Heinz Zimmermann

University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics

Peter Merian Weg 6

Basel, 4002

Switzerland

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Scholarly Papers (37)

Corporate Governance and Expected Stock Returns: Evidence from Germany

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 11/2003
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 19 Feb 2003
Wolfgang Drobetz, Andreas Schillhofer and Heinz Zimmermann
University of Hamburg, Greenhill & Co. and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 3,830 (6,052)
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Corporate Governance, principal-agent theory, asset pricing

Corporate Governance and Expected Stock Returns: Evidence from Germany

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 05 May 2003
Wolfgang Drobetz, Andreas Schillhofer and Heinz Zimmermann
University of Hamburg, Greenhill & Co. and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 1,119 (41,289)
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corporate governance, principal-agent theory, asset pricing

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An Integrated Framework of Corporate Governance and Firm Valuation - Evidence from Switzerland

ECGI - Finance Working Paper No. 34/2004
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 27 Jan 2004
University of BaselUniversity of Oxford - Said Business School, University of Hamburg, University of St. Gallen - Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 3,234 (8,131)
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Corporate governance; Ownership structure; Firm valuation; Endogeneity

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Listed Private Equity

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 Mar 2009
LPX GmbH, LPX GmbH, University of Basel - Center for Economic Science (WWZ) - Department of Finance and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Listed Private Equity, Private Equity

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Should Chairman and CEO Be Separated? Leadership Structure and Firm Performance in Switzerland

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 07 Apr 2005 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2013
Markus Schmid and Heinz Zimmermann
University of St. Gallen - Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Leadership structure, Firm valuation, Corporate governance, Managerial Shareholdings

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An Integrated Framework of Corporate Governance and Firm Valuation

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Aug 2005
University of BaselUniversity of Oxford - Said Business School, University of St. Gallen - Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance, University of Hamburg and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Corporate governance, principal-agent problems, ownership structure, firm valuation, endogeneity

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Hedge Fund Activism and Information Disclosure: The Case of Germany

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2015
Peter Weber and Heinz Zimmermann
University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 932 (54,174)

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Shareholder activism, Hedge funds, Corporate governance

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Cash Flow and Discount Rate News in REIT Returns

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2022
Valentin Séchaud and Heinz Zimmermann
University of Rochester and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Long-run risk of discount rates vs. expected growth, variance decomposition of stock returns and real estate returns (REITs), Dotcom bubble vs. Global Financial Crisis

Does Unobservable Heterogeneity Matter for Portfolio-Based Asset Pricing Tests?

Paris December 2018 Finance Meeting EUROFIDAI - AFFI
Number of pages: 156 Posted: 04 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2024
Daniel Hoechle, Markus Schmid and Heinz Zimmermann
FHNW School of Business - Institute for Finance, University of St. Gallen - Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 252 (257,820)
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: Portfolio sorts, Cross-section of expected returns, Tests of asset pricing models, Random effects assumption

Generalized Portfolio Sorts for Factor Validation

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper 25-32
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 09 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2025
Markus Schmid, Daniel Hoechle and Heinz Zimmermann
University of St. Gallen - Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance, FHNW School of Business - Institute for Finance and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 248 (262,010)
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Portfolio sorts, cross-section of expected returns, tests of asset pricing models, random effects assumption

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The Impact of Speculation on Commodity Futures – A Review of the Findings of 100 Empirical Studies

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 10 Feb 2016
Marco Haase, Yvonne Seiler Zimmermann and Heinz Zimmermann
University of Basel - Center for Economic Science (WWZ) - Department of Finance, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Business, Institute of Financial Services Zug, IFZ and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 473 (129,603)
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Managerial Incentives and Firm Valuation - Evidence from Switzerland

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 Aug 2005
Markus Schmid and Heinz Zimmermann
University of St. Gallen - Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 414 (151,738)
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Corporate governance, ownership structure, equity-based compensation, firm valuation, endogeneity

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The Credit Suisse Bailout in Hindsight - Not a Bitter Pill to Swallow, but a Case to Follow

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 16 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 30 Nov 2023
Pascal Böni and Heinz Zimmermann
Tilburg University and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 387 (163,710)

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Bank, bailout, market-indicators in regulation, emergency liquidity provision, bank systemic risk, too-big-to-fail, Credit Suisse bailout

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Credit Risk Transfer, Hedge Funds, and the Supply of Liquidity

