Prof. Mathijs van Dijk

Profile
Mathijs A. van Dijk (personal website for recent working papers, data, etc.) is professor of finance at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM).
His research focus is international finance and investments. He has published in leading academic journals such as the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, and the Review of Finance.
Professor van Dijk has presented his work extensively at international conferences and seminars at academic institutions including, among others, Boston College, Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, HEC Paris, INSEAD, and UCLA. He is also a frequent speaker at industry events and has written for practitioner-oriented journals such as the Financial Analysts Journal. His work has been covered by, e.g., The Economist, the New York Times, Volkskrant, NRC, VOXEU, the World Bank "All About Finance" blog, the Oxford Business Law Blog, and the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation.
Professor van Dijk has been a visiting graduate student at Warwick Business School and Princeton University and a visiting research scholar at the Ohio State University, Duke University, and UCLA. He obtained his MSc in Econometrics (cum laude) from Erasmus University and his PhD in Finance from Maastricht University. In 2008, he received a 600,000 euro Vidi-grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for a five-year research program on "Liquidity Black Holes". In 2014, he held his inaugural address as a finance professor (entitled “The Social Value of Finance”).
Professional experience
Full Professor
Erasmus University Rotterdam
RSM - Rotterdam School of Management
Department of Finance
Publications
Key Publications (16)
- K. Hou & M.A. van Dijk (2019). Resurrecting the Size Effect: Firm Size, Profitability Shocks, and Expected Stock Returns. The Review of Financial Studies, 32 (7), 2850-2889. doi: 10.1093/rfs/hhy104 [go to publisher's site]
- R.M. Hanselaar, R.M. Stulz & M.A. van Dijk (2019). Do Firms Issue More Equity When Markets Become More Liquid? Journal of Financial Economics, 133 (1), 64-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.12.004
- C.K.W. Dreu & M.A. van Dijk (2018). Climatic Shocks Associate with Innovation in Science and Technology. PLoS One (online), 13 (1). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190122
- D.M. Rosch, A. Subrahmanyam & M.A. van Dijk (2017). The dynamics of market efficiency. The Review of Financial Studies, 30 (4), 1151-1187. doi: 10.1093/rfs/hhw085
- K. Hou & M.A. van Dijk (2012). The Implied Cost of Capital: A New Approach. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 53 (3), 504-526. doi: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2011.12.001
- G.A. Karolyi, K. Lee & M.A. van Dijk (2012). Understanding Commonality in Liquidity Around the World. Journal of Financial Economics, 105 (1), 82-112. doi: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.12.008
- C.G. Koedijk, B. Tims & M.A. van Dijk (2011). Why Panel Tests of Purchasing Power Parity Should Allow for Heterogeneous Mean Reversion. Journal of International Money and Finance, 30 (1), 246-267. doi: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2010.10.004
- M.A. van Dijk (2011). Is Size Dead? A Review of the Size Effect in Equity Returns. Journal of Banking and Finance, 35 (12), 3263-3274. doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.05.009
- G.A. Moerman & M.A. van Dijk (2010). Inflation Risk and International Asset Returns. Journal of Banking and Finance, 34 (4), 840-855. doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.09.014
- A. de Jong, L. Rosenthal & M.A. van Dijk (2009). The risk and return of arbitrage in dual-listed companies. Review of Finance, 13 (3), 495-520. doi: 10.1093/rof/rfn031
- M.A. van Dijk & P.G.J. Roosenboom (2009). The market reaction to cross-listings: Does the destination market matter? Journal of Banking and Finance, 33 (10), 1898-1908. doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.04.010
- C.G. Koedijk, J.R. Lothian & M.A. van Dijk (2006). Foreign Exchange Markets. Journal of International Money and Finance, 25 (1), 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2005.10.001
- C.G. Koedijk & M.A. van Dijk (2004). Global Risk Factors and the Cost of Capital. Financial Analysts Journal, 60 (2), 32-38.
