Dr. Mennatallah Balbaa, M.Sc., MBR

Courses

• Advanced Risk Management (WS 20/21)
• Behavioral Finance (WS 23/24)
• Seminar "Selected Topics in Finance" (WS 20/21, SS 21, WS 22/23, SS 23, WS 23/24)
• SQ Start with Business Planning (SS 21)

Areas of Responsibility

• Examination officer
• PR

Fields of Research

• Behavioral Finance
• Corporate Finance

Academic Background

• Since 10/2020 LMU Munich, PhD Student at the Institute for Capital Markets and Corporate Finance, Prof. Dr. Markus Glaser
• Since 10/2020 LMU Munich, Master of Business Research
• 01/2019 – 05/2019 King’s College London, Semester abroad
• 10/2018 – 9/2020 LMU Munich, Master of Science in Business Administration
• 10/2016 – 9/2018 LMU Munich, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Professional Background

• Since 10/2020 LMU Munich, Assistant Lecturer at the Institute for Capital Markets and Corporate Finance
• 03/2020 – 09/2020 PricewaterhouseCoopers, Munich, Advisory, Public Sector Consulting
• 12/2019 – 09/2020 LMU Munich, Student Assistant at the Institute for Capital Markets and Corporate Finance
• 07/2019 – 10/2019 Unicredit Bank AG, Munich, Credit Risk Management I
• 03/2018 – 05/2018 PricewaterhouseCoopers, Munich, Assurance, Financial Services

Awards

• 2023 Best PhD Paper Award at the GRASFI Conference, Yale
• 10/2018 -09/2020 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
• 2017 LMU Munich, Top-BWL program
• 2017 LMU Munich , Dean's list
• 10/2015 – 09/2018 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
• 2013 Pädagogischer Austauschdienst der Kultusministerkonferenz (PAD)

Working Paper

• Balbaa, M., Jiao, P., Witt, M., & Zhu, X. (2024). SRI or Diversify?, Working Paper. Presented at: Seminar Maastricht University, and Osaka University, Experimental Finance Conference 2024, Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision Making 2024.
• Balbaa, M., Dong, B., Jiao, P., & Worch, M. (2024). Norms Make Investors Socially Responsible, Working Paper. Presented at: Seminar Maastricht University, LMU Munich, and Glasgow University, Experimental Finance Conference 2023, Experimental Sustainable Finance Symposium Radboud University 2024, European Sustainable Finance PhD Workshop 2024, Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision Making 2024. (Link to Paper)
• Balbaa, M., & Worch, M. (2024). Sustainability, Prices, and Emotions, Working Paper. Link to Paper Presented at: Seminar Maastricht University, CESS Nuffield Laboratory, Oxford, and LMU Munich, Experimental Finance Conference 2023, Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment (GRASFI) Conference at Yale University 2023, GRASFI PhD Workshop 2023, European Conference of the Financial Management Association 2024. (Link to paper)

Balbaa, M. & Pély, D.-J. (2021). Not Just a Seat at the Table? The Impact of Female Directors’ Inclusion on Firm Performance. (Media coverage in Börsen-Zeitung)