Curriculum vitae Christian Riis Flor November 1, 2013 General information: Date of birth Nationality Status Home address December 12, 1973 in Odense, Denmark Danish Married to Mette P. C. Flor with whom I have Amanda (born November 2009) Gudrunvænget 14, DK 5270 Odense N, Denmark Current employment Associate Professor of Finance Department of Business and Economics University of Southern Denmark Campusvej 55 DK 5230 Odense M Denmark Office phone +45 6550 3384 Department phone +45 6550 3271 Fax +45 6550 3237 E-mail crf@sam.sdu.dk Home page sites.google.com/site/florfinance/home Affiliations: July 2005 present Aug. 2002 June 2005 Feb. 2002 July 2002 Aug. 2001 Jan. 2002 Aug. 1998 July 2001 May 1998 July 1998 Associate Professor, Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Southern Denmark Assistant Professor w.s.d., Department of Accounting, Finance & Law, University of Southern Denmark Research assistant, Department of Accounting, Finance & Law, University of Southern Denmark Ph.D. student, Department of Accounting, Finance & Law, University of Southern Denmark (earlier at the Department of Management, Odense University) Research assistant at the Department of Management, Odense University 1
Academic duties: Nov. 2011 present Aug. 2009 Oct. 2011 Aut. 2007 Aug. 2009 Head of the Finance Research Group Head of the Finance and Econometrics Research Group Member of the Academic Board of Business Administration, University of Southern Denmark 2012 present Responsible for the Master of Science profile in Finance and Economics (cand.oecon. finansiering og økonomi) 2007 2012 Responsible for the Master of Science profile in Finance (cand.merc.; profil: finansiering) 2012 present Coordinator of the Accounting and Finance seminar series 2012 present Interviewer at ASSA/AFA job market Education: July 18, 2002 May 6, 1998 June 1992 Ph.D. in Economics from the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Ph.D. thesis handed in January 2002, defended May 28, 2002 Dissertation title: Dynamic Capital Structure Cand.scient.oecon. (Master s degree in Mathematics-Economics), Department of Operations Research, Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Copenhagen Upper secondary school leaving examination (A-levels), Rysensteen Gymnasium, Copenhagen, Denmark Visiting positions: Jan. 1999 June 1999 Visiting Doctoral Fellow at the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Business, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A. Research interests: Optimal capital structure, corporate investment and dividend policy, capital markets with asymmetric information, valuation, credit risk, real options analysis, dynamic corporate finance, employee stock options, incentive problems, ambiguous information and information quality. Ph.D. Committees: 2012/2013 Ph.D. thesis by Christian Rix-Nielsen, Aarhus University Autumn 2009 Autumn 2006 Ph.D. thesis by Linda Sandris Larsen, SDU Ph.D. thesis by Simon Lysbjerg Hansen, SDU 2
Position committees: Summer 2008 Winter 2007 Summer 2007 Autumn 2006 Autumn 2006 Associate/assistant professorship at Aarhus University, ASB Associate professorship at CBS Post.Doc. at Aarhus School of Business Assistant professorship at SDU Associate professorship at SDU Teaching experience: Undergraduate Autumn 2007 Erhvervsøkonomi 3b (Business Economics 3b), module 2. Mandatory finance course for business-law students: risk and return, cost of capital, WACC, venture capital, IPOs, mergers, options, risk management. Brealey, Myers, and Marcus (2007). Spring 2006 Finansiel Risikostyring (Risk Management). Elective course on risk management for Business Economics students: Why do firms hedge, what risk factors should be hedged, how to hedge in practice by VaR and other instruments. Grinblatt and Titman (2002),Froot, Scharfstein, and Stein (1993), Smith and Stulz (1985), and other papers. Autumn 2005-2006 Autumn 2001-2004 Autumn 1998 Business Economics 2a (Erhvervsøkonomi 2a, finansieringsmodulet): Mandatory course on basic finance concepts: interest rates, investment theory (NPV, internal rate of return), choice of investments. Christensen and Sørensen (2001), Christensen and Sørensen (2005). Finansiering (/Investering). Mandatory course in basic finance theory: fixed income, CAPM, APT, options, the binomial and Black-Scholes model, capital structure (HA, HA-jur and scient.oecon. students). Grinblatt and Titman (2002), Munk (2000a) and (2000b), Flor and Munk (2004). Teaching Assistant in Finansiering/Investering. Graduate Autumn 2013 Dynamic Corporate Finance and Investments. Advanced course (cand.- oecon + merc. + scient.oecon.): Real options analysis, numerical methods, dynamic capital structure models, M&As, corporate investments and stock returns. Dixit and Pindyck (1994), Flor (2013), Morellec and Zhdanov (2008), Bhamra, Kuehn, and Strebulaev (2010), Ozdagli (2012), and other papers. 3
