Welcome!
I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam. I am also a Candidate Fellow at the Tinbergen Institute.
My research interests are empirical corporate finance, bankruptcy and financial distress, and machine learning. I obtained my PhD at the Department of Finance, Copenhagen Business School (CBS).
Working papers
Wealth Protection in Bankruptcy and Serial Entrepreneurship [Link]
Abstract: I study whether wealth protection in personal bankruptcy provides a second chance to failed entrepreneurs. I exploit windfall wealth from inheritances to proxy for exogenous variation in personal wealth after bankruptcy. Windfall wealth increases reentry to business only among entrepreneurs who did not experience severe losses in personal income or wealth before bankruptcy. Those who respond to windfall wealth by starting new businesses have lower profits, indicating their lower entrepreneurial quality. Overall, the findings suggest that bankruptcy policies increasing wealth protection can promote serial entrepreneurship, but their effectiveness is limited by low entrepreneurial quality and personal experience of severe losses.
- Award: Financial News & KAFA Doctoral Student Dissertation Award
- Presentations (including scheduled): Erasmus University Rotterdam, NYU Stern, American Law and Economics Association Annual Meeting, Young Scholars Nordic Finance Workshop, Durham Conference for Finance Job Market Papers, FMA Asia/Pacific Conference, FMA Annual Meeting (Doctoral Student Consortium), Research in Behavioral Finance Conference, Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Boca-ECGI Corporate Finance and Governance Conference, Paris December Finance Meeting, MFA Annual Meeting
Biased Judges? Judge Characteristics and Bankruptcy Outcomes
Abstract: Exploiting random assignment of judges to corporate bankruptcy filings, I examine the effect of judge characteristics on outcomes. First, I find that cases assigned to judges who grew up during the Great Depression are more likely to emerge from bankruptcy, whereas those assigned to judges with economics training and conservative political ideology are less likely to. Second, I show that case duration is shorter (longer) when the potential case outcome is consistent (inconsistent) with judges’ preferences. Third, the judge characteristics do not correlate with post-emergence outcomes. Overall, the findings suggest that the effect of judge characteristics may be concentrated in marginal cases where the economic benefits of liquidation versus emergence are not significantly different.
- Award: Best Dissertation Award at Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets (2022)
- Presentations: Copenhagen Business School, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, MFA Annual Meeting, FMCG Conference PhD Symposium, AsianFA Annual Conference, Finance Forum, FMA European Conference, Annual Conference of the European Association of Law and Economics, FMA Annual Meeting (Main & Doctoral Student Consortium & Special PhD Paper Presentation), Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, PhD Nordic Finance Workshop
Work in progress
Disqualifying Managerial Misconduct in Corporate Bankruptcy, with S. Lakshmi Naaraayanan and Kasper Meisner Nielsen
Abstract: This study examines the introduction of bankruptcy quarantines that disqualifies managers engaging in negligent business practices for up to 3 years. Using administrative register data from Denmark, we document that disqualifications discourage future business activity: After the quarantine, individuals are 15% less likely to be managers or business owners. Disqualified individuals are also less likely to be involved in future bankruptcies or future criminal activities. At the same time, the fraction of family members of disqualified individuals who are active in a management role increases from 10% to 30%. We also find changes to the managerial labor pool, resulting in more CEOs with a criminal record and those that rely solely on social transfers. Overall, our findings provide the first systematic evidence on the governance consequences of disqualifying managerial misconduct in corporate bankruptcies.
- Presentations (including scheduled): Stockholm School of Economics (accounting), Financial Fraud, Misconduct and Market Manipulation Conference, CSR, the Economy and Financial Markets, Boca-ECGI Corporate Finance and Governance Conference, Conference on Empirical Legal Studies
First name pronunciation
- similar to "dong hee-uhn". Play sound below.
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