Christina E. Bannier

Justus-Liebig-University Giessen

Professor of Banking and Finance

Licher Str. 62

Gießen, 35394

Germany

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The Annual General Meeting Revisited: The Role of the CEO Speech

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The Annual General Meeting Revisited: The Role of the CEO Speech

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2019
Christina E. Bannier, Thomas Pauls and Andreas Walter
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Giessen - Department of Financial Services
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Annual general meeting, market efficiency, CEO speeches, textual sentiment

CEO-Speeches and Stock Returns

CFS Working Paper, No. 583
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 12 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2019
Christina E. Bannier, Thomas Pauls and Andreas Walter
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Giessen - Department of Financial Services
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Textual Sentiment, CEO Speeches, Market Efficiency, Textual Analysis, Annual General Meeting

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Are Sustainability-Linked Loans Designed to Effectively Incentivize Corporate Sustainability? A Framework for Review

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Are Sustainability-Linked Loans Designed to Effectively Incentivize Corporate Sustainability? A Framework for Review

Financial Management
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 11 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2023
Alix Auzepy, Christina E. Bannier and Fabio Martin
University of Giessen, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and University of Giessen - Department of Finance
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Sustainability-Linked Loans, sustainability KPIs, ESG lending, ESG loans, sustainable finance

Are Sustainability-Linked Loans Designed to Effectively Incentivize Corporate Sustainability? A Framework for Review

Center for Financial Studies Working Paper No. 688, 2023
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 08 May 2023
Alix Auzepy, Christina E. Bannier and Fabio Martin
University of Giessen, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and University of Giessen - Department of Finance
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Sustainability-Linked Loans, sustainability KPIs, ESG lending, ESG loans, sustainable finance

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The Economic Function of Credit Rating Agencies - What Does the Watchlist Tell Us?

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 17 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2010
Christian W. Hirsch, Christian W. Hirsch and Christina E. Bannier
University of FrankfurtLeibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE and Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
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Credit Rating Agencies, Credit Rating, Watchlist, Rating Review, Event Study

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Gender- and Education-Related Effects of Financial Literacy and Confidence on Financial Wealth

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Gender- and Education-Related Effects of Financial Literacy and Confidence on Financial Wealth

Journal of Economic Psychology, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2018
Christina E. Bannier and Milena Schwarz
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and Justus-Liebig University Giessen
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Household finance, financial literacy, confidence, wealth, gender, education

Gender- and Education-Related Effects of Financial Sophistication on Wealth Accumulation: Evidence from Heteroscedasticity-Based Instruments

CFS Working Paper, No. 585, 2017
Posted: 16 Oct 2017
Christina E. Bannier and Milena Schwarz
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and Justus-Liebig University Giessen

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Household Finance, Financial Literacy, Confidence, Wealth, Gender, Education

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Raising their Voices: Shareholders’ Soft Engagement at Annual General Meetings

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Raising their Voices: Shareholders’ Soft Engagement at Annual General Meetings

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 11 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2023
Alix Auzepy, Christina E. Bannier and Fabio Martin
University of Giessen, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and University of Giessen - Department of Finance
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shareholder engagement, annual general meeting, ESG, textual analysis

Walk the Talk: Shareholders’ Soft Engagement at Annual General Meetings

Center for Financial Studies Working Paper No. 689, 2023
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 23 Feb 2023
Alix Auzepy, Christina E. Bannier and Fabio Martin
University of Giessen, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and University of Giessen - Department of Finance
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shareholder engagement, annual general meeting, ESG, textual analysis

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Do Credit Ratings Affect Firm Investments? The Monitoring Role of Rating Agencies

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 25 Aug 2012
Christina E. Bannier, Christian W. Hirsch, Christian W. Hirsch and M. Wiemann
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, University of FrankfurtLeibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
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Credit rating, agency conflicts, investment, monitoring, rating competition

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Credit Risk

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 22 Oct 2020
Christina E. Bannier, Yannik Bofinger and Björn Rock
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Justus Liebig University Giessen and Justus Liebig University Giessen
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Corporate social responsibility, ESG, sustainability, credit risk, credit rating

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Content Analysis of Business Communication: Introducing a German Dictionary

Journal of Business Economics (2018). doi: 10.1007/s11573-018-0914-8
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 02 May 2017 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2018
Christina E. Bannier, Thomas Pauls and Andreas Walter
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Giessen - Department of Financial Services
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Text analysis, Content analysis, Textual sentiment, Business communication, Annual reports

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Rating Opaque Borrowers: Why are Unsolicited Ratings Lower?

