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We're thrilled to announce that Pigtie and SUMM, made it to the XPRENEURS Incubator Batch #11! Out of a total of 205 applications, the two EXIST Startup partners of TUM Chair of Digital Finance are two of the 15 teams that made it into the program - congratulations! [weiterlesen]

For his teachings in behavioral finance, Prof. Dr. Benjamin Loos was awarded with the Best Teaching Award 2021 by the TUM School of Management. The lecture aims at deepening students’ understanding of how financial decisions are made in a vast array of settings, incorporating insights from… [weiterlesen]

The working paper “Smart(Phone) Investing? A within investor-time analysis of new technologies and trading behavior” has been selected for this years meeting of the Financial Research Association (FRA). The meeting will take place at the Encore Hotel, Las Vegas on December 11 and 12. More… [weiterlesen]

The working paper ”How do taxes affect the trading behavior of private investors?”  has been accepted to be presented at the 2022 AFA Annual Meeting. The event will take place in Boston, Massachusetts on January 7-9, 2022. As of today, it is planned that the event will take place in-person. … [weiterlesen]

The working paper “Smart(Phone) Investing? A within investor-time analysis of new technologies and trading behavior” has been selected for this years Economics of IT and Digitalization Workshop at the NBER summer institute. The workshop will be held online via Zoom on July 22 and 23.  The Zoom… [weiterlesen]

The working paper Smart(phone) investing? (B. Loos, A. Previtero, A. Kalda and A. Hackethal)  has been selected for the EFA 2021 Conference. The selection process was more competitive than in previous years. The EFA received 2144 submissions (all-time record!) and were able to accept only 180… [weiterlesen]

To master the economic challenges associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, governments, businesses, consumers and the public need reliable, up-to-date and continuous information on the economy. This is a prerequisite to react quickly to new developments by designing adequate policies, adjusting… [weiterlesen]

"The Disposition Effect in Boom and Bust Markets" by Sabine Bernard, Benjamin Loos, and Martin Weber has been accepted for presentation at SFS Cavalcade North America 2021, which will be held virtually, and hosted by the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy. Out of 1566 submissions the final… [weiterlesen]

“Consumption out of Fictitious Capital Gains and Selective Inattention” by Benjamin Loos, Steffen Meyer, and Michaela Pagel has been selected for the CEPR Sixth European Workshop on Household Finance. The CEPR Network on Household Finance and EDHEC are organising the Sixth European Workshop on… [weiterlesen]

Prof. Loos' paper "The Trading Response of Individual Investors to Local Bankruptcies" with Christine Laudenbach, Jenny Pirschel, and Johannes Wohlfart is accepted at the Journal of Financial Economics. SSRN [weiterlesen]

In June 2020 the TUM School of Management welcomed Prof. Dr. Benjamin Loos. He will hold the chair Digital Finance. [weiterlesen]