Financial Risk Management, International Finance, Corporate Finance, Derivatives
His research interests center around issues in international finance and corporate finance, especially financial risk management and derivatives. Current research efforts address the following issues:
- "Crossing the Lines: The Relation Between Exchange Rate Exposure and Stock Returns in Emerging and Developed Markets," with G.M. Bodnar (Johns Hopkins University)
- "How Important is Financial Risk?," with G.W. Brown (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Murat Atamer (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
- "The Financial Risks of Corporations in the Global Economy," with G.W. Brown (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
- "Agency Conflicts and Corporate Payout Policies: A Global Study," with P.R. Brown (University of Western Australia and University of New South Wales), J.C.Y. How (University of Auckland) and P. Verhoeven (University of Auckland)
- "Foreign Currency Exposure and Hedging: Evidence from Foreign Acquisitions," with N. Burns (University of Texas at San Antonio) and J. Helwege (Penn State University)
- "How Important are Foreign Ownership Linkages for International Stock Returns?," with J.M. Griffin (University of Texas at Austin) and D.T.-C. Ng (Wharton)
- "European Financial Market Integration in the Wake of the Sovereign Debt Crisis: An Industry Analysis," with Yaw-Huei Wang (National Taiwan University)
- "Post-Retirement Benefit Plans, Leverage, and Real Investment"
Ph.D. (WHU Koblenz), MBA/BBA (University of Saarbrücken)
Research Grant, Netspar, 2011
Research Grant, International Centre for Research in Accounting, 2006
Research Fellow and Grant, Center for Financial Research (CFR), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), 2006, 2004
PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Competency Centre (GCC), 2004
The Leverhulme Trust, 2006, 2003
Lancaster University, 2004, 2003, 2002
Institute for Quantitative Investment Research (INQUIRE) UK, 2006, 2002
Lancaster University Management School, 2005, 2003, 2002
Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organizations (METEOR), 2001, 2000 (2 projects)
Other Awards
2nd Biannual Pearson/Prentice Hall Best Paper Award, Financial Management, 2010
Charter Member, Risk Who's Who, 2008-current
3rd Biannual Best Paper Award, Journal of Empirical Finance, 2006
Josseph de la Vega Prize, Federation of European Securities Exchanges, 2003
Appointed Member of an International Think Tank for Policy Advice to the German Government, 2002-current
Nominated for Excellence in Education Award, Maastricht University, 2001
Fellowship, German National Merit Foundation and the German Federal Department of Commerce and Technology, 1999-2000
Fellowship, German Academic Exchange Service, 1999-2000
Travel Grants, German Business Administration Association, 1995, 1996
Tuition Waiver, University of Michigan Business School, 1991-1992
Fellowship, Lucia Pfohe Foundation, 1989-1994
Award for Extraordinary Performance, Wilhelm Raabe High School, 1988
Organization of seminar series, Supervision of doctoral dissertations, Supervision of master theses
Söhnke M. Bartram is a Professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance at Lancaster University Management School. His immediate research activities center around issues in international finance, corporate finance and financial markets, especially financial risk management. Dr. Bartram's work has been presented at conferences organized by the American Finance Association, the Western Finance Association, the NBER and CEPR, and published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. The International Centre for Research in Accounting, the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Competency Centre, the Leverhulme Trust, the Institute for Quantitative Investment Research, Netspar, Lancaster University, Lancaster University Management School, as well as the Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organizations granted financial support for his research activities in the area of international and corporate finance. In 2003, the Federation of European Securities Exchanges awarded the Josseph de la Vega Prize for his work on derivatives market microstructure. In 2006, the Journal of Empirical Finance awarded its 3rd Biannual Best Paper Award for his work on foreign exchange rate exposure. In 2010, Financial Management awarded its 2nd Biannual Pearson/Prentice Hall Best Paper Award for his work on the use of derivatives by non-financial firms. In 2007 and 2005, he was invited by Gregory W. Brown as a Visiting Scholar to the Department of Finance at the Kenan-Flagler Business School/University of North Carolina. In 2006, he was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas at Austin (faculty sponsors: John Hund and Laura Starks) and a Visiting Researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at the Financial Markets Group at the London School of Economics in 2007.