LAW AND ECONOMICS OF RISK IN FINANCE, Peter Nobel and Marina Gets, eds., pp. 41-72, Schulthess, Zürich, 2007, U. of St. Gallen Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2008-14
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 May 2008 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2008
Heinz Zimmermann
University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 365 (174,655)
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transfer of credit risk, hedge funds

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On the Credibility of the Euro/Swiss Franc Floor: A Financial Market Perspective

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2015
Markus Hertrich and Heinz Zimmermann
Deutsche Bundesbank and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 307 (210,789)
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central banking, credibility, currency option, Euro/Swiss Franc floor, Vanna-Volga method, barrier

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The First- and Second-Hand Effect of Analysts' Stock Recommendations - Evidence from the Swiss Stock Market

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 31 Jan 2005
Philipp M. Schlumpf, Markus Schmid and Heinz Zimmermann
University of Basel - Department of Finance, University of St. Gallen - Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 298 (217,518)

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Stock recommendations, Second-hand information, Analysts, Price pressure and information hypotheses

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Wheat Price Volatility Over 140 Years: An Analysis of Daily Price Ranges

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 17 Apr 2021
Marco Haase, Heinz Zimmermann and Matthias Huss
University of Basel - Center for Economic Science (WWZ) - Department of Finance, University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics and University of Basel - Center for Economic Science (WWZ) - Department of Finance
Downloads 279 (232,992)

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Commodity futures volatility, wheat futures, historical price analysis, structural volatility breaks, conditional autoregressive range model

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The Pricing of Volatility Risk in the US Equity Market

International Review of Financial Analysis, Vol. 79, No. 101951, 2022
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 22 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2023
Lukas Hitz, Ismail Mustafi and Heinz Zimmermann
University of Basel - Center for Economic Science (WWZ) - Department of Finance, University of Basel - Center for Economic Science (WWZ) - Department of Finance and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 270 (241,016)
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Pricing of Volatility Risk, Cross Sectional Asset Pricing, Macroeconomic vs. Fundamental Risk Factors, Evaluation of Portfolio Sort Technique

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On the Interpretation of P/E-Ratios in Relation to Growth

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Mar 2022
Heinz Zimmermann
University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Stock market valuation, price-earnings ratio, growth, valuation multiples, Gordon model

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Trust and Success in Venture Capital Financing - An Empirical Analysis with German Survey Data

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 25 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2013
Stefan Duffner, Heinz Zimmermann and Markus Schmid
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics and University of St. Gallen - Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance
Downloads 256 (254,341)
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Venture Capital, Trust and success, Survey, Endogeneity

Does central clearing affect counterparty risk and liquidity risk in the sovereign CDS market?

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 09 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2022
Josephine Molleyres and Heinz Zimmermann
Swiss National Bank (SNB) and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Credit default swaps, central counterparty clearing, sovereign credit risk, counterparty risk, liquidity risks, systemic risk

Does Central Clearing Affect Counterparty Risk and Liquidity Risk in the Sovereign CDS Market?

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 Feb 2023
Josephine Molleyres and Heinz Zimmermann
Swiss National Bank (SNB) and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Credit default swaps, central counterparty clearing, sovereign credit risk, counterparty risk, Liquidity risk, Financial stability

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Permanent and Transitory Price Shocks in Commodity Futures Markets and Their Relation to Storage and Speculation

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Mar 2013
Marco Haase, Yvonne Seiler Zimmermann and Heinz Zimmermann
University of Basel - Center for Economic Science (WWZ) - Department of Finance, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Business, Institute of Financial Services Zug, IFZ and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Commodity futures prices, cointegration, temporary and permanent price shocks, speculation and storage

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Mean-Reversion in Commodity Futures Volatility: An Analysis of Daily Range-Based Stochastic Volatility Models

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 16 Apr 2021
New York University - Stern School of Business, University of Basel - Center for Economic Science (WWZ) - Department of Finance, University of Basel - Center for Economic Science (WWZ) - Department of Finance and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Commodity futures volatility, historical price analysis, range-based volatility estimation, range-based GARCH models, structural volatility breaks

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Characteristics of Pension Fund Financial Quality: The Role of Uncommitted Funds

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2024
Michael Huynh, Yvonne Seiler Zimmermann and Heinz Zimmermann
University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Business, Institute of Financial Services Zug, IFZ and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Pension funds, financial quality, funding ratios, uncommitted (free) funds, pension management

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Anomaly in Stock-Bond Correlations: The Role of Monetary Policy

