikola Vasiljevic Option Pricing and Market Risk Management in the Presence of Jump Risk KOL-G-209 13.04.2016
10:30am
Markus Leippold
Bruno Troja Essays on Optimal Investments in the Mitigation of Global Warming PLD-E-06 24.02.2016
3:15pm
Marc Chesney

2015

PhD Candidate Topic Location Date & Time Main advisor
Boris Wälchli Essays on Nonaffine Option Pricing and Random Forests in the Fields of Finance PLD-E-06 25.11.2015
2pm
Walter Farkas
Michele Doronzo Empirical Essays on Risky Assets, Asset Allocation and Emission Certificates PLD-E-06 22.09.2015
5pm
Marc Paolella
Remo Stössel Risk Assessment and Risk Communication in Theory and Practice KOL-E-13 28.08.2015
4pm
Thorsten Hens
Anca Claudia Pana Contributions to the Economics of Climate Change Mitigation PLD-E-06 18.08.2015
2:30pm
Marc Chesney
Meike Bradbury Improved Investment Advice Through Risk Simulation KOL-E-13 17.08.2015
4pm
Thorsten Hens
Manish Gupta Three Essays in Real Estate and Entrepreneurial Finance KOL-F-109 10.07.2015
4pm
Thorsten Hens
Meriton Ibraimi Essays on Arbitrage Pricing Theory and Systemic Risk Modeling PLD-E-04 06.05.2015
10am
Markus Leippold
Falko Paetzold Three Essays on Sustainable Investing in Private Wealth Management PLD-E-06 27.02.2015
3pm
Marc Chesney
Markus Ludwig Three Essays on Option Implied Information PLM-103/104 23.02.2015
11am
Markus Leippold
Lujing Su Three Essays on Market Frictions PLD-E-04 29.01.2015
10:30am
Markus Leippold

2014

PhD Candidate Topic Location Date & Time Main advisor
Dominic Burkhardt Three Essays in Asset Pricing FRE-D-14 31.10.2014
3pm
Henrik Hasseltoft
Tatjana Puhan Essays in Finance PLD-E-06 19.09.2014
3pm
Marc Chesney
Suzanne Ziegler-Peter Bankinsolvenz und Einlegerschutz - Analyse und Beurteilung der Entwicklung in der Schweiz PLD-E-06 18.09.2014
9am
Urs Birchler
Nilufer Caliskan Essays in Asset Pricing Anomalies PLD-E-04 16.09.2014
6:15pm
Thorsten Hens
Felix Matthys Three Essays in Quantitative Finance KOL-N-1/2 09.09.2014
11am
Markus Leippold
Robert Huitema Essays in Quantitative Finance   29.08.2014 Walter Farkas
Ethem Güney Essays in Banking and Finance PLD-E-04 08.07.2014
2pm
Jean-Charles Rochet
Kristoph Steikert The Weighted Nadaraya-Watson Estimator: Strong Consistency Results, Rates of Convergence, and a Local Bootstrap Procedure to Select the Bandwidth PLD-E-04 25.04.2014
2pm
Felix Kübler
Dörte Kreher Strict Local Martingales, Random Times and Non-Standard Changes of Probability Measure in Financial Mathematics Y27-H28 21.03.2014
2pm
Ashkan Nikeghbali
Chris Bardgett Volatility and correlation modelling for equity indices KOL-G-212 19.03.2014
11am
Markus Leippold
Fabian Ackermann Three Essays on the Efficiency of
Selected Financial Markets
MOO-E-006 03.03.2014
4:15pm
Karl Schmedders
Ombretta Marchiodi Essays on Real Options, R & D, Empirical Applications to the Pharmaceutical Industry PLD-E-04 03.03.2014
4:30pm
Marc Chesney
Jochen Krause Mixture Models in Financial Risk Modeling   12.02.2014 Marc Paolella