Spring 2010 2012 Autumn 2008 2009 Spring 2008 2010 Autumn 2007-2011 Autumn 2006-2007 Spring 2002-2006 Autumn 2001 Dynamic Investment Strategies (co-lectured). Advanced course (cand.- merc. and cand.scient.oecon.): Real options analysis, dynamic capital structure models, (dynamic asset allocation). Dixit and Pindyck (1994), Flor (2013), Munk (2011). Advanced Issues in Valuation (joint teaching with Mogens Nielsen). Advanced course building on accounting and finance Christensen and Feltham (2003), Penman (2007) Investments (co-lectured with Claus Munk). Advanced course (cand.- merc. and cand.scient.oecon.): Real options analysis, dynamic capital structure models, (dynamic asset allocation). Dixit and Pindyck (1994), Flor (2010b), Flor (2010a), Munk (2008). Advanced Corporate Finance. Advanced course (cand.merc. and cand.- scient.oecon.): corporate hedging, capital structure theories, IPOs, takeovers and corporate control, executive compensation. (Special variation in 2011) Froot, Scharfstein, and Stein (1993), Kahl (2002), Grossman and Hart (1980), Hull and White (2004). Accounting Information and Financial Markets (jointly with Hans Frimor). Advanced course building on accounting and finance Christensen and Feltham (2003) Corporate Finance. Advanced course (cand.merc. and cand.scient.oecon.) including real options analysis, capital structure models etc. Dixit and Pindyck (1994), Flor (2010b), Flor (2010a), and papers. Advanced Topics in Finance (co-lectured with Mette Hansen). Advanced course (cand.merc. and cand.scient.oceon) dealing with structural and reduced form capital structure models and insurance models. Papers and lecture notes. Autumn 2000 Matematisk Finansieringsteori (Mathematical Finance). Advanced course for scient.oecon. students. Duffie (1996) Doctoral Autumn 2002-2006 Course responsible Undergraduate Graduate (10-20% of) Corporate Finance taught at The Danish Doctoral Education Network in Finance. Present and past Finansiering, Investering og Virksomhedsstrategi, Finansiering, Erhvervsøkonomi 3a, Erhvervsøkonomi 3b, Finansiel risikostyring. Advanced Corporate Finance, Derivatives and Risk Management, Dynamic Investment Strategies, Advanced Issues in Valuation, Foundations of Valuation, Asset Pricing, Dynamic Corporate Finance and Investments. 4
Pedagogical courses: 2002-2003 Completed the one-year mandatory pedagogical course for assistant professors at SDU. 2008, June Two days course with Bjarne Herskin (based on Herskin: Undervisningsteknik for universitetslærere). 2008-2009 SDU course for Ph.D. supervisors. Supervision: Continuously Sep. 2007 Sep. 2010 Mar. 2010 Feb. 2013 Oct. 2010 Sep. 2013 Numerous Bachelor s thesis and Master s thesis. 1 Ph.D. student; topic: Venture capital. 1 Ph.D. student; topic: Asymmetric Information in Financial Markets. 1 Ph.D. student; topic: Empirical and Theoretical issues in Corporate Finance. 1 Ph.D. student; topic: The Interaction between Liquidity, Capital Budgeting, and Capital Structure. Ad hoc referee Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Dynamic Economics and Control, Mathematical Finance, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Economics Letters, Review of Financial Economics, Annals of Finance, Financial Review, Journal of Political Economic Theory, European Financial Management, Managerial Finance; conference reviewer (EFA 2009, 2010, 2012; DGF 2010, 2012, 2013). Publications Books Dynamic Capital Structure, Ph.D. thesis, University Press of Southern Denmark, March 2003. Udviklingslinier i Finansiering, ed. Michael Christensen, 2005, Chapter 11: Incitamenter og aktiebaseret aflønning, pp. 367-417. Translated chapter title: Incentives and Equity Based Compensation. Publications in international refereed journals Flor, C. R. (2008): Capital Structure and Assets: Effects of an Implicit Collateral, European Financial Management, Vol. 14, 2, pp. 347 373. Flor, C. R. (2011): Asset Substitution and Debt Renegotiation, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Vol. 38, 7 8, pp. 915 944. 5