- C.G. Koedijk, B. Tims & M.A. van Dijk (2004). Purchasing Power Parity and the Euro Area. Journal of International Money and Finance, 23 (7/8), 1081-1107. doi: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2004.08.005
- C.G. Koedijk, C. Kool, P. Schotman & M.A. van Dijk (2002). The cost of capital in international financial markets: local or global? Journal of International Money and Finance, 21 (6), 905-930. doi: 10.1016/S0261-5606(02)00028-1
- C.G. Koedijk, P.C. Schotman & M.A. van Dijk (1998). The Re-emergence of PPP in the 1990s. Journal of International Money and Finance, 17 (1), 51-61. doi: 10.1016/S0261-5606(97)98051-7
Professional Publications (2)
- D. Bongaerts, X. Kang & M.A. van Dijk (2020). Conditional Volatility Targeting. Financial Analysts Journal, 76. doi: 10.1080/0015198X.2020.1790853
- M.A. van Dijk, J. Dul & J.A. Albuquerque de Sousa (2017). What makes new stock markets succesful?
Scholarly Publications (30)
- M.A. van Dijk, H.P. van Dalen & M. Hyde (2020). Who Bears the Brunt? The Impact of Banking Crises on Younger and Older Workers. Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 17:100264. doi: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2020.100264
- K. Hou & M.A. van Dijk (2019). Resurrecting the Size Effect: Firm Size, Profitability Shocks, and Expected Stock Returns. The Review of Financial Studies, 32 (7), 2850-2889. doi: 10.1093/rfs/hhy104 [go to publisher's site]
- R.M. Hanselaar, R.M. Stulz & M.A. van Dijk (2019). Do Firms Issue More Equity When Markets Become More Liquid? Journal of Financial Economics, 133 (1), 64-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.12.004
- C.K.W. Dreu & M.A. van Dijk (2018). Climatic Shocks Associate with Innovation in Science and Technology. PLoS One (online), 13 (1). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190122
- J.A. Albuquerque de Sousa, T. Beck, P.A.G. van Bergeijk & M.A. van Dijk (2017). Wat verklaart het succes en falen van prille aandelenbeurzen? (blog). (available: 20 Mar 2017).
- T. Beck, J.A. Albuquerque de Sousa, P.A.G. van Bergeijk & M.A. van Dijk (2017). Nascent stock exchanges — tales of success and failure. (blog). World Bank. (available: 18 Apr 2017).
- T. Beck, J.A. Albuquerque de Sousa, P.A.G. van Bergeijk & M.A. van Dijk (2017). Understanding the Success and Failure of Nascent Stock Exchanges. (blog). University of Oxford Business Law Blog. (available: 18 Apr 2017).
- D.M. Rosch, A. Subrahmanyam & M.A. van Dijk (2017). The dynamics of market efficiency. The Review of Financial Studies, 30 (4), 1151-1187. doi: 10.1093/rfs/hhw085
- J.A. Albuquerque de Sousa, T. Beck, P.A.G. van Bergeijk & M.A. van Dijk (2016). Nascent stock exchanges: Explaining success and failure. (blog). London: Vox.eu CEPR. (available: 17 Nov 2016).
