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mark goergen

Marc Goergen
Professor of Finance
Office: F28
Cardiff Business School,
Aberconway Building,
Colum Drive, Cardiff,
CF10 3EU.
Tel: +44 (0) 29 2087 6450
Fax: +44 (0) 29 2087 4419
Email Address: GoergenM@cardiff.ac.uk


reseach interests

  • Corporate governance
  • Corporate control
  • Dividend policy
  • Initial public offerings (IPOs)
  • Insider trading
  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • The treatment of employees across corporate governance systems

education and professional qualifications

  • DPhil in Economics (Keble College, University of Oxford)
  • Master of European Business – with honours (Solvay Business School, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
  • Licence en Sciences Economiques – with honours (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
  • Certificate in Investment Management (Investment Management Evening Programme, London Business School)
  • General Certificate (International Securities Market Association)

current teaching commitments

  • International Corporate Finance (3rd year undergraduate)
  • International Corporate Finance (Postgraduate)

editorial board member and other appointments

  • European Financial Management (Associate Editor)
  • International Journal of Corporate Governance
  • Journal of Business Finance and Accounting
  • Research Associate of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI, http://www.ecgi.org)
  • Fellow of the Institute for International Corporate Governance and Accountability (IICGA, http://128.164.132.19/iicga/default.asp)

selected recent publications

Andres, C, Betzer, A., Goergen, M., and L. Renneboog (2009), ‘German Dividends and the Lintner Model’, Journal of Empirical Finance16 (2), 175-187.

Goergen, M. and L. Renneboog (2008), ‘Contractual Corporate Governance’, Journal of Corporate Finance14 (3), 166-182.

Abdallah, W. and M. Goergen (2008), ‘Does Corporate Control Determine the Cross-listing Location?’, Journal of Corporate Finance14 (3), 183-199.

Fidrmuc, J., Goergen, M. and L. Renneboog (2006), ‘Insider Trading, News Releases and Ownership Concentration’, Journal of Finance61 (6), 2931-2973.

Goergen, M., Khurshed, A. and R. Mudambi (2006), ‘The Strategy of Going Public: How Firms Choose Their Listing Contracts’, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting33 (1&2), 306-328.

Goergen, M., Renneboog, L. and A. Khurshed (2006), ‘Explaining the Diversity in Shareholder Lockup Agreements’, Journal of Financial Intermediation 15 (2), 254-280.

Goergen, M., Martynova, M. and L. Renneboog (2005), ‘Corporate Governance Convergence: Evidence from Takeover Regulation Reforms in Europe’, Oxford Review of Economic Policy21 (2), 243-268.

Goergen, M., Renneboog, L. and L. Correia da Silva (2005), ‘When Do German Firms Change their Dividends?’, Journal of Corporate Finance11 (1&2), 375-399.

Goergen, M. and L. Renneboog (2004), ‘Shareholder Wealth Effects of European Domestic and Cross-border Takeover Bids’, European Financial Management10 (1),9-45.

Correia da Silva, L., Goergen, M. and L. Renneboog (2004), ‘Dividend Policy and Corporate Governance’, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 185+xiv p. Translated into Chinese: Gu Li Zheng Ce Yu
Gong Si Zhi Li, Beijing: Peking University Press, 2006.

Goergen, M. and L. Renneboog (2003), ‘Why are the Levels of Control (So) Different in German and UK Companies? Evidence from Initial Public Offerings’, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization19 (1), 141-175.

research in progress

My working papers are available at the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=29035)

additional activities and achievements

  • De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek Prize for the best working paper in the ECGI Law Working Paper Series (March 2005, http://www.ecgi.org/wp/winners_2005.htm)
  • Prize for the best paper published in European Financial Management in 2004
  • Researcher of the Month (June 2004), European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI, http://www.ecgi.org/)
  • External examiner Leeds University Business School