Chris Veld
Professor of Finance, Accounting & Finance, Business School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Personal Statement
Obtained PhD in Finance from Tilburg University in the Netherlands (1992). After that, Chris was affiliated with Tilburg University until 2004. During that period he held visiting positions at McGill University in Montreal (1998) and at York University in Toronto (2002). From July 2004 to September 2006 Chris was at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, after which he joined the University of Stirling in September 2006. In January 2011 Chris joined the University of Glasgow.
Research Interests
My research interests cover a broad range of topics in finance and investments. My major research interest is in empirical corporate finance. Topics in that field that I cover include motives for the issuance of convertible bond loans, dividend policy and corporate divestitures such as spin-offs. However, I am also interested in topics such as empirical research on the pricing of derivative securities, and the behaviour of individual investors.
Teaching
- Behavioral Finance
- International Corporate Finance
Editorial board positions
Associate Editor
- Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences
- European Financial Management
- Review of Futures Markets
Departmental
- Director of Research
- Director of MSc in Finance
Awards and grants (selection)
May 2002:
Grant of 7,500 US dollars from the CFP Board of Standards, Denver for the project "Why individual investors want dividends" (with Ming Dong and Chris Robinson).
May 2002:
Grant from York University for the project "Why individual investors want dividends" (with Ming Dong and Chris Robinson)
September 2002:
2nd prize in the "Free Publicity Awards" of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Tilburg University
June 2003:
Grant of 15,000 Euro from the Dutch Research Foundation (NWO) for the project "Risk preferences of private investors" (with Yulia Veld-Merkoulova)
Oct 2003:
American College award winner for the paper "Why individual investors want dividends" presented at the 2003 Annual meeting of the Academy of Financial Services (1,000 US $)
July 2004:
President's Research Grant of Simon Fraser University of $ 10,000 for the project "An empirical analysis of the pricing of financial innovations"
April 2005:
Standard SSHRC grant of $ 68,700 for the project "Why companies issue convertible bonds: Evidence for the Canadian market" (Chris Veld is principal investigator; Ming Dong from York University is co-investigator)