- A. Guenster & M.A. van Dijk (2016). The impact of European antitrust policy: Evidence from the stock market. International Review of Law and Economics, 46, 20-33. doi: 10.1016/j.irle.2015.12.001
- J.A. Albuquerque de Sousa, T. Beck, P.A.G. van Bergeijk & M.A. van Dijk (2016). Nascent markets: Understanding the success and failure of new stock markets. (Preprints, ISS working papers. General series, no 623). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies
- T.T. Nguyen & M.A. van Dijk (2012). Corruption, Growth, and Governance: Private vs. State-owned Firms in Vietnam. Journal of Banking and Finance, 36 (11), 2935-2948. doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2012.03.027
- K. Hou & M.A. van Dijk (2012). The Implied Cost of Capital: A New Approach. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 53 (3), 504-526. doi: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2011.12.001
- G.A. Karolyi, K. Lee & M.A. van Dijk (2012). Understanding Commonality in Liquidity Around the World. Journal of Financial Economics, 105 (1), 82-112. doi: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.12.008
- C.G. Koedijk, B. Tims & M.A. van Dijk (2011). Why Panel Tests of Purchasing Power Parity Should Allow for Heterogeneous Mean Reversion. Journal of International Money and Finance, 30 (1), 246-267. doi: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2010.10.004
- M.A. van Dijk (2011). Is Size Dead? A Review of the Size Effect in Equity Returns. Journal of Banking and Finance, 35 (12), 3263-3274. doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.05.009
- G.A. Moerman & M.A. van Dijk (2010). Inflation Risk and International Asset Returns. Journal of Banking and Finance, 34 (4), 840-855. doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.09.014
- M.D. Flood, C.G. Koedijk, M.A. van Dijk & I.W. van Leeuwen (2010). Securities Trading, Asymmetric Information, and Market Transparency. In G.N. Gregoriou (Ed.), The Handbook of Trading: Strategies for Navigating and Profiting from Currency, Bond, and Stock Markets (pp. 317-341). McGraw-Hill
- A. de Jong, L. Rosenthal & M.A. van Dijk (2009). The risk and return of arbitrage in dual-listed companies. Review of Finance, 13 (3), 495-520. doi: 10.1093/rof/rfn031
- T.T. Nguyen & M.A. van Dijk (2009). Corruption and Public Governance: Evidence from Vietnam. In G.N. Gregoriou (Ed.), Emerging Markets: Performance, Analysis and Innovation (Boca Raton) (pp. 693-713). CRC press: Chapman-Hall/Taylor and Francis London, UK
- M.A. van Dijk & P.G.J. Roosenboom (2009). The market reaction to cross-listings: Does the destination market matter? Journal of Banking and Finance, 33 (10), 1898-1908. doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.04.010
- C.G. Koedijk, M.A. van Dijk & I.W. van Leeuwen (2008). The Impact of Inter-Dealer Trading on Market Liquidity Under Asymmetric Information. In Francois-Serge.Lhabitant Greg N. Gregoriou (Ed.), Stock Market Liquidity: Implications for Market Microstructure and Asset Pricing (pp. 267-285). Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons
- D. Brounen, M.A. van Dijk & P.M.A. Eichholtz (2008). Corporate Real Estate and Corporate Takeovers: International Evidence. Journal of Real Estate Research, 30 (3), 293-314.
- C.G. Koedijk, J.R. Lothian & M.A. van Dijk (2006). Foreign Exchange Markets. Journal of International Money and Finance, 25 (1), 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2005.10.001
- C.G. Koedijk & M.A. van Dijk (2004). Global Risk Factors and the Cost of Capital. Financial Analysts Journal, 60 (2), 32-38.
- C.G. Koedijk & M.A. van Dijk (2004). The Cost of Capital of Cross-Listed Firms. European Financial Management, 10 (3), 465-486.
