【Speaker】Kasper Meisner Nielsen, Associate Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

【Topic】Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Trusting the Stock Market in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis

【Time】 Thursday, March 27, 13:45-15:15

【Venue】Room 401, Weilun Building, Tsinghua SEM.

【Language】English

【Organizer】Department of Finance

Kasper Meisner Nielsen is Associate Professor of Finance at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Professor Nielsen previously taught at Chinese University of Hong Kong and Copenhagen Business School, and was a Research Fellow at Centre for Economic and Business Research in Copenhagen. He received a BS, a Master and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Copenhagen.

His research interest is applied microeconometrics in the areas of corporate and household finance. He has studied the consequence of family succession on firm performance, the value of independent directors, and why individuals shy away from stocks.

His work has been published in academic journals including The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Review of Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance and Journal of Banking and Finance. His research has been awarded with external financing from competitive research grants on several occasions.