Kisser Michael
General Information:
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Michael is a fifth year PhD Candidate at Vienna
Graduate School of Finance. His research focus is on Corporate Finance
and Credit Risk. Part of his work has already been presented at various
international conferences and he has been and continues to be involved
in research projects at the International Monetary Fund and the
European Central Bank |
Education:
• Since 2005: PhD Candidate at the Vienna Graduate School of Finance (full scholarship)
• Completed Studies: Business Administration (summa cum laude), University of Innsbruck & Tulane University (2000-2005)
Thesis Committee and Research Projects:
Thesis Committee: Engelbert Dockner (adviser), Christopher Hennessy, Toni Whited and Josef Zechner
The Value of Internal Funds, Jobmarket Paper
Asset Securitzation and Optimal Retention, joint with John Kiff. IMF Working Paper (forthcoming)
Earnout Agreements in M&A, joint with Stefan Bogner. Working Paper
Conference Presentations:
• 21st Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2008, Sydney
• Annual Meeting Midwest Finance Association 2009, Chicago
• FMA Asian Conference 2009, Xiamen
• 12th Conference of Swiss Society for Financial Market Research 2009, Geneva
• FMA European Conference 2009, Turin
Teaching:
• 4 Corporate Finance Specialization Courses: Teaching Chapters 10-31 of 'Corporate Finance' by Berk/DeMarzo
• Portfolio Management Program, Vienna University of Economics and BA & ZZ Asset Management
Miscelleanous:
Programming skills: Fortran, Matlab, R, Stata, Mathematica, Eviews
Language skills: German (native), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent),
Italian (good), French (good), Portuguese (basic knowledge)
Passed CFA Level I Exam (December 2008)
Contact Details:
Phone: +43-1-313 36 Ex 6307
Email: michael(.)kisser(@)vgsf(.)ac(.)at