Aarhus University

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The Department of Economics and Business Economics at Aarhus University, invites applications for a number of positions as assistant professor and post doc starting in the fall of 2019.

Research Fields: (i) Finance: all fields of finance, including macro-finance, household finance, financial intermediation, quantitative finance, financial planning, econometric and mathematical models for stochastic asset pricing models and derivative pricing (ii) Accounting: Financial accounting and auditing.

Applicants should have a PhD degree before taking up the position. The duration of the assistant professorships is 3-5 years and different schemes for tenure track can be offered. Post doc positions are typically 2-3 years and can be combined with assistant professor positions and thus yielding extra research time. We offer favourable conditions regarding research facilities, data access, time devoted to research, travel support, etc. The remuneration package is competitive at the European level and includes a fixed-term stipend to qualified candidates and substantial publication bonuses funded by the newly established Danish Finance Institute. For non-Danish researchers, a favourable tax-scheme exists.

The Department of Economics and Business Economics has around 160 faculty members covering the fields of Accounting and Auditing, Finance, Logistics and Operations Research, Economics, Econometrics, Business Analytics and other fields. The department faculty is international and the working language is English. The department hosts several research centers providing an active research environment and the department has several seminar series with ample influx of visiting researchers. The Department of Economics and Business Economics services several undergraduate and master-level programmes. The PhD programme has an annual intake of around 20 students. More information is available at www.econ.au.dk .

Application Procedure: Interviews will be conducted at the ASSA-AEA meetings in Atlanta, GA, January 2019 and the EEA European Job Market for Economists in Naples, Italy, December 2018. Interested candidates who do not attend the meetings are also encouraged to apply. Your application should include cover letter, CV, publication list, names of 3 referees and your job market paper. Optionally, you may submit additional papers. All candidates must apply online at http://www.econjobmarket.org.

Deadline: The search amongst applicants will start on 19 November 2018 and will continue until the positions are filled.

Further information: Please address inquiries to Recruitment Officer, Professor Valerie Smeets (vas@econ.au.dk) or Head of Department, Professor Niels Haldrup (nhaldrup@econ.au.dk).