Biography
Christoph Herpfer completed his PhD in finance at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne and the Swiss Finance Institute in 2017. Herpfer has previously studied at the London School of Economics and held positions at Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and Oliver Wyman. Herpfer's primary research interests include corporate finance, banking, and law and finance.
Education
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PhD in FinanceÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne and Swiss Finance Institute
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MS in Finance and EconomicsLondon School of Economics
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BS in Finance and EconimcsLondon School of Economics
Climate Change-Related Natural Disasters Impact Short-Lived Assets and Interest Rates
June 2, 2021
For decades, scientists across the globe have warned about the effects of climate change. Given that these changes—global warming, rising sea levels—happen over time and that their disastrous results may not be obvious for decades, studying the effects of climate change on financial markets has posed a problem.