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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Economic Theory,Economic Policy, Applied Economics |
| Keywords | contract theory, lan and economics/finance, corporate finance, economics of organization, bahavioral economics/ behavioral finance |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Berkeley |
| Institution | University of California, Berkeley |
| Institute | Department of Economics |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Hendrik Hakenes | Institut für Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/02/2016 |
Programme(s)
| 2015 | Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Malmendier is well known internationally for her outstanding research in corporate finance and behavioural economics. She has made important contributions to the theory of the formation and the properties of utility functions. Within her studies, she combines a large variety of empirical methods with intuitive economic insight. During her stay in Germany, she intends to work on behavioural aspects of political economy, the foundations of behavioural economics as well as takeovers in corporate finance. |