Rettl Daniel
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Daniel started his studies of business administration at the FernUniversitaet in Hagen during his community service in 2001. In 2007, he graduated from the University of Mannheim with a major in finance and international management and a minor in statistics. Aside from being particularly interested in finance related topics, Daniel is also fascinated by the cultural dimensions of behavior within negotiations and problem solving. Currently he is in the fifth year of the PhD program and will be available for interviews at the AFA 2012 meeting in Chicago. |
Education:
- Since 2007: PhD student at the Vienna Graduate School of Finance (full scholarship)
- University of Mannheim, Germany, 2002 - 2007
- East Carolina University, NC, USA, 2004 - 2005
- FernUniversitaet in Hagen, Germany, 2001 - 2002
Research Interests:
Empirical Corporate Finance; Capital Structure Choice, Cash Holdings, and Payout Policy
Working Papers:
- Growth Opportunities, Cash Holdings and Payout Policy, 2011 (Job Market Paper)
- Is Corporate Commercial Paper really special? Evidence from liquidity squeezes, 2011
- Testing Dynamic Tradeoff Theory: Evidence from Rebalancing Points, 2011 (with András Danis)
- Hedge Fund Manager Incentives and Multiple High Water Marks, 2010
Conference Presentations:
- FMA Europe Doctoral Student Consortium, Hamburg, Germany, 2010 German
- Finance Association (DGF), Hamburg, Germany, 2010 (as discussant)
- Campus for Finance – Research Conference, Vallendar, Germany, 2011
- Swiss Society for Financial Market Research (SGF), Zurich, Switzerland, 2011
- French Finance Association (AFFI), Montpellier, France, 2011
Teaching:
- Corporate Finance (undergraduate), WU, 2009 - 2011
- Finance Paper Reading and Writing, MSc Quantitative Finance, WU, 2011
Scholarships:
- WU Gutmann Center PhD Scholarship, 2011
- Scholarship of the UniCredit Leopold Gratz Foundation, 2011-2012
- Scholarship of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), 2007, 2008, 2009
Contact Details:
Phone: +43-1-313 36 Ex 6329
Email: daniel(.)rettl(@)vgsf(.)ac(.)at