Research and Publications


 

This page gives an overview of the research I have completed and the topics I am currently working on. Comments are greatly appreciated!

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Published Articles and Articles under Review
Books
Book Reviews
Other Publications
Unpublished Work
Consulting
Interviews and Contributions in the Media

 

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Work in Progress

Submission Date (est.)

Contribution

2012

A Good Beginning Makes a Good Market: The Effect of Different Market Opening Structures on Market Quality
Hinterleitner, G./Leopold-Wildburger, U./Mestel, R./Palan, S.
Paper studying the impact of market opening structure (transparent/intransparent call auction followed by a continuous double auction, or stand-alone continuous double auction) on market efficiency in a market with homogenously informed traders.

   
2012

The Effect of Participation in Accounting Standard Setting on Subsequent Reporting Behavior
Königsgruber, R./Palan, S.
Experimental study on the impact of participation in accouting standard setting in subsequent accounting manipulation.

   
2012

Endogenous Evolution of Society
Fleiss, J./Palan, S.
Experimental study on the endogenous evolution of societal structures in a public goods game.

   
2012

Hypocrisy and Participation
Königsgruber, R./Palan, S./Stefani, U.
Experimental study on the impact of participation on hypocrisy in accouting standard setting and subsequent reporting behavior.

   
2012

Experimental Studies of Homogeneous Value Asset Markets – A Survey
Palan, S.
Paper surveying the results from homogeneous value asset markets, with a particular focus on bubble measures.

   
Open

An Experimental Study of Day and Night Effects in Stock Markets
Palan, S./Pilaj, H.
Paper studying the influence of different market mechanisms on day/night effects in stock markets.

   
Open

Insider trading under different experimental market structures
Hornung, P./Hinterleitner, G./Leopold-Wildburger, U./Mestel, R./Palan, S.
Paper studying the impact of market opening structure (transparent/intransparent call auction followed by a continuous double auction, or stand-alone continuous double auction) on market efficiency in a market with non-informed and informed traders.

   
   
   
   

Published Articles and Articles Under Review (refereed)

Date

Contribution

Submitted

Inducing Low-Carbon Investment in the Electric Power Industry through a Price Floor for Emissions Trading
Brauneis, A./Loretz, M./R. Mestel/Palan, S.
Paper studying the impact of a carbon price floor on the timing of green investment decisions.
FEEM Working paper 74.2011, 10/2011: .pdf Full Text, this Server - .pdf Full Text, FEEM

   
Submitted

To See is to Believe - Common Expectations in Experimental Asset Markets
Cheung, S./Hedegaard, M./Palan, S.
Paper studying the role of complexity in the formation of bubbles in experimental asset markets.

   
Accepted
(In German)

Vergleichende Analyse von Fondsdirektinvestments mit Fondsgebundenen Lebensversicherungen
Gauper, A./Mestel, R./Palan, S.
Paper comparing the after-tax performance of a direct investment in mutual funds with an investment in a life insurance investing in mutual funds.

   
Pre-press version published online

Two Heads are Less Bubbly Than One: Team Decision-Making in an Experimental Asset Market
Cheung, S./Palan, S.
Experimental Economics, pre-press version published online on 19 September 2011, DOI: 10.1007/s10683-011-9304-6
Paper showing that team decision-makers reduce price bubbles compared to individual decision-makers in experimental asset markets.

  .pdf Full Text, Springer
Previously circulated as:
University of Sydney Economics Working paper 2011-8, 09/2011: .pdf Full Text, this Server - .pdf Full Text, University of Sydney
IZA Working paper 4507, 10/2009: .pdf Full Text, this Server - .pdf Abstract, this Server
   
11/2010
(In German)

Vom Kapitalwert zur Realoption in der Unternehmensbewertung
Mestel, R./Palan, S./Steiner, P.
in: Königsmaier, H./Rabel, K., "Unternehmensbewertung: Theoretische Grundlagen - Praktische Anwendung", Linde, Wien, 2010, pp. 451-470, ISBN: 978-3-7073-1606-3
Paper on the application of real option methodology in company valuation. Published in the festschrift for Gerwald Mandl on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

  Book at amazon.de
 
07/2010

Digital Options and Efficiency in Experimental Asset Markets
Palan, S.
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 75(3)
, 2010, pp. 506-522, DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2010.05.011
Paper on the effect of offering subjects in an experimental asset market the opportunity to trade also in a digital option markets.

  .pdf Full Text, Sciencedirect
 
 01/2010
(In German)

Kursblasen und Adaptive Erwartungen auf Laboraktien- und -digitaloptionsmärkten
Palan, S.
Österreichisches Bankarchiv 58(1), ISSN: 1015-1516, 2010, pp. 40-49.
Paper on the expectations formation of subjects in experimental stock and digital option markets, with some results on the impact of subject gender.

