Curriculum Vitae in pdf format, an abbreviated version of which appears below. A longer version with working papers is available upon request. For Adobe, click here.

Areas of Interest
Corporate Finance, Financial Intermediation, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Corporate Governance.

Education

• University of Michigan Business School: Ph.D. in Finance (2005).
• University of Amsterdam: Ph.D.-Student in Financial Economics (1999 - 2000).
• Cornell University: M.B.A. (1993).
• University of Groningen: B.A./M.A. (Drs) in Economics and Business (Cum Laude) (1993).

Publications

• "Bank Liquidity Creation", (Previously: "Bank Capital and Liquidity Creation"), Review of Financial Studies, forthcoming. (With Allen Berger.)
• "Market Valuation and Acquisition Quality: Empirical Evidence", (Previously: "The Performance of Stock-Price Driven Acquisitions"), Review of Financial Studies, forthcoming. (With Kathleen Fuller and Amrita Nain.)
• "Stock market valuation and mergers", MIT/Sloan Management Review, 2003. (With Kathleen Fuller and Amrita Nain.)
• "Credit risk measurement" (in Dutch), Economisch Statistische Berichten, 2000.
• "Management turnover and corporate performance - The Netherlands in international perspective" (in Dutch), Maandblad voor Accountancy en Bedrijfseconomie, 1999. (With Pieter Van Oijen.) (First prize - essay contest among Ph.D.-students in Business.)

Professional Experience - Research and Teaching

• Case Western Reserve University:
  Financial Modeling / Valuation (BBA II level: evaluation 5.00/5.00; and MBA level: evaluation 4.66/5.00). Corporate Finance (BBA I level: evaluation 4.37/5.00).
  Finalist for Undergraduate Business Teaching Award (2007 - 2008).
  Nominated for MBA Teaching Excellence Award (2007 - 2008).
  Nominated for Undergraduate Business Teaching Award (2006 - 2007).
• University of Michigan Michigan Business School:
  Corporate Financial Policy (BBA II level: evaluation 4.61/5.00) (2002).
  Teaching Assistant, Grader, and Research Assistant (2001 - 2005).
• University of Amsterdam: Corporate Finance (BBA II level) (2000).
• Cornell University: Teaching Assistant and Research Assistant (1991 - 1993).

Professional Experience - Other

• Federal Reserve Board (Summer 2004 and multiple visits Fall 2004 - now).
• U.S. Department of Justice: Litigative Consultant on five litigation cases (2001 - 2003).
• ABN AMRO Bank: Capital Structure; Project Finance; and Venture Capital (1994 - 1999).
• Procter & Gamble (Summer 1992).

Travel
You can read travel diaries (in Dutch) and view pictures of my vacations to:
China 1997, Cuba 1998, China 1999, Vietnam 2000, Mexico 2001, and Morocco 2003.

Last updated: April, 2008.