Associate Professor
Phone: (07)
3138
2704
Fax: (07) 3138 1500
E-mail: ferdinand.mager@qut.edu.au
Room: Z818, Level 8, Z Block, GP
Staff CV (PDF, 22kB)
Qualifications
Habilitation (Business) Erlangen-Nürnberg University/Germany, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), PhD (Finance) Erlangen-Nürnberg University, Diploma (Business)
Career Summary
Ferdinand Mager studied business finance from the Erlangen-Nürnberg University in Germany. After graduation, he gained employment with Deutsche Bank in New York and First National Bank in South Africa as an investment banker. In 1996 he became Research and Teaching Assistant to the Chair of Banking and Finance (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Gerke, Erlangen-Nürnberg University) whilst working on his PhD and various consulting projects. From 2001 to 2007 he served as Assistant Professor and received his Habilitation – a German/Swiss/Austrian post doctoral degree – in 2007. In 2008, Ferdinand joined QUT as Associate Professor of Finance.
Field
- Finance
Selected Recent Publications
Empirical Risk Analysis of Pensions Insurance – The Case of Germany, Journal of Risk and Insurance (with Gerke, W.), forthcoming. Prior version Deutsche Bundesbank Discussion Paper 7/2006.
The Fundamental Performance of Newly Privatized Firms – Evidence from Continental Europe, Applied Economics Letters (with Jesswein, T.) forthcoming.
Global Takeover Premiums – Country vs. Industry Impact, Applied Financial Economics Letters, 2008, Vol. 4 (with Dombret, A./Reinschmidt, T.).
Venture Capital, Initial Public Offerings and Political Economics: The Case of Germany, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2006, Vol. 6: 429-443 (with Gerke, W.).
Pension Funding, Insolvency Risk and the Rating of Corporations, Schmalenbach Business Review, 2/2005: 35-64 (with Gerke, W./Röhrs, A.).
Twenty Years of International Diversification from a German Perspective, Schmalenbach Business Review, 2005, Vol. 57: 85-101 (with Gerke, W./ Röhrs, A.).