The People
Supervising PhD students is, to me, one of the real perks of this job. I am fortunate to work (and have worked) with some very talented PhD students. Below, you find a little bit of information on each of them (in reverse chronological order).
- Gaby Contreras (expected to graduate in 2014)
- Gaby has a research master from Utrecht University. She works on dynamic networks of financial institutions. At the moment, she is working on syndicated lending (with Stefanie Kleimeier and myself) and she is preparing a study on interbank market developments during the crisis.
- www.gabycontreras.com, academic page.
- Matteo Millone (expected to graduate in 2013)
- Matteo is a PhD in Banking and Finance since September 2010. He has a multidisciplinary background in Economics, Law and Political Science. His work is focused on the interaction between social and financial performance at the level of both institutions and investors. At the moment he is working on benchmarking the performance of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs). He is also collaborating with Microfinance investment funds to assess the level of interest rates charged by MFIs.
- academic page, ECCE page.
- Martien Lamers (expected to graduate in 2014)
- Martien is a PhD student at the University of Gent. His main supervisor is Prof. dr. Michael Frömmel. Martien works on extreme events, focusing on the impact of terrorism on stock prices, insider trading in betting markets and - with me- on a new paper on financial stability and optimal bank size.
- academic page.
- Lu Zhang (expected to graduate in 2012)
- Claire Economidou, Clemens Kool and I supervise Lu’s PhD thesis. Lu received a Mosaic grant from the Netherlands Science Foundation (NWO). She has a research master degree at Utrecht School of Economics. Her PhD topic is the relationship between the openness and integration of countries and their industrial structure.
- academic page.
- Manos Sfakianakis (graduated in 2011)
- Bertrand Candelon and I supervised Manos’ PhD thesis. Manos’ principal area of interest concerns the effect of government guarantees as contingent liabilities arising from Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs), on debt sustainability.
- Ryan van Lamoen (graduated in 2011)
- Clemens Kool and I supervised Ryan’s thesis. Ryan’s work focuses on the relationship between competition and innovation. In light of this topic, Ryan’s current work includes a paper on innovation in banking, the effect of scale economies on competition and innovation, and competition over the industry life cycle.
- Michael Koetter (graduated in 2005)
- Clemens Kool and I supervised Michael’s PhD thesis, which was entitled “Efficiency and Mergers in German Banking.” Michael’s thesis takes a look at a very topical subject: the consolidation that has taken and is currently taking place in banking markets. In particular, Michael looked at the efficiency effects of this consolidation. Michael is currently an associate professor at the University of Groningen. He has a Veni grant from the Netherlands Science Foundation (NWO) and continues to work on banking, financial fragility and growth.
- academic page.