Dr. Andreas Benz

Akademischer Rat

  • Sprechstunden: Montags 17:00 - 19:00 Uhr (nach Vereinbarung)
  • Raum: 233
  • Tel.: 0711 / 459 24451

    Research Interests

    • Empirical Corporate Finance
    • Intersection of Finance and Accounting
    • Corporate Diversification
    • Internal Capital Markets and Capital Allocation

    Working Papers

    • Corporate Diversification and Capital Structure (with Daniel Hoang), 2021.
      Winner of the Larry Lang Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance 2019
      Revise and Resubmit at Review of Finance
      2023 3rd Swiss Accounting Research Alpine Camp (Crans-Montana), 2021 Meeting of the French Finance Association (Nantes), 2020 Meeting of the Financial Management Association (New York), 2020 17th Corporate Finance Day (Liège), 2019 Meeting of the German Economic Association of Business Administration (Rostock), 2019 Meeting of the European Financial Management Association (Ponta Delgada), 2018 3rd SDU Finance Workshop (Odense), 2017 University of Mainz, 2017, University of Würzburg

    • Do Nonfinancial Firms Hold Risky Financial Assets? Evidence from Germany (with Daniel Hoang, Fabian Silbereis, and Raphael Stengel), 2022.
      Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Banking and Finance
      2021 Annual Conference of the European Financial Management Association (Leeds, UK), 2021 International Conference of the French Finance Association (Nantes, France), 2021 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Finance Association (Galveston, TX, USA)

    • Picking Winners: Managerial Ability and Capital Allocation (with Daniel Hoang, Peter Demerjian, Martin Ruckes), 2024. 
      2024 Symposium of the German Economic Association of Business Administration (Bonn), 2024 Meeting of the European Financial Management Association (Lisbon), 2024 Second Aarhus Workshop on Strategic Interaction in Corporate Finance (Aarhus), 2024 84th Annual Scientific Conference of the VHB (Luneburg), 2023 Dolomites Summer Finance Conference (Bolzano), 2023 Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association (Hohenheim), 2023 Aalto University, 2023 Goethe University

    Academic Positions / Professional Experience

    • 2023 - today: University of Hohenheim, Akademischer Rat
    • 2022 - 2023: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Postdoctoral Researcher
    • 2016 - 2022: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Research Fellow
    • 2015 - 2016: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Research Assistant
    • 2012 - 2013: Sparkasse Karlsruhe, Risk Management (Full-Time), Credit Portfolio Modelling

    Education

    • 2016 - 2022: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), PhD in Finance, Dr. rer. pol. (summa cum laude)
    • 2014 - 2016: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), M.Sc. in Economics Engineering
    • 2009 - 2012: University of Mannheim, B.Sc. in Economics

    University Service / Functions

    • 2022 - 2023: Faculty council (Fakultätsrat) of the department of Economics and Management at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    • 2019 - 2023: Library committee of the Department of Economics and Management at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

    Bachelor and Master Theses

    • Available Topics: Our chair offers many exciting thesis topics for your Bachelor's or Master's degree.
    • Get in Touch: If your interest is in working on a topic offered by me, please do not hesitate to contact me well in advance. My interest is that you make the most of your thesis.
    • Industry Cooperations and Own Topics: If you plan to cooperate with industry partners or have an own topic in mind, I am happy to supervise if the topic relates to my research areas.