Review of Finance, Vol. 14, pp. 263-294, 2010
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2010
Christina E. Bannier, Patrick Behr and Andre Guettler
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) - Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE) and Ulm University - Department of Mathematics and Economics
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Unsolicited Ratings, Self-Selection, Conservatism, Opaqueness

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Carbon Footprints and Equity Risk Assessments

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2022
Alix Auzepy, Yannik Bofinger, Björn Rock and Christina E. Bannier
University of Giessen, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Justus Liebig University Giessen and Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
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GHG emissions, carbon disclosure, CSR, equity risks

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The Dynamics of SMEs' Capital Structure and Performance: Evidence From a Panel VAR

BSFA Working Paper Series No. 8
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 23 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2019
Christina E. Bannier and Thomas Heyden
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and Bain & Company - Bain & Company Germany Inc.
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SMEs, Panel VAR, Dynamic Panel Data, Capital Structure, Corporate Finance

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Credit Rating Agencies, Financial Market Stability and Efficiency

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2011
Christina E. Bannier and Marcel Tyrell
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and Zeppelin University
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Information production, rating agencies, stability, efficiency, coordination problems

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Doing Safe by Doing Good: Non-Financial Reporting and the Risk Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility

This paper is forthcoming at European Accounting Review.
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 18 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2022
Christina E. Bannier, Yannik Bofinger and Björn Rock
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Justus Liebig University Giessen and Justus Liebig University Giessen
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Non-financial reporting; corporate social responsibility; ESG; sustainability; equity risk; dynamic panel estimation

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Competition, Bonuses, and Risk-Taking in the Banking Industry

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2011
Christina E. Bannier, Eberhard Feess and Natalie Packham
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and Berlin School of Economics and Law
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Bonuses, excessive risk, screening, competition

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Gender Differences in Financial Risk Taking: The Role of Financial Literacy and Risk Tolerance

Economics Letters, Vol. 145, 2016
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 17 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2017
Christina E. Bannier and Milena Schwarz
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and Justus-Liebig University Giessen
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Financial risk taking, financial literacy, risk tolerance, gender, household finance

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Looking beyond ESG preferences: The role of sustainable finance literacy in sustainable investing

Center for Financial Studies Working Paper No. 719, 2024
Number of pages: 99 Posted: 16 Apr 2024
Alix Auzepy, Christina E. Bannier and Florian Gärtner
University of Giessen, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
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Sustainable finance literacy, sustainable investments, behavioral finance, SFDR, MIFID

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Determinants of European Banks' Engagement in Loan Securitization

Bundesbank Series 2 Discussion Paper No. 2008,10
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 08 Jun 2016
Christina E. Bannier and Dennis N. Hänsel
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and Goethe University Frankfurt
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Securitization, credit risk transfer, collateralized loan obligations

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European corporate sustainability reporting - The Financial Materiality Compass as an auxiliary tool

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 04 Apr 2024
Christina E. Bannier and Henry Flach
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
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CSRD, ESRS, sustainability reporting, financial materiality

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The Glass Cliff Myth? – Evidence from Germany and the U.K.

Leadership Quarterly, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 19 Nov 2018
Myriam Bechtoldt, Christina E. Bannier and Björn Rock
EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and Justus Liebig University Giessen
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Glass Cliff; Leadership; Boards; Gender; Matching

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Performance-Sensitive Debt – The Intertwined Effects of Performance Measurement and Pricing Grid Asymmetry

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Performance-Sensitive Debt – The Intertwined Effects of Performance Measurement and Pricing Grid Asymmetry

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Sep 2012 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2014
Christina E. Bannier and M. Wiemann
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
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performance-sensitive debt, performance pricing, accounting data, credit ratings, underinvestment, collateral

Performance-Sensitive Debt – The Intertwined Effects of Performance Measurement and Pricing Grid Asymmetry

CFS Working Paper, No. 476
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 09 Oct 2014
Christina E. Bannier and M. Wiemann
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
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performance pricing, performance-sensitive debt, accounting data, credit ratings, underinvestment, collateral

