Thomas Lambert

Associate Professor of Finance

Academic Director MSc in Finance and Investments

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University

Curriculum Vitae
Thomas Lambert

Biography

Thomas Lambert is Associate Professor of Finance and Academic Director of the MSc in Finance and Investments at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. His research interests are in Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurship, FinTech, and Political Economy. His work has been presented at major conferences around the world, including the NBER Summer Institute, AEA, EFA, SFS Cavalcade and FIRS meetings, and published in leading academic journals, including the Economic Journal and Management Science. He received several grants, including a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Thomas holds a PhD degree in Finance from the Université catholique de Louvain, an MA in Economics from the Université catholique de Louvain and has been a visiting scholar at the London Business School and HEC Paris. He was also awarded the 2016 Banque de France Foundation Prize for the best thesis in Monetary and Financial Economics and the 2020 ERIM Prize for Outstanding Performance by a Young Researcher.

Updates & News

New Publication

I’m thrilled to share that my paper “Does Democracy Shape International Merger Activity?” is accepted at the Journal of International Economics.

Stigler Center-CEPR Conference Series

I co-organize the Stigler Center-CEPR Political Economy of Finance Conference to be held in Chicago on Nov 8-9. Keynote by Oliver Hart (Harvard).

Oxford Research Encyclopedia (ORE)

In “The Rise of Crowdfunding“, forthcoming at the ORE of Economics & Finance, I provide an overview of the economic literature on crowdfunding.

NBER SI

My paper “(In)dependent Central Banks” will be presented at the NBER Summer Institute “International Economics and Macroeconomics Data” on July 10.

Coming Seminars

I’ll present soon my work at the following departments: SKEMA Business School, Queen’s University Belfast, University of Essex.

The Politics of PPP

Our Registered Report has been accepted for presentation at the 2024 RCFS Winter Conference in Puerto Rico on February 17-18.

Keynote Lecture

I gave the keynote speech on “The Economics of Crowdfunding” at Autonomous University of Madrid Workshop in Financial Economics on April 15.
Visiting address

Office: Mandeville Building T08-40
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Phone number

+31 (0)10 408 1450


Email

[email protected]