Regular biography
Dr Nicolas Eugster is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at the School of Business, The University of Queensland. Prior to joining UQ, he was an Assistant Professor in Finance at IESEG School of Management (Lille, France) from 2018 to 2020 and a Teaching and Research Assistant at the Chair of Finance and Governance at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) from 2012 to 2017. His research interests include corporate finance, ownership structure, and family firms. His work has been published in leading academic journals such as the Journal of Banking and Finance and the Journal of Corporate Finance.
Scholar-generated biography
Nicolas Eugster is a researcher specializing in Corporate Finance and Family firms. His work explores the intersection of family ownership and corporate governance, focusing on issues such as agency problems, stock market returns, and internal governance mechanisms. Eugster's research also examines the financial behavior of family firms, including their impact on carbon emissions, dividend policies, and analyst activity. His studies often incorporate international perspectives, analyzing phenomena such as stock price crash risk and the role of ownership structure in mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, he investigates the influence of linguistic complexity in annual reports on corporate decisions, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to financial research.