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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Investigating the Growth Effects of Sharing Health Data in ASEAN Member States
Empowering Online Public Service in Asia: The Digital Frontier. Chen, L., Kimura, F. (eds.). ERIA, pp. 343-370, 28 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersKindness or Hypocrisy: Political Mindset and Corporate Social Responsibility Decoupling in Chinese firms
European Journal of Finance, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 524-548Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSystematic risk in the biopharmaceutical sector: a multiscale approach
Annals Of Operations Research, vol. 330, pp. 243–266Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWhat Revolut’s attempt to secure a UK banking licence could mean for its current customers and for the ‘unbanked’
Contributions to Specialist PublicationsOn the uniqueness of the Laplacian spectra of coalescence of complete graphs
Open Journal of Discrete Applied Mathematics, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 25-39Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAlibaba and Coupang in the spotlight
Asia Pacific Business Review, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 267-278Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2023.2177936
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The effects of political embeddedness on cross-border mergers and acquisitions: Alibaba's case
Asia Pacific Business Review, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 392-416Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPattern and correlates of Out-of-pocket payment among older people in Bangladesh
Handbook of Aging, Health and Public Policy: Perspectives from Asia. Irudaya Rajan, S. (ed.). Springer, 19 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersFinancial inclusion and financial technology: Finance for everyone?
European Journal of Finance, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 1-2Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA theory of financial inclusion and income inequality
European Journal of Finance, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 137-157Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIn the spotlight: Alibaba and Coupang
Asia Pacific Business ReviewContributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2021.1921974
Defining and measuring financial inclusion: A systematic review and confirmatory factor analysis
Journal of International Development, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 316-341Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMeasuring financial exclusion of firms
Finance Research Letters, vol. 39, 101568Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe impact of climate vulnerability on firms' cost of capital and access to finance
World Development , vol. 137, 105131Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDoes executive compensation affect firms’ acquisition decisions?: Evidence from China
Asia Pacific Business Review, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 731-748Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFlooding dynamics of diffusive dispersion in a random potential
Journal of Statistical Physics, vol. 182, 54Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.07854
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-021-02721-5
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/18037/1/Wilkinson_et_al_JSP_FloodingDynamicsOfDiffusive_AAM.pdf
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/18037/2/Wilkinson_etal_JSP_Flooding_Dynamics_Diffusive_VoR.pdf
Estimating the impact of the Internet of Things on productivity in Europe
Heliyon, vol. 6, no. 5, pp. e03935Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Impact of Climate Vulnerability on Firms? Cost of Capital and Access to Finance
Working Papers: Working Papers- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12860/1/Workingpaper.pdf
- [ONLINE] Deposit in SOAS repository
Diversification strategies in banking: Like lemmings falling off a cliff
Academy of Management Proceedings, vol. 2018, no. 1, 10182Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2018.10182abstract
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Climate Change and the Cost of Capital in Developing Countries
London and Geneva: Imperial College London; SOAS University of London; UN Environment. 38 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsClimate Vulnerability and the Cost of Debt
Working Papers: Working Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3198093
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Sold Below Value? Why Takeover Offers Can Have Negative Premiums
Financial Management, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 421-450Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/fima.12200
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- [ONLINE] Deposit in SOAS University of London repository
The Value of Financial Constraints
Working Papers: Working Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3132330
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A theory of operational cash holding, endogenous financial constraints, and credit rationing
European Journal of Finance, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 59-75Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2016.1225590
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- [ONLINE] Deposit in University of London repository
Why do firms adopt stock options and who benefits?: A natural experiment in China
Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, vol. 46, no. Part A, pp. 124-140Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/24654/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacfin.2017.09.007
Establishing causal order in longitudinal studies combining binary and continuous dependent variables
Organizational Research Methods, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 770-799Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/21140/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428115618760
Elite business networks and the field of power: A matter of class?
Theory, Culture and Society, vol. 34, no. 5-6, pp. 127-151Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/23092/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276417715071
Business elites and the field of power in France
Research in the Sociology of Organizations, vol. 43, pp. 189-219Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20150000043019
- [ONLINE] deposit in SOAS repository
Testing the fire-sale FDI hypothesis for the European financial crisis
Journal of International Money and Finance, vol. 49, no. Part B, pp. 211-234Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/18317/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2014.03.011
The global financial crisis and the European single market: The end of integration?
Journal of International Money and Finance, vol. 49, no. Part B, pp. 191-196Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/19029/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2014.08.002
Pathways to Power: Class, Hyper-Agency and the French Corporate Elite
Organization Studies, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 825-855Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17823/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840613509919
Cash holding, trade credit and access to short-term bank finance
International Review of Financial Analysis, vol. 32, pp. 123-131Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17980/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2014.01.013
The Effects of Cross-border and Cross-industry Mergers and Acquisitions on Home-region and Global Multinational Enterprises
British Journal of Management, vol. 25, no. S1, pp. S116-S132Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStrategic positioning and grand strategies for high-technology SMEs
Strategic Change, vol. 21, no. 5-6, pp. 199-215Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17745/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jsc.1904
The impact of corporate governance and external audit on compliance to mandatory disclosure requirements in China
Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 17-31Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17743/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2012.01.002
The internationalization of Chinese companies: firm characteristics, industry effects and corporate governance
Research in International Business and Finance, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 357-372Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17721/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2011.03.002
FDI of German companies during globalization and deglobalization
Open Economies Review, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 247-270Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17740/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11079-009-9122-z
Technology outsourcing in manufacturing small-and medium-sized firms: another competitive resource?
R&D Management, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 92-105Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17724/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9310.2010.00626.x
Endogenous mergers: bidder momentum and market reaction
Applied Financial Economics, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 243-254Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/17718/
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09603100903282663
Organic growth and shareholder value: A case study of the insurance industry
International Journal of Research in Marketing, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 276-283Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijresmar.2009.08.002
- [ONLINE] deposit in SOAS repository
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/