PhD position in Finance

The Department of Accounting, Finance & Insurance is looking for highly motivated candidates, interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in Business Economics at KU Leuven on topics related to corporate finance or corporate governance.
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The PhD project will be linked to the supervisors' research agendas in corporate finance and corporate governance (theoretical and/or empirical). Examples include questions on the optimal design of financial contracts and securities, executive compensation and managerial incentives, corporate disclosure and financial reporting (including intangible liabilities and CSR), the firm-level effects of financial, labour-market, or environmental regulation, and sustainable finance. Other topics within the broad field of corporate finance — such as capital structure, payout policy, capital allocation, corporate investment and M&A, or banking — can also be discussed based on the candidate's interests.

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Doctoral Program in Business Economics
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Interested?

The application should include the following documents:

• Curriculum vitae

• Research statement

• Transcript of all university grades

• (recommended) GRE or GMAT test score and/or evidence of English proficiency such as TOEFL or IELTS test scores

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