Dr Jana Fidrmuc
Associate Professor of Finance
Research Interests
Corporate governance; ownership structure; mergers and acquisitions; insider trading
Teaching in 2018-2019
Accounting and Finance
- IB9EM0: Corporate Financial Management
Distance Learning MBA
- IB8100: Corporate Finance
- IB810P: Corporate Finance
Executive MBA
- IB9370: Corporate Finance
Finance
- IB9Y30: Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Control
- IB93F0: Research Methodology and Dissertation
Finance Group
Email: Jana.Fidrmuc@wbs.ac.uk / Tel: 024 765 22210 / Room: 2.208
Biography
Post-doctoral Research Fellow at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, 2003-2005.
Publications
Journal Articles
- Fidrmuc, J. P., Roosenboom, P. and Zhang, E. Q. (2018) "Antitrust merger review costs and acquirer lobbying", Journal of Corporate Finance, 51, 72-97
- Fidrmuc, J. P. and Xia, C. (2017) "M&A deal initiation and managerial motivation ", Journal of Corporate Finance
- Fidrmuc, J. P., Korczak, A. and Korczak, P. (2013) "Why does shareholder protection matter for abnormal returns after reported insider purchases and sales?", Journal of Banking & Finance, 37, 6, 1915-1935
- Fidrmuc, J. P., Palandri, A., Roosenboom, P. and van Dijk, D. (2013) "When do managers seek private equity backing in public-to-private transactions?", Review of Finance, Volume 17, Number 3, 1099-1139
- Fidrmuc, J. P., Roosenboom, P., Paap, R. and Teunissen, T. (2012) "One size does not fit all : selling firms to private equity versus strategic acquirers", Journal of Corporate Finance, 18, 4, 828-848
- Fidrmuc, J. P. and Jacob, M. (2010) "Culture, agency costs, and dividends", Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol.38, No.3, 321-339
- Jana Fidrmuc (2007) "Channels of restructuring in privatized Czech companies", Economics of Transition, Volume 15, Number 2, 309-339
- Fidrmuc, J. P., Goergen, M. and Renneboog, L. (2006) "Insider trading, news releases, and ownership concentration", JOURNAL OF FINANCE, 61, 6, 2931-2973
