Prof. Dr. Hendrik Scholz

Chair of Finance and Banking

Curriculum vitae

After training as a banker with Dresdner Bank AG in Hanover, Hendrik Scholz (born in 1969) studied business administration at the University of Göttingen and at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, USA. After receiving his Diplom in 1997, he worked as a research associate at the Department of Finance and Banking at the University of Göttingen, earning his doctoral degree there in 2002. He went on to work as a research fellow at the Department of General Business Management, Finance, and Banking Management at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt from 2002 to 2008, obtaining his habilitation in business administration there in 2007. From 2008 to 2009, he worked as a senior research fellow at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. He has been Chair of Finance and Banking at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg since 2009.

His research focuses on portfolio management, investment fund performance analysis, evaluation and analysis of innovative financial products, and capital market oriented finance and bank management.

Recent publications

2018

Maier M., Scholz H.:
Determinants of home bias: Evidence from European equity funds
(2018)
(Working Paper)
Maier M., Scholz H.:
A return-based approach to identify home bias of European equity funds
In: European Journal of Finance (2018)
ISSN: 1351-847X
DOI: 10.1080/1351847X.2017.1415946
(Working Paper)
Barth F., Scholz H., Stegmeier M.:
Momentum in the European corporate bond market: The role of bond-specific returns
In: Journal of Fixed Income 27 (2018), p. 54-70
ISSN: 1059-8596
DOI: 10.3905/jfi.2018.27.3.054
(Working Paper)

2017

Barth F., Eckert C., Gatzert N., Scholz H.:
Spillover effects from the Volkswagen emissions scandal: A comprehensive analysis of stock, corporate bond, and credit default swap markets
(2017)
(Working Paper)
Hübel B., Scholz H.:
Stocks without sustainability rating: Characteristics and performance impact on socially responsible portfolios
(2017)
(Working Paper)
Büttner T., Holzmann C., Kreidl F., Scholz H.:
Stock Market Behavior on Ex-Dividend Dates: The Case of Cum-Ex Transactions in Germany
(2017)
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2960015
(Working Paper)

2016

Hühn HL., Scholz H.:
Alpha Momentum and Price Momentum
(2016)
(Working Paper)
Herrmann U., Rohleder M., Scholz H.:
Does Style-Shifting Activity Predict Performance? Evidence from Equity Mutual Funds
In: Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 59 (2016), p. 112-130
ISSN: 1062-9769
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2015.03.003
Breloer B., Hühn HL., Scholz H.:
Jensen Alpha and Market Climate
In: Journal of Asset Management 17 (2016), p. 195-214
ISSN: 1470-8272
DOI: 10.1057/jam.2016.4

Journal articles

2018

Maier M., Scholz H.:
A return-based approach to identify home bias of European equity funds
In: European Journal of Finance (2018)
ISSN: 1351-847X
DOI: 10.1080/1351847X.2017.1415946
(Working Paper)
Barth F., Scholz H., Stegmeier M.:
Momentum in the European corporate bond market: The role of bond-specific returns
In: Journal of Fixed Income 27 (2018), p. 54-70
ISSN: 1059-8596
DOI: 10.3905/jfi.2018.27.3.054
(Working Paper)

2016

Herrmann U., Rohleder M., Scholz H.:
Does Style-Shifting Activity Predict Performance? Evidence from Equity Mutual Funds
In: Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 59 (2016), p. 112-130
ISSN: 1062-9769
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2015.03.003
Breloer B., Hühn HL., Scholz H.:
Jensen Alpha and Market Climate
In: Journal of Asset Management 17 (2016), p. 195-214
ISSN: 1470-8272
DOI: 10.1057/jam.2016.4