Manuel Kathan M.Sc.
Short Biography
Academic positions:
10/2022 - present University of Augsburg, Research Assistant
02/2020 - present University of St. Gallen, Ph.D. Candidate
11/2017 - 01/2020 University of Hohenheim, Ph.D. Candidate, Coordinator of the Thematic
Network Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Finance (INEF)
Education:
10/2015 - 11/2017 University of Tübingen (German Excellence University),
MSc. in Accounting and Finance
10/2011 - 09/2014 University of Tübingen (German Excellence University),
BSc. in Economics and Business Administration
Work experience: Vocational training as office management assistant (2006-2009), student employee in managerial accounting (2017-2018)
Research Interests: Private Equity, Corporate Finance, and Climate Finance
Publication
How Do Leveraged Buyouts Affect Industry Peers? Analysis of the Information and the Competition Channels (with Tereza Tykvová)
Review of Financial Economics, https://doi.org/10.1002/rfe.1186, June 2023
Working papers
The effects of leveraged buyouts on industry peer’s capital structure
How do leveraged buyouts affect industry peers’ performance in Europe: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment
Are Implied Temperature Rise Metrics as Inconsistent as ESG Ratings? Examining Firm-Level Disagreement among Data Providers (with Lea Chmel and Sebastian Utz)
Conference and Seminar presentations
2023:
FMA European Conference, Aalborg; Swiss Finance Institute Research days, Gerzensee
2022:
German Finance Association (DGF), Marburg; Paris Financial Management Conference (PFMC), Paris
2021:
Doctoral Seminar in Finance University of St. Gallen; Virtual European Conference (FMA)
2019:
Corporate Finance Day, Groningen; Finance Workshop University of Hohenheim, Untermarchtal; Franco-German Doctoral Seminar, Strasbourg; German Finance Association (DGF), Essen; Paris Financial Management Conference (PFMC), Paris
Awards and Prizes
2018:
Werner-Diez-Award of the University of Tübingen for the best graduation in the master’s program Accounting and Finance