Department of Finance

Karolin Kirschenmann

Research In the media Professional experience Teaching

Assistant Professor of Finance

Room: G-204 (Chydenia 2nd floor)
Office hours: by appointment

Tel: +358 50 591 9589
Email: karolin.kirschenmann [at] aalto [dot] fi

Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Research interests

Empirical corporate finance, empirical banking, financial intermediation, financial institutions

Research

“Credit rationing in small business bank relationships”, working paper.

“The relation between borrower risk and loan maturity in small business lending”, forthcoming, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. With Lars Norden.

“Bank funding, securitization and loan terms: Evidence from foreign currency lending”, working paper. With Martin Brown and Steven Ongena.

“Funding vs. real economy shock: The impact of the US financial crisis on small firms' credit availability”, working paper. With Gunhild Berg.

In the media

“Foreign-currency loans in Eastern Europe: Borrower pull or bank push?” (with Martin Brown and Steven Ongena), www.voxeu.org, Sep 13, 2010

“Fremdwährungskredite in Osteuropa: kunden- oder bankgetrieben?” (with Martin Brown and Steven Ongena), www.oekonomenstimme.org, Sep 17, 2010

Professional experience

External consultant for the Independent Evaluation Department, KfW Development Bank, Frankfurt/Germany, September 2008 - present

Teaching

Corporate Finance

Financial Institutions

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