2021-01-26: Sarac Burak's bachelor thesis "Variance risk premiums on German government bonds" was selected by Junior Management Science as one of the best final theses in the area of business administration in the DACH region.
Awarded theses
2021-01-25: In the upcoming summer semester 2021 we will offer the "Master-Seminar in Finance " on the topic "Corona Crisis and Financial Markets". In this seminar, we would like to explore the question of how dangerous the virus is for the capital markets. All information about the seminar and the organizational procedure can be found on the Wiwi-Portal and on our homepage.
To the seminar
2020-01-13 The energy transition requires a completely new market design. Households are becoming prosumers, energy supply can often be thought of more locally, supply is becoming more volatile, new risks must be included, and opportunities must be exploited. Our joint project with Wolf Fichtner, Martin Klarmann, and Nora Szech on these topics will be financed by funds available to KIT from the federal government's Excellence Strategy.
Currently funded projects
2020-12-12: For the research projects at our chair we have to assign a trainee position (f/m/d). We also have vacancies for student assistants (f/m/d) and a research assistant (f/m/d). We are looking forward to your application!
To the job postings
2020-12-04: Jelena Eberbach has received a teaching award from the KIT Department of Economics and Management for her course "Übungen in Investments" in the summer semester 2020. Congratulations!
Teaching Awards
2020-11-26: Dr. Michael Hofmann was awarded the Science Prize 2019 of the KIT-Department of Economics and Managment in the category business administration for his dissertation "Frictions, Intermediaries, and the Option Market". Congratulations!
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2020-10-19: To support our teaching and research activities we are looking for a student assistant (f/m/d). Furthermore, there is vacancy for a research assistant (f/m/d) at our chair. We are looking forward to your application.
Vacancies
2020-10-12: The exams of the summer semester 2020 can be viewed between November 9 and November 12. Please note that registration for viewing is mandatory.
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