Prof. Dr. Vitor Azevedo
Lehrstuhl für Finanzmanagement, Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau
Kompetenzen
Financial Analysis: Expertise in asset pricing models, cost of capital estimation, and financial forecasting.
Behavioral Finance: Knowledge of market psychology, investor behavior, and its impact on market dynamics.
Sustainable Finance: Research on CSR/ESG, sustainable investment strategies, and the sustainability premium.
Quantitative Methods: Proficiency in statistical analysis, econometrics, and machine learning applications in finance.
Programming and Statistical Software: Advanced skills in R, Latex, Stata, Python, Matlab, and SAS.
Academic Leadership: Supervising doctoral and master’s theses, research project management, and obtaining research funding.
Dienstleistungsangebot
Reviewer for Academic Journals: European Journal of Finance, Journal of Asset Management, Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Financial Markets and Portfolio Management.
Contributions to Conferences: Presentations at American Finance Association, German Finance Association, American Accounting Association, European Accounting Association, and Australasian Finance and Banking Conference.
Affiliations: Affiliated with the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), contributing to the Department of Data Science and its Applications (DSA).
Academic Community Engagement: Supervisor of award-winning theses, an active participant in finance and economics research networks, and contributor to interdisciplinary research publications.
Referenzen & Unternehmenskontakte
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
Auszeichnungen, Preise & Ehrungen
TU-Nachwuchsring research funding of 8.536 EUR to develop a DFG funding project (1/2023)
Supervisor of the best thesis award from Sparkasse Stiftungspreis University Kaiserslautern-Landau (2023)
Supervisor of the second-place winner for the Best Thesis Award from the European Finance Forum (2022)
Supervisor of the first-place winner for the Best Thesis Award from ACATIS Value Preis (2021)
Supervisor of the first-place winner for the Best Thesis Award from ACATIS Value Preis (2020)
TUM Research Excellence Program, merit-based program (4/2020), funding of up to 10.000 EUR
The Ph.D. studies (Promotion) received a sponsorship from the National Council for Scientific and Technological (CNPq) from Brazil, around 80.000 EUR (1/2015)
Gutachterfunktionen
Consultancy for asset management firms, focusing on portfolio optimization and risk management strategies.
Advised financial institutions on the integration of machine learning models in investment decision-making processes.
Mitgliedschaften
Member of the American Finance Association (AFA)
DFG Fachgebiet
112-3 - Betriebswirtschaftslehre