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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Equity transfers and market reactions: Evidence from Chinese stock markets
Journal of Emerging Market Finance, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 293-308Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17732/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/097265270800700304
Corporate governance and tunneling: Empirical evidence from China
Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 591-605Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17713/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacfin.2007.09.001
Chinese institutional investors' sentiment
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 374-387Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17714/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2007.04.002
Disclosure of mergers without regulatory restrictions: Insider trading in pre-1914 Germany
Economics Bulletin, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 1-7Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPredictability of future economic growth and the credibility of monetary regimes in Germany, 1870–2003
Applied Economics Letters, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 401-404Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13504850500461456
- [ONLINE] Deposit in SOAS repository
Does the merger paradox exist even without any regulations?: Evidence from Germany in the pre-1914 period
Empirica, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 315-328Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17727/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10663-006-9019-7
The long-term impact of mergers and the emergence of a merger wave in pre-World-War I Germany
Explorations in Economic History, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 667-688Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17880/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2005.07.001
Regulatory changes and market liquidity in Chinese stock markets
Emerging markets review, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 162-175Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17715/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ememar.2005.11.001
Calendar effects in Chinese stock market
Annals of Economics and Finance, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 75-88Contributions to Journals: ArticlesChinese institutional investors and Kamaras Monday effect
Journal of Emerging Markets, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 40-47Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17722/