Prof. Dr. Christoph Schneider

Current affiliations

Professorship of Finance (Prof. Schneider)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Corporate Finance
Corporate Governance
Behavioral Finance
Labor and Finance
Mergers and Acquisitions

Academic Education
2010 - 2017	Habilitation at the University of Mannheim
2006 - 2009	Ph.D. student at the University of Mannheim
2004 - 2006	Ph.D. student at the Humboldt University Berlin
2001 - 2004	M.A. in Economics and Management Science at the Humboldt University Berlin
2002 - 2003	EAP Reciprocity Student at the University of California at Berkeley
1999 - 2001	Intermediate Examination in Economics at Humboldt University Berlin
Work Experience
since 2020	Professor of Finance, University of Münster
2017 - 2020	Assistant Professor of Finance, Tilburg University
2010 - 2017	Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Mannheim
2012 - 2013	Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Michigan

Publications

Bidder and Target Size Effects in M&A Are Not Driven by Overconfidence or Agency Problems Schneider, Christoph; Spalt, Oliver (2025) In: Critical Finance Review, 14(1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
The Gender Pension Gap in Germany – Reasons and Remedies Niessen-Ruenzi, Alexandra; Schneider, Christoph (2022) In: CESifo Forum, 23(2) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Labor Representation in Governance as an Insurance Mechanism Kim E. Han, Maug Ernst, Schneider Christoph (2018) In: Review of Finance, 22(4) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Acquisitions as Lotteries: The Selection of Target-Firm Risk and its Impact on Merger Outcomes Schneider Christoph, Spalt Oliver (2017) In: Critical Finance Review, 6 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Trading Strategies of Corporate Insiders Klein Olga, Maug Ernst, Schneider Christoph (2017) In: Journal of Financial Markets, 34 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)

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Projects

Finest in Finance - Excellence program of the Finance Center Münster (FiF)

Duration: since 01/01/2012

Funded by: Commerzbank AG, Capcora GmbH

Type of project: Individual project

Prizes

DGF Best Paper Award Awarded by: German Finance Association Award given to: Gehrke, Britta; Maug, Ernst; Obernberger, Stefan; Schneider, Christoph Announced at: 15/10/2021 \| Date of awarding: 15/10/2021 Type of distinction: Best publication award
Award for outstanding teaching performance for the course “Corporate Valuation” Awarded by: Tilburg University Award given to: Schneider, Christoph Announced at: 01/01/2019 \| Date of awarding: 01/01/2019 Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Runner-up for the Pagano-Zechner Award for Best Paper in the Review of Finance in 2018 Awarded by: Review of Finance Award given to: Kim, E. Han; Maug, Ernst; Schneider, Christoph Announced at: 01/01/2019 \| Date of awarding: 01/01/2019 Type of distinction: Best publication award
Best Paper Award Awarded by: Conference on Asia-Pacific Financial Markets Award given to: Dittmann, Ingolf; Schneider, Christoph; Zhu, Yuhao Date of awarding: 01/01/2017 Type of distinction: Best publication award
Larry Lang Corporate Finance Best Paper Award Awarded by: European Financial Management Association Award given to: Schneider, Christoph; Spalt, Oliver Date of awarding: 01/01/2012 Type of distinction: Best publication award

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