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, Kreuzer, Christian and Sparrer, Christian (2022) To sin in secret is no sin at all: On the linkage of policy, society, culture, and firm characteristics with corporate scandals.
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization: 202, P. 762-784. - Scheckenbach, Isabel, Wimmer, Maximilian and Dorfleitner, Gregor (2021-11) The higher you fly, the harder you try not to fall: An analysis of the risk taking behavior in social trading.
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance: 82, P. 239-259.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2021.09.003 - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Utz, Sebastian and Zhang, Rongxin (2022-04) The pricing of green bonds: external reviews and the shades of green.
Review of Managerial Science: 16, P. 797-834.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11846-021-00458-9 - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Muck, Franziska and Scheckenbach, Isabel (2021) Blockchain applications for climate protection: a global empirical investigation.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews: 149, P. 111378. - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Oswald, Eva-Maria and Zhang, Rongxin (2021) From credit risk to social impact: On the funding determinants in interest-free peer-to-peer lending.
Journal of Business Ethics: 170, P. 375-400. - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Kreuzer, Christian and Laschinger, Ralf (2021) How socially irresponsible are socially responsible mutual funds? A persistence analysis.
Finance Research Letters: 43, P. 101990.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2021.101990 - Arnold, Lutz G., Booker, Benedikt, Dorfleitner, Gregor and R?he, Michaela (2021) Refinancing MFIs with Market Power: Theory and Evidence.
Small Business Economics: 56, P. 1485-1505. - Dorfleitner, Gregor and Grebler, Johannes (2020) The social and environmental drivers of corporate credit ratings: international evidence.
Business Research: 13 (3), P. 1343-1415.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40685-020-00127-9 - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Hornuf, Lars and Wannenmacher, Lena (2020) Der deutsche FinTech-Markt im Jahr 2020.
ifo Schnelldienst: 73 (8), P. 33-40. - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Kreuzer, Christian and Sparrer, Christian (2020) ESG controversies and controversial ESG: About Silent Saints and Small Sinners.
Journal of Asset Management: 21, P. 393-412.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41260-020-00178-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
