Professor

Real name: 

Urs Peyer

Urs Peyer is an Associate Professor of Finance at INSEAD. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina and a lic.rer.pol. from the University of Berne, Switzerland. Urs Peyer's research interests include empirical corporate finance, corporate governance, executive compensation, internal capital market and firm diversification and share repurchases. Recent publications include: "Leverage and internal capital markets: Evidence from leveraged recapitalizations" and "The many facets of privately negotiated stock repurchases" in the Journal of Financial Economics, and "Board seat accumulation by executives: a shareholders perspective" in the Journal of Finance. His dissertation "Internal and external capital markets" won the 2001 Trefftz Award for best Ph.D. student paper at the Western Finance Association Meetings.