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 and Lung, Carina (2018) Cryptocurrencies from the perspective of Euro investors: A re-examination of diversification benefits and a new day-of-the-week effect.
Journal of Asset Management: 19, P. 472-494.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41260-018-0093-8 - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Hornuf, Lars and Weber, Martina (2018) Dynamics of Investor Communication in Equity Crowdfunding.
Electronic Markets: 28, P. 523-540. - Dorfleitner, Gregor and Hornuf, Lars (2018) Neue digitale Akteure und ihre Rolle in der Finanzwirtschaft: Eine Analyse des deutschen Marktes unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Datenschutzaspekten.
- Gerer, Johannes and Dorfleitner, Gregor (2018) Optimal discrete hedging of American options using an integrated approach to options with complex embedded decisions.
Review of Derivatives Research: 21, P. 175-199. - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Utz, Sebastian and Wimmer, Maximilian (2018) Patience pays off - corporate social responsibility and long-term stock returns.
Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment: 8, P. 132-157. - Dorfleitner, Gregor and R??le, Felix (2018) The financial performance of the health care industry: A global, regional and industry specific empirical investigation.
European Journal of Health Economics: 19 (4), P. 585-594. - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Fischer, Lukas, Lung, Carina, Willmertinger, Philipp, Stang, Nico and Dietrich, Natalie (2018) To follow or not to follow - An empirical analysis of the returns of actors on social trading platforms.
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance: 70, P. 160-171. - Dorfleitner, Gregor and Glei?ner, Werner (2018) Valuing streams of risky cash flows with risk-value models.
Journal of Risk: 20 (3), P. 1-27. - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Just-Marx, Susann and Priberny, Christopher (2017) What drives the repayment of agricultural micro loans? Evidence from Nicaragua.
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance: 63, P. 89-100. - Dorfleitner, Gregor and Nguyen, Mai (2017) A new approach for optimizing responsible investments dependently on the initial wealth.
Journal of Asset Management: 18 (2), P. 81-98.
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
