Organisation: Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF)

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    ACROSS DTU – 3 fully funded positions in Economics available!

    Deadline : June 21st, 2022

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    FDEF, experts en droit et Ministère de la Justice se concertent

    Le 26 avril 2022, les représentants des professions juridiques, le Ministère de la Justice et le Département Droit de la Faculté de Droit, d’Économie et de Finance se sont réunis afin d’échanger sur l’état de l’enseignement du droit et de la recherche en Droit à l’Université du Luxembourg

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    Ferrero Welcomes New Cohort of Fellows at Virtual Ceremony

    The Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF), along with corporate partner Ferrero Luxembourg, were proud to honour the 2021-2022 Ferrero fellows at a virtual ceremony which took place on 5 April 2022. Like their predecessors, this fifth cohort of Ferrero Fellows was selected from over 40 applicants based on academic excellence, motivation and drive,…

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    SES/RESCOM Launch Law Lecture Series Brazilian space launches: regulatory and policy aspects

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    Conference: “EPPO One Year in Action: Towards Resolving Complexity and Bringing Added Value

    The University of Luxembourg, in collaboration with the Jean Monnet Network on enforcement of EU law (EULEN), the European Criminal Law Academic Network (ECLAN), and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), is organising the upcoming Conference “EPPO One Year in Action: Towards Resolving Complexity and Bringing Added Value” (30 May – 1 June 2022).Depending on the…

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    Seminar: Vertical reciprocity: Can Rawls’s case for implicit unamendability be strengthened?

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    Crossed interview: A&O Fellows Joana and Emily share their experience

    Joana Pereira Cardoso and Emily Walsh are both Bachelor students studying Law. They are also the first students at the Faculty of Law, Economcis and Finance (FDEF) to have been chosen as Allen & Overy Fellows. While Joana, a Luxembourg native studying within the Bachelor en Droit, left for Paris on her mobility semester, Emily…

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    Understanding Alpha Decay with Prof. Julien Pénasse

    “Past performance does not guarantee future results.” It is a common disclaimer used by asset managers, wealth planners and other finance professionals to inform their clientele of the uncertainty of investing. However, the textbook method of studying investment strategies doesn’t account for the market effect that this often-used phrase embodies, what analysts refer to as…

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    Pescatore Prize Awarded to Doctoral School of Law graduates

    On 31 March 2022, Doctoral Graduates Olivier Voordeckers and Simona Demková were officially awarded the 2020 and 2021 Pescatore Prizes, respectively, for the best doctoral thesis by the Doctoral School of Law.

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    Anomaly or Possible Risk Factor? Simple-To-Use Tests

    Contrary to basic asset pricing theory, this new work by University of Luxembourg Department of Finance Assistant Professor Benjamin Holcblat, Abraham Lioui (EDHEC Business School) and Michael Weber (Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, CEPR, and NBER) finds that risk alone cannot explain a large majority of variables predicting differences in expected returns.

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