Consultation hours
During the summer semester 2025, consultation hours will take place on Wednesdays, 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., in the office (VG 3.05). Please register by e-mail with Ms. Schubert (sekretariat.finanzierung@ur.de).
The "Exercise for the bachelor's thesis" will take place in the summer semester 2025 on Wednesdays, 10:00 to 10:45 a.m., in the office (VG 3.05). Please register by e-mail with Ms. Schubert (sekretariat.finanzierung@ur.de).
The "Exercise for the Master's thesis" will take place in the summer semester 2025 on Wednesdays, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m., in the office (VG 3.05). Please register by e-mail with Ms. Schubert (sekretariat.finanzierung@ur.de).
About the person
After studying mathematics with a minor in business administration at the University of Augsburg, Gregor Dorfleitner completed his doctorate in 1998 with a dissertation on index futures under the supervision of Professor Dr. Günter Bamberg at the Chair of Statistics at the University of Augsburg. In 2003, he completed his habilitation at the Faculty of Economics at the same university. In April 2004, he was appointed Professor of Finance at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Beginning in July 2005, he headed the newly established department of Financial Engineering and Derivatives. Since October 2007, he has held the Chair of Business Administration, in particular Finance and has served as Director of the Centre of Finance at the University of Regensburg since April 2008. He is the author of numerous internationally published academic papers.
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Main research areas
- Sustainable Finance
- FinTech and digital finance
- Risk models for companies, risk measures
- Company valuation
- Microfinance
Training objectives
Students are expected to become familiar with, evaluate, and apply a broad range of financial instruments. This goes is closely linked to the development of quantitative skills, with a particular emphasis on practical implementation using computer-based tools.
Interdisciplinary connections with subjects such as statistics, financial services, and econometrics are explicitly encouraged. Graduates will acquire the analytical and technical competencies needed to succeed both in financial institutions and in corporate finance functions such as treasury, controlling, and risk management.
Publications
- Dorfleitner, Gregor, Forcella, Davide and Gerckens, Andreas (2025) Climate Change in Microcredit Portfolios: Evidence on Vulnerability, Adaptation and Implications for Inclusive Finance.
Business Strategy and the Environment: 34, P. 4409-4435.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bse.4178 - Kathan, Manuel, Utz, Sebastian, Dorfleitner, Gregor, Eckberg, Jens and Chmel, Lea (2025) What you see is not what you get: ESG scores and greenwashing risk.
Finance Research Letters
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2024.106710 - Ankareddy, Samhita, Dorfleitner, Gregor, Zhang, Lin and Ok, Yong Sik (2025) Embedding Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions: A Review of Practices and Challenges.
Cleaner Environmental Systems - Senanayake, Maheshika, Harymawan, Iman, Dorfleitner, Gregor, Lee, Seungsoo, Rhee, Jay Hyuk and Ok, Yong Sik (2024) Towards More Nature-Positive Outcomes: A Review of Corporate Disclosure and Decision-Making on Biodiversity.
Sustainability: 16 (18), P. 8110.
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su16188110 - Dorfleitner, Gregor and Kreuzer, Christian (2024-09) Board Responsibility for Irresponsibility: The Link Between Board Structure and Corporate Scandals.
Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research: 76, P. 433-461.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41471-024-00192-4 - Dorfleitner, Gregor and Nguyen, Quynh Anh (2024) Mobile money for women’s economic empowerment: the mediating role of financial management practices.
Review of Managerial Science: 18, P. 1807-1836.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11846-022-00564-2 - Dorfleitner, Gregor and Zhang, Rongxin (2024) ESG News Sentiment and Stock Price Reactions: A Comprehensive Investigation via BERT.
Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research: 76, P. 197-244. - Dorfleitner, Gregor and Utz, Sebastian (2024) Green, green, it’s green they say: a conceptual framework for measuring greenwashing on firm level.
Review of Managerial Science: 18, P. 3463-3486.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11846-023-00718-w - Glei?ner, Werner, Wolfrum, Marco and Dorfleitner, Gregor (2024) M&A and the simulation-based valuation of companies with an uncertain exit price and special rights.
Credit and Capital Markets - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Hornuf, Lars and Kreppmeier, Julia (2023) Promise Not Fulfilled: FinTech, Data Privacy, and the GDPR.
Electronic Markets: 33, P. 33.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12525-023-00622-x
Prof. Dr. Gregor Dorfleitner
Head of the Chair
- E-mail address: gregor.dorfleitner(at)ur.de (opens your email program)
- Tel: +49 941 943 2683 (starts a telephone call, if your device allows this)
- Fax: +49 941 943 812683
- Location: Vielberth Building, VG 3.05
- Important information: Consultation hours during the summer term 2025 take place on Wednesdays from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. in the office (VG 3.05).
Please register in advance by emailing Ms. Schubert (sekretariat.finanzierung@ur.de). - Department of Finance
