Matthias Pelster What Is the Impact of Financial Penalties on the Performance and Stock Returns of Banks?
Matthias Pelster is Professor of Finance at Paderborn University. He has previously held research positions at New York University, Leuphana University of Lüneburg and TU Dortmund. His research focuses on behavioral finance, risk management, and corporate finance.
Area of Research
Behavioral Finance, Risk Management, Corporate Finance
since 2020
Professor for Finance
University of Paderborn (Universität Paderborn)
2019-2020
Visiting Research Professor
Stern School of Business, New York University
2017-2020
Assistant Professor
University of Paderborn (Universität Paderborn)
2014-2017
Assistant Professor
Leuphana University, Lüneburg
Institute of Finance and Accounting
2013-2014
Post-doctoral Researcher
Center for Research on Education and School Development (IFS)
Chair of Finance
2009-2013
Research and Teaching Fellow
Center for Research on Education and School Development (IFS)
Chair of Finance
2019
Habilitation
University of Paderborn (Universität Paderborn)
Field of Expertise: Business Administration
2009-2013
Ph.D. in Finance
Center for Research on Education and School Development (IFS)
Chair for Finance, summa cum laude
2003-2009
Diploma in Mathematics and Business Administration
Center for Research on Education and School Development (IFS)
- Journal of Banking & Finance
- Journal of Risk and Insurance
- Journal of Empirical Finance
- Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
- Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance
- German Finance Association
- European Finance Association
- American Finance Association
- Financial Management Association
Prizes
- Best Paper Award, European Academy of Management Annual Conference (2019)
- Dean’s Young Scholar Research Award, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Paderborn University (2019)
- Academy of Science and Art NRW, Shortlisted for the “Junge Kolleg” (2018)
- Heinz Sauermann Advancement Award for Experimental Economic Research (2018)
Fellowships
- Berkley Fellowship: St. John’s School of Risk Management, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, St. John’s University (2017)
- Project: “Managerial personality traits and selective hedging”, The Frankfurt Institute for Risk Management and Regulation (FIRM), (2020)
- DFG: Project “Social interactions and (financial) decision-making” (2020)
- Project: “Attention triggers and retail investor trading”, Fritz Thyssen Stiftung (2019)
- Project: “Social Trading and the Wisdom of the Crowd”, Fritz Thyssen Stiftung (2016 - 2017)
Opinions on the impact of financial penalties on the profitability of banks are divided: One view argues that they obstruct the functioning of the banking sector; another one says that these penalties are simply another cost of doing business. MATTHIAS PELSTER and his research group have investigated the impact of penalties on the performance of banks in an empirical study in order to properly differentiate between the competing opinions. They examined the profitability and the stock returns of a sample of large internationally listed banks that were imposed with financial penalties. They found that there is a negative relation between penalties and pre-tax profitability and a lower income in the years following the penalty. However, taking a look at the stock performance of these banks, they could detect a positive relation of the stock returns to the announcement of penalties.
LT Video Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.21036/LTPUB10564
Financial Penalties and Bank Performance
- Hannes Köster and Matthias Pelster
- Journal of Banking and Finance
- Published in 2017
