Financial markets and corporate finance experts
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Ramin Baghai, professor at the Department of Finance, researcher affiliated with the Swedish House of Finance
Area of expertise:
- Corporate credit markets, asset management, capital structure management, credit rating agencies, and money market funds.
- Infrastructure finance and project finance.
- Financial regulation and policy, especially related to corporate finance and credit markets.
Email: ramin.baghai@hhs.se
Languages: English, German
Bo Becker, professor at the Department of Finance, Director of the Swedish House of Finance
Area of expertise:
- Corporate credit markets, bank lending cycles, bond issuance, credit supply, the rise of covenant-light loans in leveraged loan markets.
- Financial crisis and policy response, resilience of corporate bond markets during economic downturns and the effectiveness of policy interventions.
- Credit ratings and the role of credit rating agencies.
- Restructuring and bankruptcy, including Chapter 11 proceedings and corporate restructuring trends.
- Regulatory impact on financial institutions such as banks and insurance companies, especially in the context of risk-taking and asset allocation.
Email: bo.becker@hhs.se
Languages: English, Swedish
Magnus Dahlquist, professor at the Department of Finance
Area of expertise:
- Asset management, investment behaviors and decisions, design and performance of pension plans.
- Trading strategies in bond and currency markets, and pricing of currency risks.
- Performance and characteristics of mutual funds, sovereign wealth funds, and pension systems.
Email: magnus.dahlquist@hhs.se
Languages: English, Swedish
Tore Ellingsen, professor at the Department of Economics
Area of expertise:
- How monetary policy impacts market interest rates and economic stability.
- Factors influencing tax compliance.
Email: tore.ellingsen@hhs.se
Phone: +46 (0)70-796 1049
Languages: English, Swedish, Norwegian
Mariassunta Giannetti, professor at the Department of Finance
Area of expertise:
- Corporate governance and shareholder protection.
- Monetary policy, ECB, central banks, policy rates, negative policy rates.
- Bank lending and liquidity, syndicated loan markets, bank bailouts, banking crises and contagion in emerging markets.
Email: Mariassunta.Giannetti@hhs.se
Languages: English, Italian
Kalle Kraus, professor at the Department of Accounting
Area of expertise:
- Management control systems within public sector organizations, including municipalities and public sector agencies.
- The role of rankings and ratings in society.
- How emotional factors influence risk assessment and decision-making within organizations, especially during crises.
- Complexities of managing control and accountability in inter-organizational settings such as partnerships, joint business ventures, and supply chains.
Email: kalle.kraus@hhs.se
Languages: English, Swedish
Alexander Ljungqvist, professor at the Department of Finance
Area of expertise:
- Corporate finance, corporate governance, corporate taxation, investment banking, IPOs, entrepreneurial finance, private equity, venture capital, asset pricing, market microstructure, innovation, patents, and labor economics. 
Email: alexander.ljungqvist@hhs.se
Phone: +46 (0)8 736 96 78
Languages: English, Swedish
Henrik Nilsson, professor at the Department of Accounting
Area of expertise:
- Financial statement analysis and valuation.
- Auditing, including auditor independence and quality, the impact of auditors’ personal investments on audit objectivity, auditors owning stocks in the companies they audit, etc.
- Economic crime, insider trading, criminal convictions of executives.
- How personal characteristics of executives (CEOs, CFOs, board members) influence financial reporting and risk management.
Email: henrik.nilsson@hhs.se
Languages: English, Swedish
Marcus Opp, professor at the Department of Finance, affiliated researcher at the Swedish House of Finance
- How financial regulations and credit ratings influence risk-taking in banks and other financial institutions.
- The role of deferred compensation and clawback provisions in executive compensation and risk management.
- Dynamics of credit markets and the implications for financial stability, including the role of financial intermediaries on credit allocation and pricing.
Email: marcus.opp@hhs.se â¶Ä¯
Language: English
Per Strömberg, professor at the Department of Finance, affiliated researcher at the Swedish House of Finance
Area of expertise:
- Private equity, buyouts, LBOs.
- Venture capital and entrepreneurship, angel financing.
- Climate policy and firm productivity, carbon pricing, biofuel blending requirements.
- Corporate governance, stakeholders, ESG.
- Mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, bankruptcy, and financial distress.
Email: Per.Stromberg@hhs.se
Phone: +46 (0)8 736 91 19
Language: English, Swedish