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Kasper Meisner Nielsen
Research Fellow

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Office #1: 

Department of Finance

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Shatin, New Territories

Hong Kong
>T: +852 2609 7443
>F: +852 2603 6586
>E: nielsen@baf.msmail.cuhk.edu.hk

 

Office #2: 

CEBR

Copenhagen Business School

Porcelaenshaven 16A

DK-2000 Frederiksberg
>T: +45 3815 3449
>F: +45 3815 3499

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Personal data

Date of Birth:  July 10, 1978

Place of Birth: Næstved, Denmark

Nationality:  Danish

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Education

Ph.D. (Econ), University of Copenhagen; December 2005

 

Visiting Scholar, Stern School of Business, New York University; September 2003 - June 2004

 

M.Sc. (Econ), University of Copenhagen; 2003

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Employment

Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, Chinese University of Hong Kong; September 2007 - present 

 

Research Fellow, Centre for Economic and Business Research; September 2005 - present

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, Copenhagen Business School; September 2005 - August 2007.

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Publications

A. Articles in International Journals

"The Causal Effect of Board Size in the Performance of Small and Medium-Sized Firms", with M. Bennedsen and H.C. Kongsted. Journal of Banking and Finance 32 (6), 1098-1109.

 

"Institutional Investors and Private Equity", Review of Finance 18 (1), 185-219.

 

"Inside the Family Firm: The Role of Families in Succession Decisions and Performance", with M. Bennedsen, F. Pérez-González and D. Wolfenzon. The Quarterly Journal of Economics 122 (2), 647-91.

 

"The Impact of a Break-Through Rule on European Firms", with M. Bennedsen. European Journal of Law and Economics 17 (3), 259-83.

 

B. Working Papers 

"The Return to Pension Funds' Private Equity Investments: New Evidence on the Private Equity Premium Puzzle", Revised February 2008.

 

"The Principle of Proportional Ownership, Investor Protection and Firm Value in Western Europe", with M. Bennedsen, Revised April 2008.

    

"The Family behind the Family Firm: Evidence from CEO Transitions", with M. Bennedsen and D. Wolfenzon, CEBR Discussion Paper 2004-14, May 2004.

 

C. Articles in Refereed Nordic Journals

"Konsekvenser af at harmonisere selskabslovgivningen i Europa: Skal aktieklasserne afskaffes?", with M. Bennedsen, T. Dam and J. Herby. Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift, 2003 (1).

 

"Svensk selskabsstyring under pres: Effekter af at harmonisere selskabslovgivningen i EU", with M. Bennedsen. Ekonomisk Debatt, 2003 (2).

 

"Bestyrelser i unoterede danske virksomheder", with M. Bennedsen. Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift, 2002 (2).


"Ejerskabsstrukturer og kontrolallokering i unoterede danske virksomheder", with M. Bennedsen. Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift, 2001 (3).

 

D. Agency Reports 

"Investorbeskyttelse og virksomhedsovertagelser i Danmark", with M. Bennedsen. Rapport prepared for the Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, published by FORA, December 2002.

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Projects
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Research

Family Firms, with M. Bennedsen, F. Pérez-González and D. Wolfenzon

 

Financing Entrepreneurial Finance: The Choice between Direct and Indirect Investments through Private Equity Funds

 

How Financial Illiteracy and Political Preferences Influence Equity Home Bias 

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Courses

Financial Management, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Fall 2007 & Spring 2008

Corporate Finance, Copenhagen Business School, Fall 2005, Spring 2006 & Fall 2006

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Miscellaneous

Awards:

The Tuborg Foundation's Business Economics Prize, 2003

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