معرفی
Patrick Verwijmeren is a Full Professor of Corporate Finance at the Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam. He also holds affiliations as a research fellow at the Tinbergen Institute and as a part-time Research Professor at the University of Melbourne and the University of Glasgow. He has previously held positions at VU University Amsterdam and the University of Melbourne and has been a visiting scholar at prestigious institutions including Stanford, NYU, Vanderbilt, and the London Business School.
His research focuses on convertible securities, short sales, corporate governance, capital structure, and art investing. His work is published in top journals such as the Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, and Management Science. He has presented at major international conferences including WFA, AFA, and EFA, and has delivered TEDx talks on financial topics.
His recent publications reveal a strong focus on market frictions, intermediary behavior, security design, and investor sentiment. Themes include the role of arbitrageurs in pricing convertible bonds, the impact of short-selling constraints, and behavioral biases in financial and art markets. His research has influenced regulatory decisions, including citations by the U.S. SEC, and he has contributed policy reports to the Dutch Ministry of Finance and the Dutch Authority of Consumer Markets.
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research VIDI grant (2013)
Patrick supervises doctoral students and early-career researchers, with recent supervised work including studies on mutual fund dual holdings and director attention. He has received media attention from The Economist, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times. He teaches advanced corporate finance and governance courses and continues to be an active contributor to both academic and public financial discourse.
