Research Fellow
Group:
Forschungsgruppe Hoang
Office Hours:
Only by appointment (prior request via e-mail required)

mondays, 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Room: 238
CS 09.21
Phone: +49 721 608-44769
andreas benz ∂does-not-exist.kit edu

Research Interests

Working Papers

Corporate Diversification and Capital Structure (with Daniel Hoang), 2019. KIT Working Paper
Winner of the Larry Lang Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance 2019
2021 Meeting of the French Finance Association (Nantes), 2020 Meeting of the Financial Management Association (New York), 2020 17th Corporate Finance Day (Liège), 2019 Meeting of the German Economic Association of Business Administration (Rostock), 2019 Meeting of the European Financial Management Association (Ponta Delgada), 2018 3rd SDU Finance Workshop (Odense), 2017 University of Mainz, 2017, University of Würzburg
Picking Winners: Managerial Ability and Capital Allocation in Internal Capital Markets (with Daniel Hoang, Peter Demerjian, Martin Ruckes), 2021. KIT Working Paper
Do Nonfinancial Firms Hold Risky Financial Assets? Evidence from Germany (with Daniel Hoang, Fabian Silbereis, and Raphael Stengel), 2022.
Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Banking and Finance
2021 Annual Conference of the European Financial Management Association (Leeds, UK), 2021 International Conference of the French Finance Association (Nantes, France), 2021 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Finance Association (Galveston, TX, USA)

2016 - today: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), PhD Candidate in Finance
2014 - 2016: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), M.Sc. in Economic Engineering
2009 - 2012: University of Mannheim, B.Sc. in Economics

2016 - today: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Research Fellow
2015 - 2016: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Research Assistant
2012 - 2013: Sparkasse Karlsruhe, Risk Management (Full-Time), Credit Portfolio Modelling

Faculty Council Member (Fakultätsrat): Representative of the Scientific Staff (Akademischer Mittelbau) of the Department of Economics and Management
Library Committee Member (Bibliotheksausschuss) of the Department of Economics and Management

Available Topics: Our chair offers many exciting thesis topics for your Bachelor's or Master's degree. You can find a list of currently available topics here.
Get in Touch: If your interest is in working on a topic offered by me, please do not hesitate to contact me well in advance. My interest is that you make the most of your thesis.
Industry Cooperations and Own Topics: If you plan to cooperate with industry partners or have an own topic in mind, I am happy to supervise if the topic relates to my research areas.
Application Procedure: The application procedure is described here.