Jana Fidrmuc - Associate Professor of Finance | Staff Directory

Associate Professor of Finance

Research Interests

Corporate governance; ownership structure; mergers and acquisitions; insider trading

Teaching in 2020-2021

Distance Learning MBA

IB810P: Corporate Finance

Executive MBA

IB7010: Accounting and Financial Management
IB9370: Corporate Finance

Executive MBA (London)

IB701L: Accounting and Financial Management

Finance

IB9Y30: Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Control

Full Time MBA

IB9030: Accounting & Financial Management

Finance Group

Email: Jana.Fidrmuc@wbs.ac.uk / Tel: 024 765 22210 / Room: 2.208

Biography

Associate Professor in Finance, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, as of September 2010.
Assistant Professor in Finance, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, 2005 ? 2010.
Post-doctoral Research Fellow at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, 2003-2005.

Publications

Journal Articles

Fidrmuc, J. P. and Xia, C. (2021) "Target insiders' preferences when trading before takeover announcements : deal completion probability, premium and deal characteristics", European Financial Management
Fidrmuc, J. P. and Xia, C. (2019) "M&A deal initiation and managerial motivation", Journal of Corporate Finance, 59, 320-343
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., 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