Christian Kontz

Christian Kontz
Hi, I'm Christian Kontz. I'm a Ph.D. candidate in Finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

My research lies at the intersection of empirical Corporate Finance and Asset Pricing, exploring how financial markets and corporate decision-making interact. You can learn more about my work here.

I am co-organizing the virtual Inter-Finance PhD Seminar together with Jake (Jiacheng) Liu and Tim Seida this academic year. If you are a PhD student in finance and would like to present your work, please reach out to me or sign up here.


Working Papers

  • "The Real Cost of Benchmarking" [New 07/2024] (with Sebastian Hanson)
  • [Abstract]   [Draft]   [SSRN]   [BibTex]

  • "Do ESG Investors Care About Carbon Emissions? Evidence From Securitized Auto Loans" [Updated 08/2024]
    [Abstract]   [Draft]   [SSRN]   [BibTex]

Work in Progress

  • "ESG Induced Capital Misallocation: is ESG Doing Good, by Doing Well?"
  • [Abstract]

  • "Explaining Prices" (with Sebastian Hanson and Hanno Lustig)

  • "The Term Structure of Transition Risk" (with Florian Fiaux)