Hannes Wagner
I am an Associate Professor of Finance, a Fellow at the Institute for Economic Research (IGIER), and an appointed member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). My prize-winning research focuses on corporate finance, investor activism, corporate social responsibility, institutional investors, and corporate misconduct. My work has been published in leading academic journals, including The Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Review of Finance, and has been featured in the Economist, the Financial Times, and Harvard Business Review. I have won multiple teaching awards while teaching executives and non-executives at Bocconi University, the Rotterdam School of Management, the University of Oxford, the Duisenberg School of Finance, and the University of Munich
My recent research on asset management was sponsored by the Government Pension Fund of Norway (NBIM). I am the recipient of several research awards, including the 2020 Michael J. Brennan Runner Up Award for best paper published in The Review of Financial Studies on secret offshore vehicles uncovered in the Panama Papers.
Shareholder activism, institutional investors, responsible investing, family firms, corporate misconduct, corporate governance, corporate finance
The early returns to international hedge fund activism: 2000-2010
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 2019Do institutional investors drive corporate social responsibility? International evidence
Journal of Financial Economics, 2019Do qualifications matter? New evidence on board functions and director compensation
Journal of Corporate Finance, 2018The survival of the weakest: flourishing family firms in Germany
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 2015Does family control matter? International evidence from the 2008-2009 financial crisis
The Review of Financial Studies, 2013I have won multiple teaching awards while teaching executives and non-executives at Bocconi University, the Rotterdam School of Management, the University of Oxford, the Duisenberg School of Finance, and the University of Munich.