Flor, C. R. and Hansen, Simon L. (2012): Technological Advances and the Decision to Invest, forthcoming in Annals of Finance. Flor, C. R. and Hirth, S. (2012): Asset Liquidity, Corporate Investment, and Endogenous Financing Cost, Journal of Banking & Finance, Vol. 37, Issue 2, February 2013, pp. 474 489. Flor, C. R. and Grell, K. B. (2013): Venture Capital Budgeting, Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 21, pp. 216-234. Flor, C. R. and Larsen, L. S. (2013): Robust Portfolio Choice with Stochastic Interest Rates, forthcoming in Annals of Finance. Christensen, P. O., C. R. Flor, D. Lando, and K. R. Miltersen (2013): Dynamic Capital Structure with Callable Debt and Debt Renegotiations, forthcoming in Journal of Corporate Finance. Publications in Danish refereed journals Flor, C. R. and C. Munk (2003): Værdiansættelse af optioner i aflønningskontrakter, FINANS/INVEST, 2003(IV):22-32. Translated title: The Valuation of Executive Stock Options. Working papers in English Clausen, Saskia and Flor, C. R. (2013): The Impact of Assets-in-Place on Corporate Financing and Investment Decisions, (formerly titled: Signaling Quality through Debt Equity Choice and Investment Timing), Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark. Flor, C. R. and Larsen, L. S. (2013): Credit Crunched Regulated Banks, (formerly titled: Risky Investment under Uncertainty), Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark. Branger, N. and Flor, C. R. (2013): Return Premium and Reversibility over the Business Cycle, Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark. Flor, C. R., H. Frimor, and C. Munk (2013): Options in Compensation: Promises and Pitfalls, Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark. (2nd round submission) Flor, C. R. and J. Lester (2004): Debt Maturity, Callability, and Dynamic Capital Structure, Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark. Flor, C. R. and Hesel, S. (2012): Robust Investment Decisions and the Value of Waiting to Invest, Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark. (Submitted) Paper presentations Doctoral Tutorial at The European Finance Association s 26 th annual conference, Helsingfors, August 1999 6
The First World Congress of the Bachelier Finance Society, Paris, June 2000 Danske Bank Symposium on Credit Risk Modeling, Middelfart, January 2001 Nordic Symposium on Contingent Claims Analysis, Stockholm, May 2001 Department of Finance, Copenhagen Business School, November 2001 The Yearly Ph.D. Workshop, November 2001, and 2000 The European Finance Association s 29 th annual conference, Berlin, August 2002 Mathematical Finance Network seminar, April 2004 The Third World Congress of the Bachelier Finance Society, Chicago, July 2004 International Conference on Finance, Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, September 2005 Seminar at Kaiserslautern, Asset Substitution and Debt Renegotiation, November 8, 2005 10 th Symposium on Banking, Finance, and Insurance, Karlsruhe, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), December 2005 Portuguese Finance Network 4 th Finance Conference, 6.-8. July, 2006 The European Finance Association s 33 rd annual conference, Zürich, August 2002 13 th Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany, October 6-7, 2006 Symposium on Stochastic Dynamic Models in Finance and Economics, Odense, University of Southern Denmark, August 2008 11 th Symposium on Banking, Finance, and Insurance, Karlsruhe, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), December 2008 The European Financial Management Association annual conference, June 2010, 2011 The 2 nd World Finance Conference, Rhodes, Greece, June 2011 17 th Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association, Hamburg, Germany, October 8-9, 2010 9 th AFE International Conference, Samos, Greece, June 28-30, 2012 10 th Annual International Conference on Business, Athens, Greece, July 2-3, 2012 19 th Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association, Hannover, Germany, October 5-6, 2010 1 st Danish Convent of Accounting and Finance, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 4 5, 2012 The Midwest Finance Association s Annual Meeting 2013, Chicago, March 13-16, 2013 The 4 th World Finance Conference, Limassol, Cyprus, July 2013 7
20 th Annual Meeting of the German Finance Association, Wuppertal, Germany, September 27-28, 2010 Honors and Awards Best Paper Award for the paper Asset Substitution and Debt Renegotiation at the Portuguese Finance Network 4 th Finance Conference, July 2006. 8
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