Consultation hours
During the winter semester 2026/27, consultation hour will take place on Wednesdays, 9:00 to 10:00 a.m., in the office (VG 3.05). Please register by e-mail with Ms. Schubert (sekretariat.finanzierung@ur.de).
During the winter semester 2026/27, the “Exercise for the bachelor's thesis” will take place on Wednesdays, 10:00 to 10:45 a.m., in the office (VG 3.05). Please register by e-mail with Ms. Schubert (sekretariat.finanzierung@ur.de).
During the winter semester 2026/27, the “Exercise for the Master's thesis” will take place on Wednesdays, 10:45 to 11:30 a.m., in the office (VG 3.05). Please register by e-mail with Ms. Schubert (sekretariat.finanzierung@ur.de).
About the person
After studying mathematics with a minor in business administration at the University of Augsburg, Gregor Dorfleitner completed his doctorate in 1998 with a dissertation on index futures under the supervision of Professor Dr. Günter Bamberg at the Chair of Statistics at the University of Augsburg. In 2003, he completed his habilitation at the Faculty of Economics at the same university. In April 2004, he was appointed Professor of Finance at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Beginning in July 2005, he headed the newly established department of Financial Engineering and Derivatives. Since October 2007, he has held the Chair of Business Administration, in particular Finance and has served as Director of the Centre of Finance at the University of Regensburg since April 2008. He is the author of numerous internationally published academic papers.
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Main research areas
- Sustainable Finance
- FinTech and digital finance
- Risk models for companies, risk measures
- Company valuation
- Microfinance
Training objectives
Students are expected to become familiar with, evaluate, and apply a broad range of financial instruments. This goes is closely linked to the development of quantitative skills, with a particular emphasis on practical implementation using computer-based tools.
Interdisciplinary connections with subjects such as statistics, financial services, and econometrics are explicitly encouraged. Graduates will acquire the analytical and technical competencies needed to succeed both in financial institutions and in corporate finance functions such as treasury, controlling, and risk management.
Publications
- Dorfleitner, Gregor, Rad, Jacqueline and Weber, Martina (2017) Pricing in the online invoice trading market: First empirical evidence.
Economics Letters: 161, P. 56-61.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.09.020 - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Röhe, Michaela and Renier, Noémie (2017) The Access of Microfinance Institutions to Debt Capital: An Empirical Investigation of Microfinance Investment Vehicles.
Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance: 65, P. 1-15.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2016.06.005 - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Priberny, Christopher, Schuster, Stephanie, Stoiber, Johannes, Weber, Martina, de Castro, Ivan and Kammler, Julia (2016) Description-text related soft information in peer-to-peer lending - Evidence from two leading European platforms.
Journal of Banking and Finance: 64, P. 169-187. - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Halbritter, Gerhard and Nguyen, Mai (2016) The risk of social responsibility - is it systematic?.
Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment: 6, P. 1-14. - Gerer, Johannes and Dorfleitner, Gregor (2016) A note on utility indifference pricing.
International Journal of Theoretical & Applied Finance: 19 (6), P. 1650037/1-1650037/17. - Dorfleitner, Gregor and Oswald, Eva-Maria (2016) Repayment behavior in peer-to-peer microfinancing: Empirical evidence from Kiva.
Review of Financial Economics: 30, P. 45-59. - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Hornuf, Lars, Schmitt, Matthias and Weber, Martina (2016) The FinTech market in Germany.
- Dorfleitner, Gregor, Hornuf, Lars, Schmitt, Matthias and Weber, Martina (2016) FinTech-Markt in Deutschland.
- Dorfleitner, Gregor and Nguyen, Mai (2016) Which Proportion of SR Investments is enough? - A Survey based Approach.
Business Research (BuR): 9, P. 1-25. - Dorfleitner, Gregor, Halbritter, Gerhard and Nguyen, Mai (2015) Measuring the level and risk of corporate responsibility - An empirical comparison of different ESG rating approaches.
Journal of Asset Management: 16, P. 450-466.
https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jam.2015.31
Prof. Dr. Gregor Dorfleitner
Chair holder
- E-mail address: gregor.dorfleitner(at)ur.de (opens your email program)
- Tel: +49 941 943 2683 (starts a telephone call, if your device allows this)
- Location: Vielberth Building, VG 3.05
- Important information: Consultation hours: Please register in advance by emailing Ms. Schubert (sekretariat.finanzierung@ur.de).
- Department of Finance