- C.G. Koedijk, B. Tims & M.A. van Dijk (2004). Purchasing Power Parity and the Euro Area. Journal of International Money and Finance, 23 (7/8), 1081-1107. doi: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2004.08.005
- C.G. Koedijk, C. Kool, P. Schotman & M.A. van Dijk (2002). The cost of capital in international financial markets: local or global? Journal of International Money and Finance, 21 (6), 905-930. doi: 10.1016/S0261-5606(02)00028-1
- C.G. Koedijk, P.C. Schotman & M.A. van Dijk (1998). The Re-emergence of PPP in the 1990s. Journal of International Money and Finance, 17 (1), 51-61. doi: 10.1016/S0261-5606(97)98051-7
- M.A. van Dijk & P.A.G. van Bergeijk (1997). Resource Misallocation and Mark-ups: An Alternative Estimation Technique for Harberger Triangles. Economics Letters, 54, 165-167. doi: 10.1016/S0165-1765(97)00021-9
Other
- M.A. van Dijk (2014). The social value of finance. (2014, maart 7). Rotterdam: Erasmus Research Institute of Management
Recognition
Editorial positions
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Journal of Empirical Finance
Associate Editor
Media
Media items
- Investors should always strive to understand observed performance
Mathijs van Dijk is Professor of Financial Markets at the RSM, Erasmus University. In this article he talks about recent factor performance and some of the challenges raised by the pressing need to take sustainability into…
robeco.nl Wednesday, 2 December 2020 - Coronawetenschap: ‘Dit is een goede aanleiding om meer bij te dragen aan het maatschappelijk debat
Mathijs van Dijk, Professor of Finance at the RSM, is researching the impact of Covid-19 on the banking sector together with colleagues Dirk Schoenmaker and Henk Jan Reinders. “By analyzing changes in the stock market, we can make…
Erasmus Magazine Wednesday, 28 October 2020 - ‘Momentum om tijdens coronacrisis te vergroenen is nog niet verloren’
National governments do not seem to really seize the corona crisis to take extra steps with sustainability, but pension funds and companies are continuing to take it.The Pension Pro Investors Council believes that in any case…
PensioenPro Sunday, 11 October 2020 - ‘Bottom-up is beste benadering om klimaatrisico’s in te schatten’
Pension funds must map the climate risks of their investments.Professor of financial markets Mathijs van Dijk is skeptical about macro models that claim to do this. "Bottom-up is better. Van Dijk, affiliated with the RSM…
PensioenPro Tuesday, 6 October 2020 - How Bad Will European Economies Get? Key Challenges For Each Country
Mathijs van Dijk of RSM has commented in an article by Forbes discussing how the corona crisis will affect the European Economies.
Forbes Wednesday, 15 April 2020 - Waarom de aandelenbeurzen ineens zo hard onderuitgaan
An article written by Mathijs van Dijk of RSM, discussing why stock exchanges are plunging in the current crisis.
Het Financieele Dagblad Wednesday, 18 March 2020 - An arcane business structure loses its charm
Mathijs van Dijk, professor of Business Administration at RSM, has commented on the claim that dual-nationality arrangements for blue-chip companies such as Unilever are dying out.
The Economist Friday, 16 March 2018 - How developing countries can make a new stock exchange successful, according to new research
Developing countries must first have a sound banking system before setting up a new stock exchange, according to a new study at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM).The research - the first of its kind to focus…
ResponseSource Thursday, 11 May 2017 - Beleggen: 'Ga niet als een beursbokito op jacht naar rendement'
This week, Triodos Bank is the first bank in the Netherlands to reduce savings for normal internet savings accounts to 0 percent. Other banks are following in its footsteps. For Mathijs van Dijk "I have deposited most of my money…
Nu.nl Friday, 7 April 2017 - Wat maakt nieuwe aandelenbeurzen succesvol?
Emerging economies that open a stock exchange in order to create an economic boost, is regularly sees but are difficult to create or even fail. Researchers, included Mathijs can Dijk, studied what makes successful stock markets in…
EUR.nl Tuesday, 21 March 2017 - Voor het eerst twee EUR-hoogleraren bij Universiteit van Nederland
Two professors from EUR are invited to speak in the tv programme Universiteit van Nederland. One of whom is Mathijs van Dijk, who will discuss whether investing is a game of chance.
Erasmus Magazine Friday, 2 September 2016
Discovery items
How can we make sense of this 33 per cent drop in share prices? Prof. Mathijs van Dijk shares his perspectives in Het Financieele Dagblad. Read it here in English
This study shows that firms raise more equity capital when stock market liquidity has recently improved.
In history, surges of innovation often suddenly occurred after long uneventful periods. Did climate change pressure people to innovate?
