Daniel Urban
Welcome to my homepage! I am an Assistant Professor of Finance in the Department of Business Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam.  My research interests are in corporate finance, corporate governance, private equity, sustainability, boards, and household finance.
Department of Business EconomicsErasmus School of Economics - Finance GroupErasmus University Rotterdam 
Room E2-47, P.O. Box 17383000 DR Rotterdam (NL)+31 10 408 2923urban [at] ese.eur.nl
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Working Papers

Size, returns and value added: Do private equity firms allocate capital according to manager skill?, with Reiner Braun, Nils Dorau and Tim Jenkinson R&R, Journal of Finance 2023 SFS Cavalcade North America, 2023 LBS Private Capital Symposium, 2023 Columbia Private Equity Conference, Lapland Investment Fund Summit 2023, 2022 Private Equity Research Symposium, 19th Cologne Colloquium on Financial Markets, 2019 FMA, Paris December 2019 Finance Meeting
Index creation, information changes, and financing, with Vidhan K. Goyal and Wenting Zhao  R&R, Journal of Accounting Research AFA 2021, FIRS 2017, China International Conference in Finance 2017, FMA 2017, SGF 2017, FMA Europe 2017, Asian Finance Association Annual Meeting 2017FMA 2017 and FMA Europe 2017, semi-finalist best paper award
Does board size matter?, with Dirk Jenter and Thomas Schmid FIRS 2020, AFA 2019, European Summer Symposium in Financial Markets (ESSFM) 2018, 2018 SFS Cavalcade North America, 2018 CEPR SymposiumMedia coverage: Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (link), VoxEU (link)
Passive ownership and the environment, with Vidhan K. Goyal, Daniel Schmidt, and Theresa Spickers  HEC-HKUST Workshop on Impact and Sustainable Finance, CEPR Advanced Forum in Financial Economics, SGF Conference 2024
Female representation and social movements: Evidence from the top finance conferences, with Marina Gertsberg, Wei Hou, Esad Smajlbegovic, and Patrick Verwijmeren
Ranking finance conferences: An update, with Esad Smajlbegovic  R&R, Journal of Empirical Finance

Publications

Female directors and firm value: New evidence from directors' deaths, with Thomas SchmidManagement Science 69, 2449-2473, 2023
Corporate restructuring and creditor power: Evidence from European insolvency law reforms, with Frédéric Closset, Christoph Großman and Christoph Kaserer Journal of Banking & Finance 149, 106756, 2023 The balance of power between creditors and the firm: Evidence from German Insolvency Law, with Frédéric ClossetJournal of Corporate Finance, 58, 454-477, 2019
The effects of culture on CEO power: International evidence from executive turnoverJournal of Banking & Finance, 104, 50-69, 2019
Did UEFA's Financial Fair Play harm competition in European football leagues?, with Stephan Birkhäuser and Christoph KasererReview of Managerial Science, 13, 133-145, 2019 
Finance conference quality and publication success: A conference ranking, with Sebastian J. ReinartzJournal of Empirical Finance, 42, 155-174, 2017
The value of financial flexibility and corporate financial policy, with Marc Steffen Rapp and Thomas SchmidJournal of Corporate Finance, 29, 288-302, 2014

Work in Progress

Payment choice and consumption: Evidence from ATM bombings, with Esad Smajlbegovic, Theresa Spickers, and Michael Weber 
Bank board diversity and women's access to credit: Evidence from Italy, with Angelo d'Andrea, Fabrizio Core, and Tim Eisert
Fund voting, female board representation, and environmental outcomes, with Wei Hou, Thomas Schmid, and Patrick Verwijmeren
Does new ownership need new leadership? CEO turnover in private equity investments, with Reiner Braun, Tim Jenkinson, and Stefan Weik