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Open-End Real Estate Funds in Germany: Genesis and Crisis

Bundesbank Series 2 Discussion Paper No. 2007,04
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 08 Jun 2016
Christina E. Bannier, Falko Fecht and Marcel Tyrell
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Deutsche Bundesbank and Zeppelin University
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Open-End Funds, Liquidity Transformation, Liquidity Crisis, Risk Sharing

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Cash-Flow Sensitivities of Interdependent Corporate Decisions - The Role of Financial Constraints and Hedging Needs

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2024
Christina E. Bannier and Carolin Victoria Schürg
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and Deutsche Bundesbank - Statistics - Corporate Balance Sheet Statistics
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Cash-flow sensitivity, investment, debt issuance, cash holdings, dividend payments

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Optimal Risk Taking and Information Policy to Avoid Currency and Liquidity Crises

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 24 Feb 2002
Christina E. Bannier and Frank Heinemann
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and Berlin Institute of Technology
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Coordination Game, Multiple Lenders, Private Information, Public Information, Speculative Attacks, Transparency

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The Role of Information Disparity in the 1994/95 Mexican Peso Crisis: Empirical Evidence

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 Oct 2003
Christina E. Bannier
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
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Currency Crisis, Speculative Attack, Private and Public Information, Transparency

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Is There a Hold-Up Benefit in Heterogeneous Multiple Bank Financing?

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 13 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2010
Christina E. Bannier
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
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Relationship banking, hold-up cost, asymmetric information, strategic default, liquidity crisis, global games

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The Ceiling Trumps the Cliff – Gender-Related Promotion Patterns to Executive Boards in DAX-Firms

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Sep 2016
Myriam Bechtoldt, Maximilian Voigt and Christina E. Bannier
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, HEC Montreal - Department of Finance and Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
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Glass Cliff, Leadership, Gender, Crisis

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Privacy or Publicity - Who Drives the Wheel?

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 20 Oct 2003
Christina E. Bannier
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
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Private information, public information, transparency, beliefs, coordination, financial crises

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What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Predictable Misallocation in Simple Debt Repayment Experiments

Published in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 205, 28-43 
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 28 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2024
Florian Gärtner, Darwin Semmler and Christina E. Bannier
Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen and Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
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Rationality, Bias, Cuckoo Fallacy, Financial Literacy, Experimental Finance

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Incentive Schemes, Private Information and the Double-Edged Role of Competition for Agents

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 03 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2016
Christina E. Bannier, Eberhard Feess, Natalie Packham and Markus Walzl
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Berlin School of Economics and Law and University of Innsbruck
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Incentive compensation, screening, imperfect labor market competition, vertical differentiation, horizontal differentiation, risk aversion

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The Gender Gap in 'Bitcoin Literacy'

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Forthcoming.
Posted: 16 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2019
Christina E. Bannier, Tobias Meyll, Florian Röder and Andreas Walter
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, University of Giessen - Department of Financial Services, University of Giessen - Department of Financial Services and University of Giessen - Department of Financial Services

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Bitcoin, Bitcoin literacy, financial literacy, gender gap, gender differences, household finance

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Rating Changes and Portfolio Flows to Emerging Markets: Evidence from Active and Passive Funds

Economics Letters, Forthcoming
Posted: 02 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2019
Christina E. Bannier, Thomas Heyden and Peter Tillmann
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Bain & Company - Bain & Company Germany Inc. and University of Giessen

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Emerging Markets, Event Study, Portfolio Flows, Passive Funds, Sovereign Ratings

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Optimal Transparency and Risk-Taking to Avoid Currency Crises

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 161, No. 3, pp. 374-391, 2010
Posted: 06 Mar 2010
Christina E. Bannier and Frank Heinemann
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen and Berlin Institute of Technology

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Big Elephants in Small Ponds: Do Large Traders Make Financial Markets More Aggressive?

Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 52, No. 8, 2005
Posted: 02 Mar 2010
Christina E. Bannier
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen

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currency crises, large traders, market sentiment, coordination, private and public information

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Heterogeneous Multiple Bank Financing: Does it Reduce Inefficient Credit-Renegotiation Incidences?

Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 445-470, 2007
Posted: 26 Nov 2007
Christina E. Bannier
Justus-Liebig-University Giessen

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Relationship lending, Asymmetric information, Financial distress, Hold-up, Coordination failure