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Alexander Wagner

Professor of Finance Associate Dean Executive Education and Alumni Faculty Member, Swiss Finance Institute at University of Zurich

SFI Senior Chair at Swiss Finance Institute

Schools

  • Swiss Finance Institute
  • University of Zurich

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Biography

University of Zurich

Research Interests

  • Corporate Finance and Governance, Behavioral Finance, Communication, Experimental Economics, Political Economy

Teaching

  • Corporate finance, corporate governance, financial management

Education

  • Ph.D. (Political Economy and Government), Harvard University; Dr. (Economics), University of Linz; Mag. (Law), University of Linz

Publications

Journal Article

  • Neglected Risk in Financial Innovation: Evidence from Structured Product Counterparty Exposure Arnold Marc, Wagner Alexander F., Schütte Dustin In: European Financial Management, Vol. forthcoming, p. ---, January 2021
  • Earning Investor Trust: The Role of Past Earnings Management Eugster Florian, Wagner Alexander F. In: Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Vol. forthcoming, p. ---, January 2021
  • Managerial incentives to take asset risk Chesney Marc, Stromberg Jacob, Wagner Alexander F., Wolff Vincent Lars In: Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 65, p. 101758-101758, December 2020
  • Feverish Stock Price Reactions to COVID-19 Ramelli Stefano, Wagner Alexander F. In: Review of Corporate Finance Studies, Vol. 9, (3), p. 622-655, November 2020
  • Value Reporting and Firm Performance Eugster Florian, Wagner Alexander F. In: Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation , Vol. 40, p. 100319-100319, September 2020
  • What the stock market tells us about the post-COVID-19 world Wagner Alexander F. In: Nature Human Behaviour, Vol. 4, (5), p. 440-440, April 2020
  • When Managers Change Their Tone, Analysts and Investors Change Their Tune Petzev Ivan, Wagner Alexander F., Druz Marina, Zeckhauser Richard In: Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 76, (2), p. 47-69, March 2020
  • Company Stock Price Reactions to the 2016 Election Shock: Trump, Taxes and Trade Wagner Alexander F., Ziegler Alexandre, Zeckhauser Richard J In: Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 130, (2), p. 428-451, November 2018
  • Unequal Rewards to Firms: Stock Market Responses to the Trump Election and the 2017 Corporate Tax Reform Wagner Alexander F., Ziegler Alexandre, Zeckhauser Richard J In: American Economic Association. Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 108, (May), p. 590-596, May 2018
  • Immigration and voting for the far right Wagner Alexander F., Halla Martin, Zweimüller Josef In: Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 15, (6), p. 1341-1385, March 2017
  • Corporate Governance auf der Blockchain Wagner Alexander F., Weber Rolf In: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Finanzmarktrecht, Vol. 1, p. 59-70, January 2017
  • Der Verwaltungsrat zwischen Regulierung und Marktdisziplin Wagner Alexander F., Wenk Christoph, Schneider Roman In: Expert Focus, , September 2016
  • Prefrontal connections express individual differences in intrinsic resistance to trading off honesty values against economic benefits Tanner Carmen, Wagner Alexander F., Seid-Fatemi Azade, Morishima Yosuke, Heise Felix, Gibson Rajna, Tobler Philippe N In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 6, p. 33263-33263, August 2016
  • Aktionäre und Stimmrechtsberater im Jahr 1 nach der Abzocker-Initiative Wagner Alexander F., Wenk Christoph In: Der Schweizer Treuhänder, , December 2014

Swiss Finance Institute

Alexander F. Wagner is Professor of Finance at the University of Zurich. Professor Wagner's research has been published in leading academic journals and professional reviews.

Expertise

Professor Wagner is researching sustainable finance and how financial markets process crises and other big events. Recently he has focused on the Russia–Ukraine war and on the COVID-19 pandemic as well as on elections. In his analysis of stock price reactions to the Russia–Ukraine war, he has discovered an expected international divergence in the pace of the energy transition, with geopolitical tensions thus threatening the gains made so far in combating the global problem of climate change. His work on mutual funds and sustainable investments indicates that fund managers are mindful of the loss of diversification when investing too heavily in low-carbon assets. His analysis of the COVID-19 crisis suggests that institutional ownership did not work as a stabilizing force but indeed was associated with stronger stock price declines, whereas retail investors acted as liquidity providers. Institutional investors prioritized corporate financial strength over "soft" environmental and social performance. These results illustrate how markets—even and especially in crisis periods—can provide important signals to policy makers. Professor Wagner actively participates in SFI Knowledge Exchange activities that focus on corporate ethics and corporate governance.

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