Rate My Professor Jeroen Ligterink

Dr. J.E. (Jeroen) Ligterink serves as Associate Professor of Finance in the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Amsterdam, where he chairs the Finance Section. His academic background includes a PhD dissertation titled Corporate Financial Risk Management, which examines the fine-tuning of financial decisions and the interaction between corporate hedging and other financial policies. Throughout his career at the University of Amsterdam, Ligterink has focused on empirical and theoretical aspects of corporate finance, contributing to both academic journals and policy-oriented reports.

Ligterink's research specializations encompass corporate risk management, exchange rate exposure, private equity value creation, fintech, and the efficiency of bankruptcy legislation. Key publications include Private Equity in the Netherlands: Value Creation, Redistribution and Excesses (2017, with J.K. Martin and A.W.A. Boot), a comprehensive stakeholder-perspective analysis prepared for the Dutch Parliament; A Firm-Specific Analysis of the Exchange-Rate Exposure of Dutch Firms (2006, with A. de Jong and V. Macrae) published in the Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting; Understanding Fintech and Private Equity (2018, Amsterdam Center for Corporate Finance); and Zorgt private equity voor waardecreatie? (2017) in MAB: Maandblad voor accountancy en bedrijfseconomie. Earlier works such as Risicomanagement bij Fokker (2002) in Accounting, Corporate Hedging and the Interaction with Other Financial Decisions (1995) in Financiering en belegging, and contributions to Economisch-Statistische Berichten on topics like derivatives, financial markets, and the cost of capital demonstrate his extensive influence in the field. He has co-authored frequently with Prof. A.W.A. Boot on subjects including bankruptcy law and risk management strategies. Ligterink teaches in the Master Law & Finance program and Advanced Corporate Finance in the Master International Finance. His work bridges academic research and practical financial policy in the Netherlands.