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Richard Brealey Professor of Corporate Governance; Professor of Finance
BSc BBA (European University) MSIA PhD (Purdue)
Professor Servaes is also a Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research and a Research Associate of the European Corporate Governance Institute.
His areas of interest include corporate finance, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, and mutual funds. He has published articles in all the leading finance journals, including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Review of Financial Studies. He has won prizes for several of his articles, including the Journal of Financial Economics All Star Paper and the Journal of Finance Distinguished Paper Brattle Prize. In August of 2005, he was featured in the Financial Times series on Gurus of the Future.
His work has been presented at all major international finance conferences and at more than 100 universities worldwide. He has had previous appointments at the University of Chicago, the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), Duke University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Henri has been involved in consulting and executive education for Anglo American, Barclays, Bertelsmann, BG Group, Continental, Deutsche Bank, E ON, The Financial Times (Lex Team), Freshfields, Mars, PwC, and Suez, among others. His work has been cited in a large number of international newspapers, including the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist.
At London Business School, he teaches corporate finance, corporate governance, and mergers & acquisitions.
Ranked 2nd in Europe in terms of research productivity in finance over the period 1990-2008, 2011.
Included in Financial Times series on Gurus of the Future, 2005.
Bertil Danielsson Visiting Scholar, Stockholm School of Economics and Gothenburg University, 2003-2004.
Journal of Financial Economics All Star Paper for “Additional evidence on equity ownership and corporate value”, co-authored with John McConnell.
Chair Wim Van Looy, Limburgs Universitair Centrum (University of Limburg), Belgium, 2003.
Recipient of Best Paper award at 2001 FMA European Conference for: “Roll-ups: Performanceand Incentives for Industry Consolidating IPOs”, co-authored with Amy Dittmar and Keith C.Brown.
Recipient of 2000 Distinguished Paper Brattle Prize for outstanding papers in corporate finance published in the Journal of Finance for : “The Cost of Diversity: The Diversification Discount and Inefficient Investment”, co-authored with Raghuram Rajan and Luigi Zingales.
2023
Amiraslani H; Lins K; Servaes H; Tamayo A
Review of Accounting Studies 2023 Vol 28:2 p 421-462
2022
Servaes H; Sigurdsson K
Journal of Financial Intermediation 2022 Vol 50 In Press
2021
Aktas N; Petmezas D; Servaes H; Karampatsas N
Journal of Corporate Finance 2021 In Press
2020
Meier J-M; Servaes H
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 2020 Vol 32:4 p 105-116
2019
Lins K; Servaes H; Tamayo A
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 2019 Spring Vol 31:2 p 59-71
Meier J-M; Servaes H
Review of Financial Studies 2019 Vol 32:11 p 4228-4270
2017
Servaes H; Tamayo A
Oxford Review of Economic Policy 2017 Vol 33:2 p 201-220
Lins K V; Servaes H; Tamayo A
Journal of Finance 2017 Vol 72:4 p 1785-1824
2014
Baghai R; Servaes H; Tamayo A
Journal of Finance 2014 October Vol 69:5 p 1961-2005
Servaes H; Tamayo A
Management Science 2014 Vol 60:2 p 380-399
2013
Servaes H; Tamayo A
Management Science 2013 Vol 59:5 p 1045-1061
2012
Khorana A; Servaes H
Review of Finance 2012 Vol 16:1 p 81-113
2011
Servaes H; Lins K; Tamayo A
Financial Management 2011 Vol 40:3
2010
Servaes H; Lins K; Tufano P
Journal of Financial Economics 2010 Vol 98:1 p 160-176
2009
Khorana A; Servaes H; Tufano P
Review of Financial Studies 2009 Vol 22:3 p 1279-1310
Servaes H; Tamayo A; Tufano P
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 2009 Vol 21:4 p 60-78
2008
Servaes H; McConnell J; Lins K
Journal of Corporate Finance 2008 Vol 14:2 p 92-106
2007
Servaes H; Khorana A; Wedge L
Journal of Financial Economics 2007 Vol 85:1 p 179-204
Acharya V; Franks J R; Servaes H
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 2007 Fall Vol 19:4 p 1-10
2005
Servaes H; Brown K; Dittmar A
Review of Financial Studies 2005 Spring Vol 18:1 p 241-270
Servaes H; Khorana A; Tufano P
Journal of Financial Economics 2005 Oct Vol 78:1 p 145-185
2003
Dittmar A; Mahrt-Smith J K; Servaes H
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 2003 Mar Vol 38:1 p 111-133
2002
Lins K; Servaes H
Financial Management 2002 Summer Vol 31:2 p 5-31
2000
Rajan R; Servaes H; Zingaves L
Journal of Finance 2000 Vol 55:1 p 35-80
1999
Khorana A; Servaes H
Review of Financial Studies 1999 Winter Vol 12:5 p 1043-1074
Lins K; Servaes H
Journal of Finance 1999 Dec Vol 54:6 p 2215-2239
1997
Rajan R; Servaes H
Journal of Finance 1997 Jun Vol 52:2 p 507-529
1996
Servaes H; Zenner M
Review of Financial Studies 1996 Fall Vol 9:3 p 787-815
Servaes H
Journal of Finance 1996 Sep Vol 51:4 p 1201-1225
1995
McConnell J; Servaes H
Journal of Financial Economics 1995 Sep Vol 39:1 p 131-157
1994
Servaes H
Review of Financial Studies 1994 Summer Vol 7:2 p 253-277
Servaes H; Zenner M
Financial Markets and Portfolio Management 1994 Vol 8:2 p 184-196
Servaes H; Zenner M
Financial Management 1994 Winter Vol 23:4 p 42-56
1991
McConnell J; Servaes H
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 1991 Summer Vol 4:2 p 93-97
McConnell J; Servaes H
in Chang R P and Rhee G eds., Pacific basin capital markets research. Vol. 2, p 633-658, North-Holland, 1991
1990
McConnell J; Servaes H
Journal of Financial Economics 1990 Oct Vol 27:2 p 595-612
2020
Lins K; Roth L; Servaes H; Tamayo A
Social Sciences Research Network
2019
Aktas N; Karampatsas N; Petmezas D; Servaes H
Social Sciences Research Network
Servaes H; Sigurdsson K
Social Sciences Research Network
2017
Amiraslani H; Lins K; Servaes H; Tamayo A
CEPR Discussion Paper
2009
Servaes H; Tamayo A
IFA Working Paper
Khorana A; Servaes H; Wedge L
IFA Working Paper
2008
Khorana A; Servaes H
Fuchita Y and Litan eds., Pooling money: the future of mutual funds, Brooking Institution, 2008
2003
Rajan R; Servaes H
in McCahery J and Renneboog L eds.,Venture capital contracting and the valuation of high-tech firms, Oxford University Press, 2003
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