Dr rer. pol. (PhD ECON), Dipl. Vw. (BSc/MSc ECON), PG Cert HE, BSc (MATHS), MSc (MATHS)
Chair in Finance
- About
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- Email Address
- gerhard.kling@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 273611
- School/Department
- Business School
Biography
Professor Gerhard Kling holds a Chair in Finance at the University of Aberdeen. Before joining Aberdeen, he was a Professor of International Business and Management at SOAS University of London, a Professor of Finance at the University of Southampton and held academic posts at UWE and Utrecht University. He worked as a Practice Specialist in Corporate Finance at McKinsey & Company, where he mainly focused on firm valuation and M&A. He received a PhD in Economics from the University of Tuebingen and was awarded the Dissertation Prize of the International Economic History Association. He studied Economics and Mathematics (BSc and MSc). He is excited about programming with experience in Python, C/C++, MATLAB, STATA etc. In his free time, he enjoys recreational programming in GDScript (Godot), Blender, and C++ (Unreal).
The Joy of Data Analysis
I publish free content focused on Data Science on my YouTube channel YUNIKARN. I also do live streams (mostly Python, Stata and academic writing).
Qualifications
- MSc Mathematics2018 - OU
- BSc Mathematics2014 - OU
- PG Cert Higher Education Higher Education2009 - UWE
- Dr rer. pol. Economics2004 - University of Tuebingen
- Diplom Volkswirt Economics2002 - Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Programme Leader MSc FinTech
- External Memberships
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Associate Editor, European Journal of Finance
Editorial Board, Asia Pacific Business Review
Member, Social Sciences College, European Science Foundation
Prizes and Awards
- British Academy of Management, Best Full Paper Award (Sep 2019)
- Leslie Walshaw Award 2018, Mathematics (Jan 2019)
- Financial Management, Best Paper Award (Oct 2018)
- Dissertation Award, International Economic History Association (Aug 2006)
- Dissertation Award, University of Tuebingen, RWT Group (Jun 2005)
- New Researcher Prize Economic History Society (Apr 2004)
- Alumni Award for Young Economists LMU (May 2002)
- Research
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Research Overview
Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Applied Mathematics
Research Areas
Research Specialisms
- Finance
- Financial Mathematics
- Applied Statistics
- Applied Mathematics
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Funding and Grants
Research on China's Financial System towards Sustainable Growth: The Role of Innovation, Diversity and Financial Regulation; funded by the ESRC (ES/P005241/1) and the NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China: 71661137002).
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FP005241%2F1
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Big Data in Business & Finance (IN2502)
Financial Crime & Cybersecurity (BU551X)
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Forecasting (BU593C)
- Publications
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Business Analytics with Python: Essential Skills for Business Students
KOGAN PAGE LTD. 408 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksE-Commerce and Financial Services in Asia: The Expansion and Globalization of Alibaba, Coupang and SoftBank
Routledge. 216 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE] https://www.routledge.com/E-Commerce-and-Financial-Services-in-Asia-The-Expansion-and-Globalization-of-Alibaba-Coupang-and-SoftBank/Kling-Oh-Rowley/p/book/9781032856704?srsltid=AfmBOor5f6pYSpVxQJwNpuOkPqKofylKmLBQKduokkgG-Z868-ZNw2cy
- [ONLINE] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Commerce-Financial-Services-Asia-Globalization/dp/103285670X
Investigating the Growth Effects of Sharing Health Data in ASEAN Member States
Empowering Online Public Service in Asia: The Digital Frontier. Chen, L., Kimura, F. (eds.). ERIA, pp. 343-370, 28 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersKindness or Hypocrisy: Political Mindset and Corporate Social Responsibility Decoupling in Chinese firms
European Journal of Finance, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 524-548Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSystematic risk in the biopharmaceutical sector: a multiscale approach
Annals Of Operations Research, vol. 330, pp. 243–266Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWhat Revolut’s attempt to secure a UK banking licence could mean for its current customers and for the ‘unbanked’
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesOn the uniqueness of the Laplacian spectra of coalescence of complete graphs
Open Journal of Discrete Applied Mathematics, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 25-39Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAlibaba and Coupang in the spotlight
Asia Pacific Business Review, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 267-278Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2023.2177936
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The effects of political embeddedness on cross-border mergers and acquisitions: Alibaba's case
Asia Pacific Business Review, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 392-416Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPattern and correlates of Out-of-pocket payment among older people in Bangladesh
Handbook of Aging, Health and Public Policy: Perspectives from Asia. Irudaya Rajan, S. (ed.). Springer, 19 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
