Biography
Abe de Jong is a professor of corporate finance and corporate governance at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM).
His research and teaching interests are in the area of empirical corporate finance and include capital structure choice, dividend policy, risk management, corporate investment and divestment policies, and corporate governance.
In addition, his work also examines the history of governance and finance in the Netherlands.
Professor de Jong obtained his PhD in finance from Tilburg University in 1999.
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Visiting professor | Department of Finance
- ajong@rsm.nl
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Work
- Abe de Jong, Pouyan Ghazizadeh, Frederik P. Schlingemann & Farhan Shazia (2024) - Why do managers announce the intention to sell large assets? - International Review of Finance, 24 (4), 641-668 - doi: 10.1111/irfi.12461 - [link]
- Peter Koudijs, Abe de Jong & Tim Kooijmans (2023) - Plantation Mortgage-Backed Securities: Evidence from Surinam in the 18th Century - The Journal of Economic History, 83 (3) - doi: 10.1017/S002205072300027X - [link]
- Abe de Jong & Florian Madertoner (2022) - Born of necessity: The introduction of convertible bonds in The Netherlands - Business History, 66 (6), 1412-1441 - doi: 10.1080/00076791.2022.2128110 - [link]
- Abe De Jong & Wilco Legierse (2022) - What causes hot markets for equity IPOs?: An analysis of initial public offerings in the Netherlands, 1876-2015 - European Review of Economic History, 26 (2), 208-233 - doi: 10.1093/ereh/heab011 - [link]
- Abe De Jong (2022) - Research in business history: From theorising to bizhismetrics - Australian Economic History Review, 62 (1), 66-79 - doi: 10.1111/aehr.12221 - [link]
- Vlad Andrei Porumb, Abe De Jong, Carel Huijgen, Teye Marra & Jan Van Dalen (2021) - The Effect of Auditor Style on Reporting Quality: Evidence from Germany - Abacus, 57 (1), 1-26 - doi: 10.1111/abac.12220 - [link]
- Abe De Jong & Philip T. Fliers (2020) - Predicting Takeover Targets: Long-Run Evidence from the Netherlands - Economist (Netherlands), 168 (3), 343-368 - doi: 10.1007/s10645-020-09364-z - [link]
- Oscar Gelderblom, Abe De Jong, Abe De Jong & Joost Jonker (2020) - Learning how to manage risk by hedging: The VOC insurance contract of 1613 - European Review of Economic History, 24 (2), 332-355 - doi: 10.1093/ereh/hez003 - [link]
- Abe De Jong, Philip Fliers & Henry Van Beusichem (2020) - Catering and dividend policy: Evidence from the Netherlands over the twentieth century - Financial History Review, 26 (3), 321-358 - doi: 10.1017/S0968565019000209 - [link]
- Sereeparp Anantavrasilp, Abe de Jong, Douglas V. DeJong & Ulrich Hege (2020) - Blockholder leverage and payout policy: Evidence from French holding companies - Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 47 (1-2), 253-292 - doi: 10.1111/jbfa.12415 - [link]
