Areas of Expertise

Tilburg Center of Finance partners are welcome to contact Tilburg University Finance faculty for brief academic inquiries.
Phone number 013-4663025, e-mail tcf@tilburguniversity.edu
Below you find a list of areas of expertise of tenured Tilburg University faculty in the broad domain of Finance.


Actuarial Science (actuariaat)
Primary contact: Anja De Waegenaere, Feico Drost, Frank de Jong, Bertrand Melenberg

Life insurance (levensverzekeringen)

Fair premium (premieberekening)

Non-life insurance (schadeverzekering)

Banking (bankwezen)
Primary contact: Hans Blommestein, Hans Degryse, Sylvester Eijffinger, Harry Huizinga, Steven Ongena

Relationship banking (bankrelaties)

Empirical banking (empirie)

Banking strategies (strategie)

Behavioral Finance (gedrag van individuen)
Primary contact: Jenke ter Horst, Henriëtte Prast

Bounded rationality

Home-bias

Overconfidence

Corporate Finance (ondernemingsfinanciering)
Primary contact: Piet Duffhues, Steven Ongena, Luc Renneboog

Capital structure (vermogensstructuur)

Corporate valuation (waardering)

Cost of capital

Dividend policy (dividendbeleid)

Financing of SMEs (MKB financiering)

Real options (reële opties)

Corporate Governance
Primary contact: Piet Duffhues, Jos Grazell, Luc Renneboog

Code Tabaksblat

Executive compensation (beloning)

Executive stock options (peroneelsopties)

International developments (internationale ontwikkelingen)

Derivatives (derivaten)
Primary contact: Feico Drost, Piet Duffheus, Frans de Roon, Hans Schumacher, Bas Werker

Black-Scholes (Black-Scholes)

Corporate and institutional uses (toepassingen)

Futures

Options (opties)

Pricing and valuation (waardering)

International Finance (internationale financiële markten)
Primary contact: Harry Huizinga, Frank de Jong, Frans de Roon

Commodities (grondstoffen)

Emerging markets (opkomende markten)

Exchange rate risks (valuta risico)

International diversification

Mergers and Acquisitions (fusies en overnames)
Primary contact: Luc Renneboog, Piet Duffhues

Merger discount (fusiepremie)

Investments and financing (investerings- en financieringsaspecten)

Mutual Funds and Hedge Funds (beleggingsfondsen en hedgefondsen)
Primary contact: Jenke ter Horst, Frans de Roon

Investment styles (beleggingsstrategieën)

Performance evaluation (prestatiemeting)

Pensions (pensioenfondsen)
Primary contact: Frank de Jong, Frans de Roon, Theo Nijman

ALM (Asset Liability Management)

FTK (Financieel Toezicht Kader)

Inflation risk (inflatierisico)

Long term investing

Supervision

Portfolio and Asset Management (portefeuillekeuze)
Primary contact: Jenke ter Horst, Frans de Roon, Bas Werker

Alternative investments

Energy finance (energie en energiederivaten)

Mean-variance analysis

Regulation and Financial Supervision (regulering van financiële markten)
Primary contact: Hans Blommestein, Hans Degryse, Sylvester Eijffinger, Harry Huizinga, Theo Nijman, Henriëtte Prast

Central banks (centrale banken)

FTK (Financieel Toezicht Kader)

Financiële Bijsluiter (Financial Leaflet)

Financial stability (stabiliteit)

Risk Management
Primary contact: Hans Blommestein, Piet Duffhues, Frans de Roon, Hans Schumacher, Bas Werker

Basel II

Corporate risk management

Dependence and copulas (afhankelijkheden)

Risk measures (risicomaten)

Value-at-risk

Volatility (volatiltieit)

Fixed Income Securities (vastrentende waarden)
Primary contact: Hans Blommestein, Frank de Jong, Bertrand Melenberg, Bas Werker

Bonds (obligaties)

Credit risk and derivatives (kredietrisico en -derivaten)

Default risk (faillissementsrisico)

Interest rate derivates (rentederivaten)

Public debt markets