A successful financial market can help grow a developing economy. But what determines its success?
Mathijs van Dijk explains how banking crises can affect the nation's health - and not just the financial world.
Courses
Investments
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BM01FI
- ECTS: 5 Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master
Corporate Finance
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BM02FI
- ECTS: 5 Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master
Risk management
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BM04FI
- ECTS: 5 Level: Master
Financial analysis & valuation
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BM05FI
- ECTS: 5 Level: Master
Investments
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017
- Code: BM05FI-A
- ECTS: 4
Master thesis orientation and topic selection
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BM06FI
- ECTS: 1 Level: Master
Business Ethics
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BM07FI
- ECTS: 1 Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master
Valuation
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BM08FI
- ECTS: 4 Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master
Financial Modelling and Analytics
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BM09FI
- ECTS: 5 Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master
Finance & Investments Honours Programme
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020
- Code: BMHON1FI
- ECTS: 10 Level: Master
Introduction Week
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BMIWFI
- ECTS: 1 Level: Master
Portfolio management
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
- Code: BMME020
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master
Derivatives
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
- Code: BMME021
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master
Banking
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
- Code: BMME023
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master
Treasury management
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BMME024
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master, Master
Mergers and acquisitions
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
- Code: BMME025
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master
Advanced valuation & value creation
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
- Code: BMME027
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master
FinTech
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BMME028
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master
Real Estate Finance
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BMME030
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master
Entrepreneurial finance & private equity
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BMME034
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master
Advanced Financial Modelling
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
- Code: BMME036
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master
Financial Distress and Corporate Restructuring
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BMME098
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master
Sustainable Finance
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
- Code: BMME113
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master
Behavioral Finance
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BMME115
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master, Master
Advanced Financial Analytics
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BMME116
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master
Private Equity
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BMME132
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master
Finance and Investments Internship
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BMMEINT
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master
FI master thesis
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BMMTFI
- ECTS: 16 Level: Master
Research Skills
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BMRMFI
- ECTS: 4 Level: Master
MSc Finance & Investments
- Study year: 2020/2021, 2019/2020
- Code: BMTTFI
Past courses
Macro-economical and institutional context
- Study year: 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BKB008
Macroeconomics & Institutional Context
- Study year: 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BAP070
Quantitative Methods for Finance
- Study year: 2019/2020, 2018/2019
- Code: BMME097
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master, Master, Master
Alternative investments: beyond stocks and bonds
- Study year: 2018/2019
- Code: BKBMIN009
- ECTS: 15 Level: Bachelor, Bachelor 3, Bachelor 3
Corporate Finance
- Study year: 2018/2019
- Code: BM02FI-A
- ECTS: 4 Level: Master
Corporate Governance
- Study year: 2018/2019
- Code: BMME114
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master, Master
Fixed Income and Its Applications
- Study year: 2018/2019
- Code: BMME031
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master
Seminar Asset Pricing 1
- Study year: 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2014/2015, 2013/2014, 2012/2013
- Code: BERMAMC007
- ECTS: 5 Level: Master
Seminar Asset Pricing 2
- Study year: 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2014/2015, 2013/2014, 2012/2013
- Code: BERMASC032
- ECTS: 5 Level: Master
Trading and exchanges
- Study year: 2018/2019
- Code: BMME033
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master
Investments
- Study year: 2014/2015
- Code: RSM01FI
- ECTS: 5 Level: Master
Honours programme MSc Finance & Investments
- Study year: 2012/2013, 2011/2012
- Code: BKMME144
- ECTS: 10 Level: Master
Investments
- Study year: 2012/2013, 2011/2012
- Code: BKM04FI
- ECTS: 5 Level: Master
Professor’s opinion: Why have stock markets suddenly crashed?

How can we make sense of this 33 per cent drop in share prices? Prof. Mathijs van Dijk shares his perspectives in Het Financieele Dagblad. Read it here in English
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