

Esad Smajlbegovic
Biography
Esad Smajlbegovic is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Erasmus School of Economics (Finance Group), Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a regular visiting researcher at the Deutsche Bundesbank. His main research interests are in financial markets and empirical asset pricing, with an emphasis on price efficiency, investor behavior, and short selling.
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Publications
Greppmair, S., Jank, S. and Smajlbegovic, E. (2023). On the importance of fiscal space: Evidence from short sellers during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Banking and Finance, 147:.
Hanauer, MatthiasX., Lesnevski, P. and Smajlbegovic, E. (2023). Surprise in short interest Journal of Financial Markets, 65:.
Jank, S., Roling, C. and Smajlbegovic, E. (2021). Flying Under the Radar: The Effects of Short-Sale Disclosure Rules on Investor Behavior and Stock Prices Journal of Financial Economics, 139(1):209--233.
Baltzer, M., Jank, S. and Smajlbegovic, E. (2019). Who trades on momentum? Journal of Financial Markets, 42:56--74.
Smajlbegovic, E. (2018). Regional Economic Activity and Stock Returns Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 54(3):1051--1082.