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 19 Dec 2015
Jonas Gusset and Heinz Zimmermann
University of Basel - Department of Finance and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 183 (350,338)

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bond-stock correlation, GARCH models, monetary policy

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The Cross-Section of Positively Weighted Portfolios

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 04 Mar 2007
Daniel Niedermayer and Heinz Zimmermann
University of Basel and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 183 (350,338)

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asset pricing, CAPM, Roll Critique, mean-variance analysis, short-sale constraint, market proxy

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How Does Income and Financial Satisfaction Change with Retirement? Insights from Swiss Panel Data

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Yvonne Seiler Zimmermann and Heinz Zimmermann
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Business, Institute of Financial Services Zug, IFZ and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Retirement income, pension system, financial satisfaction, pension regulation

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Why Not Use SDF - Rather than Beta Models in Performance Measurement?

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 22 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2012
Jonas Gusset and Heinz Zimmermann
University of Basel - Department of Finance and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 128 (472,226)

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Performance measurement, conditioning information, mutual funds

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Long-Run Implied Market Fundamentals: An Exploration

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 12 Dec 2019
Heinz Zimmermann
University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
Downloads 111 (526,759)
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Stock market valuation, multiples, Gordon model

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Initial Public Offerings in Germany and Switzerland in the New Millennium: Characteristics and Hypotheses

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 21 Sep 2023
Peter Weber, Rohat Barihas and Heinz Zimmermann
University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel - University of Basel, Faculty of Business and Economics and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Initial public offerings (IPOs), underpricing and cross-sectional explanations, German and Swiss stock markets, reputation, bookbuilding

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The Development of Organized Commodity Exchanges in Africa: An Economic Analysis

Chapter in: “Africa’s Population: In search of a Demographic Dividend.”, ed. Hans Groth and John May, (2016) Springer, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 02 Jun 2016
Heinz Zimmermann and Marco Haase
University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics and University of Basel - Center for Economic Science (WWZ) - Department of Finance
Downloads 100 (568,441)

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organized commodity markets, futures markets, food security, emerging markets Africa

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Wheat Price Volatility Regimes Over 140 Years: An Analysis of Daily Price Ranges

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 19 Jan 2023
Marco Haase, Heinz Zimmermann and Matthias Huss
University of Basel - Center for Economic Science (WWZ) - Department of Finance, University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics and University of Basel - Center for Economic Science (WWZ) - Department of Finance
Downloads 34 (975,655)

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Commodity futures volatility, wheat futures, historical price analysis, structural volatility breaks

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Are Stock Prices Driven by Expected Growth Rather than Discount Rates? Evidence Based on the COVID-19 Crisis.

Risk Management (2021) 23:1–29
Posted: 17 Jan 2023
Pascal Böni and Heinz Zimmermann
Tilburg University and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics

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Stock market valuation, COVID-19 stock market downturn, Valuation multiples, Gordon model

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Commodity Returns and Their Volatility in Relation to Speculation: A Consistent Empirical Approach

Posted: 28 Sep 2015
Marco Haase, Yvonne Seiler Zimmermann and Heinz Zimmermann
University of Basel - Center for Economic Science (WWZ) - Department of Finance, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, School of Business, Institute of Financial Services Zug, IFZ and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics
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Speculation, commodity futures prices, lead-lag relationships

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Martingales and Portfolio Decisions: A User's Guide

Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 75-101, 2006
Posted: 04 Apr 2006
Heinz Zimmermann
University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics

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Dynamic portfolio selection, martingales, binomial framework

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Tracking Error and Tactical Asset Allocation

Posted: 29 Jun 2001
Manuel Ammann and Heinz Zimmermann
University of St. Gallen - School of Finance and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics

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Interest Rate Risk of European Financial Corporations

Posted: 16 Nov 2000
Peter Oertmann, Christel Rendu de Lint and Heinz Zimmermann
Technical University of Munich, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics

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Interest rate risk, asset pricing, portfolio management

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Interest Rate Risk of Financial Corporations' Equity Returns: A European Perspective

Stern Working Paper Series S-96-51
Posted: 03 Sep 1997
Peter Oertmann, Christel Rendu de Lint and Heinz Zimmermann
Technical University of Munich, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics

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Arbitrage in Smi Stock Index Futures: An Intraday Study

Stern Working Paper Series S-96-47
Posted: 31 Jul 1997
Claudia Zogg-Wetter and Heinz Zimmermann
University of St. Gallen and University of Basel - Faculty of Business and Economics

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