Stephan Siegel

Education

• PhD Columbia University (2006)
• MPhil Columbia University (2002)
• BSc University of Bayreuth (1995)

Academic Expertise

• asset pricing
• behavioral finance
• business valuation
• household finance

• international finance

• investing

• private equity

Industries

• Consulting
• Financial Services
• Manufacturing
• Private Equity

Current Research

• The Cultural Origin of Preferences: CEO Cultural Heritage and Corporate Acquisitions (2016)
• Stock Market Valuations across U.S. States (2014)
• The Systematic Risk of Idiosyncratic Volatility (2014)

Positions Held

• At the University of Washington since 2005
• Arizona State University, 2011-2012
• GCI Management, Munich, Germany, 1996-1999

Honors and Awards

• CICF Best Paper Award, Xiamen, 2016
• Andrew V. Smith Award for Excellence in Research, Foster School of Business, University of Washington, June 2015
• Dean''s Leadership Award, Foster School of Business, University of Washington, June 2015
• PhD Program Mentoring Award, Foster School of Business, University of Washington, May 2015
• MBA Elective Professor of the Quarter, Spring 2009, 2013
• Undergraduate Faculty of the Year for Finance and Business Economics, 2012-2013
• American Real Estate Society, ARES Manuscript prize Winner, 2012
• Faculty Research Award, Elliott Initiative, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 2011
• Best Paper Award, Rothschild Caesarea Center 7th Annual Academic Conference, Tel Aviv, 2010
• Yihong Xia Best Paper Award, CICF, Beijing, 2010
• Best Paper in Investments, FMA, New York, 2010
• Doctoral fellowship, Columbia University, Graduate School of Business, 1999-2004
• Award for outstanding academic achievement, University of Bayreuth, 1995
• Merit-based scholarship from the Friedrich-Naumann Foundation, Germany, 1993-1995