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Axel Kind is a professor for Corporate Finance at the University of Konstanz since 2013. Since 2022 he is a member of the Centre for Human | Data | Society. He studied Economics and Finance at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) and earned in 1999 the master’s degree at the Community of European Management Schools, Copenhagen (Denmark). In 2004 he received a doctorate in Finance (thesis: The Pricing of Convertible Bonds on International Markets) at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). He is Principal Investigator at the Graduate School of Decision Sciences (GSDS) and (later) Graduate School of the Social and Behavioural Sciences (GSBS) at the University of Konstanz since 2014. Since 2022 he is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Academy of Financial Consumers (IAFICO). His research focuses on corporations and their diverse decisions in the interaction with financial markets, which establishes and shapes the digitalization process and forms the Human | Data | Society. Axel Kind has also expert knowledge in conducting empirical field data studies on the influence of legal and regulatory shocks on firm decisions and outcomes. His expertise is characterized by a distinctive interdisciplinary perspective that combines legal characteristics and reforms with quantitative econometric analyses.

Research-related publications

• Kind, Axel; Oster, Philippe; Peter, Franziska. “The Determinants of Banks' AT1 CoCo Spreads”, European Financial Management, 28 (2), 567-604, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1111/eufm.12314
• Kind, Axel; Gantenbein, Pascal; Volonté, Christophe. “Individualism and Venture Capital: A Cross-Country Study”, Management International Review, 59 (5), 741-777, 2019,
• doi.org/10.1007/s11575-019-00394-7
• Kind, Axel; d’Addona, Stefano. “Forced Manager Turnovers in English Soccer Leagues: A Long-Term Perspective”, Journal of Sports Economics, 15 (2), 150-179, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1177/1527002512447803
• Kind, Axel; Poltera, Marco. “The Value of Corporate Voting Rights Embedded in Option Prices”, Journal of Corporate Finance, 22, 16-34, 2013 (joint with Marco Poltera), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2013.03.004
• Kind, Axel; Ammann, Manuel; Seiz, Ralf. “What Drives the Performance of Convertible-Bond Funds?”, Journal of Banking & Finance, 34 (11), 2600-2613, 2010
• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2010.04.016
• Kind, Axel; Ammann, Manuel; Wilde, Christian. “Simulation-Based Pricing of Convertible Bonds”, Journal of Empirical Finance, 15, 310-331, 2008, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2006.06.008
• Kind, Axel; d’Addona, Stefano. “International Stock-Bond Correlations in a Simple Affine Asset Pricing Model”, Journal of Banking & Finance, 30 (10), 2747-2765, 2006,
• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2005.10.007
• Kind, Axel. “Pricing American-Style Options by Simulation”, Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, 19 (1), 109-116, 2005, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11408-005-2300-0
• Kind, Axel; Brevik, Frode. “What is Going on in the Oil Market?”, Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, 18 (4), 442-457, 2005,
• https://www.springerprofessional.de/en/what-is-going-on-in-the-oil-market/10836820
• Kind, Axel; Ammann, Manuel; Wilde, Christian. “Are Convertible Bonds Underpriced? An Analysis of the French Market”, Journal of Banking & Finance, 27 (4), 635-653, 2003,
• https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4266(01)00256-4
• Kind, Axel. (2022). The Swiss Pension System. In: Lee, H., Nicolini, G., Cho, M. (eds) International Comparison of Pension Systems. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6446-6_6
• Kind, Axel; Canipek, Aras; Wende, Sabine. Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable, February 1, 2022: „Creditor Rights, Corporate Leverage and Investments, and the Firm Type“, https://blogs.harvard.edu/bankruptcyroundtable/2022/02/01/creditor-rights-corporate-leverage-and-investments-and-the-firm-type/
• Kind, Axel. “National and International Banking Heterogeneity”, Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft (German Journal of Comparative Law), 117 (4), 440-454, 2018:
• https://online.ruw.de/suche/zvglrwiss/Nation-an-Internation-Banki-HeterogeneityConte-6be7a789a86633537f0e65d8e769f079?crefresh=1
• Kind, Axel; Canipek, Aras; Wende, Sabine. Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable, July 10, 2018: „The Effect of Creditor Rights on Capital Structure, Investment, Profitability, and Risk: Evidence from a Natural Experiment“,
• https://blogs.harvard.edu/bankruptcyroundtable/2018/07/10/the-effect-of-creditor-rights-on-capital-structure-investment-profitability-and-risk-evidence-from-a-natural-experiment/
• Kind, Axel; Canipek, Aras; Wende, Sabine. Oxford Business Law Blog, April 6, 2018: „The Effect of Creditor Rights on Capital Structure, Investment, Profitability, and Risk: Evidence from a Natural Experiment“,
• https://blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/business-law-blog/blog/2018/04/effect-creditor-rights-capital-structure-investment-profitability-and„
• Kind, Axel; Twardawski, Torsten. „Board Overconfidence in Mergers & Acquisitions: A Self-Attribution Bias“, University of Konstanz, Department of Economics, Working Paper Series 2016-04, Academy of Management (AOM) Proceedings: https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/ambpp.2016.18240abstract
• Kind, Axel; Grüninger, Matthias. “WACC Calculations in Practice: Incorrect Results due to Inconsistent Assumptions - Status Quo and Improvements”, Accounting and Finance Research, 2 (2), 36-44, 2013 [open-access journal] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5430/afr.v2n2p3