Prof. Dr. Nicole Branger

Current affiliations

  • Chair of Derivatives and Financial Engineering (Prof. Branger)
  • Center for Nonlinear Science

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Asset Pricing
  • Asset Allocation
  • Economics of Derivatives

Academic Education

2005Venia Legendi in Business Administration, Topic: "Essays on Option Pricing"
2001Ph.D. (Dr. rer. pol.) in Business Administration, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Topic: "Pricing non-redundant derivatives using entropy and cross-entropy"
1997Diploma in Business Engineering, University of Karlsruhe (TH)
1992 - 1997Studies of Business Engineering, University of Karlsruhe (TH)

Work Experience

since 2006Full Professor of Finance, Chair for Derivatives and Financial Engineering, University of Münster
2005 - 2006Associate Professor, Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark
2001 - 2005Post-Doc, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
1997 - 2001Ph.D.-student in Business Administration, University of Karlsruhe (TH)

Functions and Memberships

since 2013Research Fellow, Center for Financial Studies (CFS), Frankfurt
since 2012Principial Investigator, SAFE, Research Area Financial Markets
since 2003Member of the American Finance Association
since 2001Member of the European Finance Association
since 1998Member of the German Finance Association
2013 - 2022Associate Editor, Associate Editor, Journal of Banking and Finance

Appointments

2013Offer to a Professorship (W3) , University of Duisburg-Essen (rejected)
2012Offer to a Professorship for Volkswirtschaftslehre mit dem Schwerpunkt Finanzmarkttheorie (W3) , University of Hannover (rejected)
2012Offer to a Professorship for Finanzwirtschaft und Risikomanagement (W3) , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (rejected)

Publications

Branger, Nicole; Trede, Mark; Wilfling, Bernd (2024)
Universität Münster: (no publisher available).
Type of Publication: Working paper
Branger, Nicole; Flacke, René Marian; Meyerhof, Paul; Windmüller, Steffen (2023)
In: Journal of Empirical Finance, 74
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Branger, Nicole; Hanke, Michael; Weissensteiner, Alex (2023)
In: Journal of Futures Markets, forthcoming
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Branger, Nicole; Chen, An; Mahayni, Antje; Nguyen, Thai (2023)
In: Mathematics and Financial Economics, 17
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Bohl, Martin T.; Branger, Nicole; Trede, Mark (2022)
In: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 44(3)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
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Projects

Duration: since 01/01/2020
Type of project: Own resources project
Duration: since 01/01/2012
Funded by: Commerzbank AG, Capcora GmbH
Type of project: Individual project
Duration: since 30/06/2011
Type of project: Own resources project

Talks

Hilda Geiringer Lecture 2016: Asset Pricing
Branger, Nicole (02/11/2016)
Hilda Geiringer Lecture 2016, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Type of talk: scientific talk

Prizes

WHU Finance Award 2013
Awarded by: Campus for Finance Research Conference
Award given to: Branger, Nicole; Konermann, Patrick; Thimme, Julian
Date of awarding: 15/01/2013
Type of distinction: Best publication award
Best Paper Award 2009 Kölner Finanzmarktkolloquium
Awarded by: Kölner Finanzmarktkolloquium
Award given to: Branger, Nicole; Hansis, Alexandra; Schlag, Christian
Date of awarding: 15/01/2009
Type of distinction: Best publication award
WHU Finance Award 2009
Awarded by: Campus for Finance Research Conference
Award given to: Branger, Nicole; Mahayni, Antje; Schneider, Judith C.
Date of awarding: 15/01/2009
Type of distinction: Best publication award
Best Paper Award in Derivatives
Awarded by: Midwest Finance Association
Award given to: Branger, Nicole; Breuer, Beate; Schlag, Christian
Date of awarding: 15/03/2007
Type of distinction: Best publication award
Walter-Georg-Waffenschmidt-Preis für Betriebswirtschaftslehre 2003 für die beste Dissertation im Zeitraum 1999-2003
Awarded by: Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
Award given to: Branger, Nicole
Date of awarding: 01/01/2004
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction

Doctorates

Behavioral Asset Pricing and Individuals’ Information Processing
Candidate: Siedhoff, Susanne | Supervisors: Langer, Thomas | Reviewers: Langer, Thomas; Branger, Nicole; Dertwinkel-Kalt, Markus
Period of time: 07/07/2023 - 12/07/2023
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Price Discovery and Speculation in Commodity Futures Markets
Candidate: Stefan, Martin | Supervisors: Bohl, Martin T.; Siklos, Pierre L.; Branger, Nicole
Period of time: 01/12/2017 - 10/02/2021
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Commodity markets: Market efficiency, networks and speculation from the 19th century to today
Candidate: Sulewski, Christoph | Supervisors: Bohl, Martin T.; Siklos, Pierre L.; Branger, Nicole
Period of time: 01/06/2017 - 30/11/2020
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Production Networks and Asset Prices
Candidate: Flacke, René | Supervisors: Branger, Nicole
Period of time: until 02/07/2020
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Futures Markets for Commodities: Speculation, Price Discovery and the Connectedness of Prices
Candidate: Wellenreuther, Claudia | Supervisors: Bohl, Martin T; Siklos, Pierre L, Branger Nicole
Period of time: 03/11/2015 - 13/11/2019
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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