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Thomas Lambert is Associate Professor of Finance and Academic Director of the MSc in Finance and Investments at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. His research interests are in Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurship, FinTech, and Political Economy. His work has been presented at major conferences around the world, including the AEA, EFA, SFS Cavalcade and FIRS meetings, and published in leading academic journals, including the Economic Journal and Management Science. He received several grants, including a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Thomas holds a PhD degree in Finance from the Université catholique de Louvain, an MA in Economics from the Université catholique de Louvain and has been a visiting scholar at HEC Paris and London Business School. He was also awarded the 2016 Banque de France Foundation Prize for the best thesis in Monetary and Financial Economics and the 2020 ERIM Prize for Outstanding Performance by a Young Researcher.

See his webpage: https://thomaslambert.org/

Publications

Academic (9)
  • Fisar, M., Greiner, B., Huber, C., Katok, E., Ozkes, A. I., the Management Science Reproducibility Collaboration, Szymanowska, M., Bongaerts, D., Rose, J., Gonzalez Jimenez, V., & Lambert, T. (2024). Reproducibility in Management Science. Management Science, 70(3), 1343–1356. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.03556

  • Beck, T., Döttling, R., Lambert, T., & van Dijk, M. (2023). Liquidity creation, investment, and growth. Journal of Economic Growth, 28(2), 297-336. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10887-022-09217-1

  • Igan, D., Lambert, T., Wagner, W., & Zhang, E. Q. (2022). Winning connections? Special interests and the sale of failed banks. Journal of Banking and Finance, 140, Article 106496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2022.106496

  • Lambert, T., Wagner, W., & Zhang, E. (2022). Banks, Political Capital, and Growth. Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 12(3), 613-655. https://doi.org/10.1093/rcfs/cfac005

  • Lambert, T., Liebau, D., & Roosenboom, P. (2021). Security token offerings. Small Business Economics, 59(1), 299-325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-021-00539-9

  • Ahmad, F., & Lambert, T. (2019). Collective Bargaining and Mergers and Acquisitions Activity around the World. Journal of Banking and Finance, 99, 21-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2018.11.010

  • Lambert, T. (2018). Lobbying on Regulatory Enforcement Actions: Evidence from U.S. Commercial and Savings Banks. Management Science, 65(6), 2545-2572. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2895

  • Degryse, H., Lambert, T., & Schwienbacher, A. (2016). The Political Economy of Financial Systems: Evidence from Suffrage Reforms in the Last Two Centuries. The Economic Journal, 128(611), 1433-1475. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12459

  • Belleflamme, P., Lambert, T., & Schwienbacher, A. (2014). Crowdfunding: Tapping the Right Crowd. Journal of Business Venturing, 29(5), 585-609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.07.003

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Academic (2)
  • Cerrada, K., De Ronge, Y., De Wolf, M., Decaux, L., de Harlez, Y., & Lambert, T. (2016). Comptabilité et analyse des états financiers. Principes, applications et exercices. De Boeck.

  • Decaux, L., de Harlez, Y., & Lambert, T. (2014). Comptabilité et analyse des états financiers. Exercices et corrigés. De Boeck.

Academic (5)
  • Igan, D., & Lambert, T. (2019). Bank Lobbying: Regulatory Capture and Beyond. In Emilios Avgouleas, & David Donald (Eds.), The Political Economy of Financial Regulation (pp. 129-159). Cambridge University Press. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/118563

  • Belleflamme, P., Lambert, T., & Schwienbacher, A. (2019). Effets de réseau et financement participatif : une analyse empirique. In François Moreau, & Yann Nicolas (Eds.), Financement participative : une voie d'avenir pour la culture ? (pp. 23-46). Presses de Sciences Po. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/118557

  • Lambert, T., Ralcheva, A., & Roosenboom, P. (2018). The crowd-entrepreneur relationship in start-up financing. In Cumming, D., & Hornhuf, L. (Eds.), The Economics of Crowdfunding (pp. 57-78). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66119-3_4

  • Lambert, T., & Volpin, P. (2018). Endogenous Political Institutions and Financial Development. In T. Beck, & R. Levine (Eds.), Handbook of Finance and Development (pp. 477-500). Edward Elgar Publishing.

  • Belleflamme, P., & Lambert, T. (2016). An Industrial Organization Framework to Understand the Strategies of Crowdfunding Platforms. In J. Meric, J. Brabet, & I. Maque (Eds.), International Perspectives on Crowdfunding (pp. 1-19). Emerald Group Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/9781785603143-001

Courses

Grow

  • Study year: 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022
  • Code: B3T5102
  • Level: Bachelor 3, Bachelor 3, Bachelor 3

Investments

  • Study year: 2023/2024
  • Code: BM01FI
  • Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master

Corporate Finance

  • Study year: 2023/2024
  • Code: BM02FI
  • Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master

Business Ethics

  • Study year: 2023/2024
  • Code: BM07FI
  • Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master

Valuation

  • Study year: 2023/2024
  • Code: BM08FI
  • Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master

Financial Modelling

  • Study year: 2023/2024
  • Code: BM09FI
  • Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master

Introduction Week

  • Study year: 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021
  • Code: BMIWFI
  • Level: Master

FinTech and Blockchain

  • Study year: 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
  • Code: BMME028
  • Level: Master, Master, Master, Master

FI master thesis

  • Study year: 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2018/2019
  • Code: BMMTFI
  • Level: Master

MiM Master Thesis

  • Study year: 2023/2024, 2022/2023
  • Code: BMMTMIM
  • ECTS: 16 Level: Master

Research Skills

  • Study year: 2023/2024
  • Code: BMRMFI
  • Level: Master

Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrencies

  • Study year: 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022
  • Code: FEM11199

Past courses

FinTech: Business models and Applications

  • Study year: 2020/2021
  • Code: BM16BAM
  • ECTS: 6 Level: Master

Financial Management

  • Study year: 2019/2020
  • Code: BM24MIM
  • ECTS: 6 Level: Master

Corporate finance

  • Study year: 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
  • Code: BM11MIM
  • ECTS: 2 Level: Master

Mergers and acquisitions

  • Study year: 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
  • Code: BKBMIN008
  • ECTS: 15 Level: Bachelor, Bachelor 3, Bachelor 3

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