   
   
   
   

Books

Date

Contribution

10/2009

Bubbles and Crashes in Experimental Asset Markets, Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol. 626, Springer, Heidelberg et al., 2009.
ISBN: 978-3-642-02146-6, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02147-3

  .pdf Full Text, from Springer - Book at amazon.de
   
11/2007
(In German)

Copeland, T. E./Weston, J. F./Shastri, K., Financial Theory and Corporate Policy, 4th ed., Addison Wesley, 2005. (Original book at Amazon.de)
Translation from English to German.

  Book at Amazon.de
   
08/2004

Master Thesis: "The Efficient Market Hypothesis and its Validity in Today's Markets"
ISBN: 978-3638703734

  .pdf Full Text, this Server - Book at lulu.com - Book at Amazon.de- eBook at Amazon.de
   
   
   

Book Reviews

Date

Contribution

03/2011
(In German)

Jaron, M., Noise Trading und Ineffizienzen am deutschen Aktienmarkt, Portfoliomanagement 26, Uhlenbruch, 2010 (ISBN 978-3-933207-74-6).

Guggenbichler-Brunner, H./Palan, S.
Österreichisches Bankarchiv 59(3), 2011, p. 204.
Book at amazon.de

   
02/2006
(In German)

Albrecht, P./Maurer, R., Investment- und Risikomanagement, 2. Auflage, Schäffer/Poeschel, Stuttgart, 2005 (ISBN 3-7910-2431-0).

Palan, S.
Österreichisches Bankarchiv 54(2), 2006, p. 146.
Book at amazon.de

   
   
   

Other Publications

Date

Contribution

07/2011
(In German)

Teilnahme an der Rechnungslegungsregulierung: Implikationen für die Compliance?

Königsgruber, R./Palan, S.
Zeitschrift für Internationale Rechnungslegung (IRZ), Issue 7/8, July/August 2011, pp. 343-345 (unrefereed).

   
02/2006
(In German)

Tagungsbericht: 20. Workshop der Austrian Working Group on Banking and Finance, Graz, 18.-19. November 2005

Bock, M./Palan, S.
Österreichisches Bankarchiv 54(2), 2006, pp. 132-133.

   
   
   

Unpublished Work

Date

Contribution

09/2011
(In German)
Studie "Vergleichende quantitative und qualitative Analyse der Investition in Fondsgebundene Lebensversicherungen bzw. in Investmentsfonds in Österreich"
Gauper, A.
/Mestel, R./Palan, S.
For an Austrian financial services company
   
05/2011
(In German)
Studie "Wertentwicklung alternativer Investmentfondskategorien österreichischer KAGs von 1996-2010"
Mestel, R.
/Palan, S.
For the Austrian Society for Bank-Research
   
02/2010
(In German)
Studie "Wertentwicklung alternativer Investmentfondskategorien österreichischer KAGs von 1995-2009"
Mestel, R.
/Palan, S.
For the Austrian Society for Bank-Research
   
04/2009
(In German)
Studie "Wertentwicklung alternativer Investmentfondskategorien österreichischer KAGs von 01/1994-12/2008"
Mestel, R./Palan, S.
For the Austrian Society for Bank-Research
   
08/2008
(In German)
Studie "Wertentwicklung alternativer Investmentfondskategorien österreichischer KAGs von 07/1993-06/2008"
Mestel, R./Palan, S./Senkl, D.
For the Austrian Society for Bank-Research
   
05/2008
(In German)
Studie "Wertentwicklung alternativer Investmentfondskategorien österreichischer KAGs von 1993-2007"
Mestel, R./Palan, S./Senkl, D.
For the Austrian Society for Bank-Research
   
04/2007
(In German)
Studie "Wertentwicklung von Gemischten Investmentfonds mit 10-30% Aktienanteil von 1992-2006"
Mestel, R.
/Palan, S.
For the Austrian Society for Bank-Research
   
02/2007
(In German)
Studie "Wertentwicklung von Euroland-Anleihefonds 1992-2006"
Mestel, R./Palan, S.
For the Austrian Society for Bank-Research
   
02/2007
(In German)
Studie "Wertentwicklung und Performancevergleich alternativer Anlageformen in Österreich 1992-2006"
Bock, M./Mestel, R./Palan, S.
For the Austrian Society for Bank-Research
   
06/2005
(In German)

Diskussion von "Abnormal Returns from the Common Stock Investments of the U.S. Senate"

Zitat: Ziobrowski, A. J./Cheng, P./Boyd, J. W./Ziobrowski, B., Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 39, 2004, pp. 661-676.

  .pdf Full Text, this Server
   
   
   

Consulting

Date

Contribution

01/2009

Evaluierung und Konzeptionierung von Bewertungsmethoden für komplexe Finanzinstrumente
Mestel, R./Palan, S.
Consulting project for ecofinance Finanzsoftware & Consulting GmbH (supported by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG))

   
   
   

Interviews and Contributions in the Media

Date

Contribution

05/2009
(In German)
Wertpapiere - Man kann nicht alles sofort haben
Article in the business magazine "Fazit", by Michael Neumayr
  .pdf Full Text, this Server

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