Rüdiger Fahlenbrach
Assistant Professor of Finance
Department of Finance
2100 Neil Avenue
Fisher College of Business
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210-1144
Phone: (614) 292 3217
Fax: (614) 292 2418
Updated May 2009
Education
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May 2005
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Ph.D., Finance,
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May 2001
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M.A., Finance,
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July 1999
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Diplomkaufmann (~MBA),
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July 1999
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Diplomé de l'ESSEC, Ecole Supérieure des
Sciences Economiques et Commerciales, Paris, France |
Teaching Experience
Financial Management,
Corporate Finance,
Publications
Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger, Angie Low, and René M. Stulz, 2009, Why do firms appoint CEOs as outside directors?, forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics.
Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger, and René M. Stulz, 2008, Managerial Ownership Dynamics and Firm Value, forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics.
Cronqvist, Henrik, and Rüdiger Fahlenbrach, 2008, Large Shareholders and Corporate Policies, forthcoming Review of Financial Studies.
Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger, 2008, Founder-CEOs, Investment Decisions, and Stock Market Performance, forthcoming Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger, 2009, Shareholder Rights, Boards, and CEO Compensation, Review of Finance 13, 81-113.
Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger,
and Patrik Sandås, 2009,
Co-Movements of Index Options and Futures Quotes, Journal of Empirical Finance 16, 151-163.
Dlugosz, Jennifer, Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger, Gompers, Paul, and Andrew Metrick, 2006, Large Blocks of Stock: Prevalence, Size, and Measurement, Journal of Corporate Finance 12, 594-618.
McDonald, Robert, Mark Cassano, and Rüdiger Fahlenbrach, 2002, Derivatives
Markets (Student Solutions Manual), Addison-Wesley Co.,
Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger, and Günter Strobl, 2001, Using Genetic Algorithms to Find Technical Trading Rules: An Asset-Allocation Perspective, Proceedings of the second international ICSC Symposium on advanced computing in financial markets, ICSC Academic Press, The Netherlands.
Working Papers (please visit my research page)
Becker, Bo, Henrik Cronqvist,
and Rüdiger Fahlenbrach,
2008, Estimating the Effects of Large Shareholders Using a Geographic
Instrument, Working Paper, The
Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger,
Bernadette Minton, and Carrie Pan, 2008, Former CEO Directors: Lingering CEOs
or Valuable Resources?, Working Paper, The
Evans, Richard B., and Rüdiger Fahlenbrach, 2008, Do
Funds Need Governance? Evidence from Variable Annuity-Mutual Fund Twins, Working Paper, The
Fahlenbrach, Rüdiger,
and Patrik Sandås, 2006, Does
Information Drive Trading in Option Strategies?, Working
Paper, The
Early Stage Research
Who owns the S&P 500? (joint with Paul Gompers, Joy Ishii, and Andrew Metrick)
Awards, Honors, and Scholarships
Outstanding Full-Time MBA Core Professor, 2006, 2007, and 2008
Steven H. Sandell Grant, Center for Retirement
Research at
Best Finance Professor,
Morgan Stanley Equity Market Microstructure Research Grant, 2005
Winner of the CRSP outstanding paper award, Midwest Finance Association, 2003
Winner of the best paper in derivatives award, Midwest Finance Association, 2002
Dean's Fellowship for Distinguished Merit,
Fellow of the German National Academic Foundation ("Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes") 1996 - 1999
Fellow of the Collège Franco-Allemand 1997 - 1998
Fellow of the Julius-Paul-Stiegler Foundation 1997-1999
University presentations:
2009: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale
de Lausanne (EPFL), Boston Collge
2008:
2007:
2006: HEC
2005:
2004: Dartmouth, Harvard Business School, ESSEC, HEC Lausanne, HEC Montreal, Ohio State University, UC Irvine, University of Amsterdam, University of North Carolina, University of Utah, Wharton.
2003: Wharton
Conference presentations and
discussions:
Sixth annual Napa Conference on Financial Markets Research, 2009
Second annual Conference on Corporate Governance,
American Finance Association, 2009
UNC-Duke Corporate Finance Conference, 2008
European Finance Association, 2008
European Summer Symposium in Financial Markets, Gerzensee, 2008
American Finance Association, 2008
American Finance Association, 2007 (1 paper, 1 discussion)
European Finance Association, 2004 (1 paper and 1 discussion), 2005(1 paper and 1 discussion), 2007, and 2008
European Summer Symposium in Financial Markets, Gerzensee, 2006
Financial Management Association, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
Hitotsubashi Corporate Governance Conference, Tokyo 2008
NBER’s Summer Institute (Corporate Finance workshop), 2006
NBER’s Market Microstructure meeting, 2003
Washington University Corporate Governance Conference, 2005 (discussion)
Select Media Citations
“Fortune Magazine,” April 10, 2006, “Do company founders make better CEOs?”
The article also
appeared on CNN.com.
“Financial Times,”
“Columbus Dispatch,” Aug. 10, 2006, “Founder-led companies
fare better.”
“USA Today,” Feb. 2, 2007, “Dell joins ranks of once-hot trend: Boomerang CEOs.”
“Forbes.com,” Feb. 2, 2007, “Michael Dell: The Comeback Kid?”
“Dallas Morning News,” Feb. 2, 2007, “Can Dell work magic as a boomerang CEO?”
“The New York Times,” Feb. 3, 2007, “2nd Acts in the Executive
Suite.”
“The Wall Street Journal,” Feb. 5, 2007, “Can Dell Succeed in an Encore?”
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“MarketWatch,”
May 8, 2007, “Much ado about nothing.”
“Forbes.com,” June 19,
2007, “What Are Yang’s Odds?”
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“The Wall Street Journal,” Jan. 12, 2008, “Why investors should applaud a CEO’s
encore performance.” The article also
appeared on the Web sites of MarketWatch,
“The Economist,”,
January 10, 2009, “Second-act chief executives: Comeback kings?
Additional Information
Ad hoc referee for the Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Review of Finance, Review of Financial Studies.
Member: American Finance Association, Western Finance Association, European Finance Association
Languages: Native fluency in German, fluent in English and French
Copyright Rüdiger Fahlenbrach, May 2009