Profile
Thomas Lambert is Associate Professor of Finance and Academic Director of the MSc in Finance and Investments at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. His research interests are in Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurship, FinTech, and Political Economy. His work has been presented at major conferences around the world, including the AEA, EFA, SFS Cavalcade and FIRS meetings, and published in leading academic journals, including the Economic Journal and Management Science. He received several grants, including a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Thomas holds a PhD degree in Finance from the Université catholique de Louvain, an MA in Economics from the Université catholique de Louvain and has been a visiting scholar at HEC Paris and London Business School. He was also awarded the 2016 Banque de France Foundation Prize for the best thesis in Monetary and Financial Economics and the 2020 ERIM Prize for Outstanding Performance by a Young Researcher.
See his webpage: https://thomaslambert.org/
Publications
Article (12)
Academic (10)
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Ahmad, M. F., Lambert, T., Martín-Flores, J. M., & Romec, A. (2024). Does democracy shape international merger activity? Journal of International Economics, 152, Article 103995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2024.103995
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Fisar, M., Greiner, B., Huber, C., Katok, E., Ozkes, A. I., the Management Science Reproducibility Collaboration, Szymanowska, M., Bongaerts, D., Rose, J., Gonzalez Jimenez, V., & Lambert, T. (2024). Reproducibility in Management Science. Management Science, 70(3), 1343–1356. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.03556
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Beck, T., Döttling, R., Lambert, T., & van Dijk, M. (2023). Liquidity creation, investment, and growth. Journal of Economic Growth, 28(2), 297-336. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10887-022-09217-1
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Igan, D., Lambert, T., Wagner, W., & Zhang, E. Q. (2022). Winning connections? Special interests and the sale of failed banks. Journal of Banking and Finance, 140, Article 106496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2022.106496
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Lambert, T., Liebau, D., & Roosenboom, P. (2022). Security token offerings. Small Business Economics, 59(1), 299-325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-021-00539-9
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Lambert, T., Wagner, W., & Zhang, E. (2022). Banks, Political Capital, and Growth. Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 12(3), 613-655. https://doi.org/10.1093/rcfs/cfac005
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Ahmad, F., & Lambert, T. (2019). Collective Bargaining and Mergers and Acquisitions Activity around the World. Journal of Banking and Finance, 99, 21-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2018.11.010
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Lambert, T. (2018). Lobbying on Regulatory Enforcement Actions: Evidence from U.S. Commercial and Savings Banks. Management Science, 65(6), 2545-2572. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2895
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Degryse, H., Lambert, T., & Schwienbacher, A. (2016). The Political Economy of Financial Systems: Evidence from Suffrage Reforms in the Last Two Centuries. The Economic Journal, 128(611), 1433-1475. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12459
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Belleflamme, P., Lambert, T., & Schwienbacher, A. (2014). Crowdfunding: Tapping the Right Crowd. Journal of Business Venturing, 29(5), 585-609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.07.003
Professional (2)
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Lambert, T., Ralcheva, A., & Roosenboom, P. (2024). Democratizing entrepreneurship: New evidence from Kickstarter. Oxford Business Law Blog. https://blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/oblb/blog-post/2024/04/democratizing-entrepreneurship-new-evidence-kickstarter
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Liebau, D., Lambert, T., & Roosenboom, P. (2020). The nascent primary market of Security Token Offerings. RSM Discovery. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/128940
Book (2)
Academic (2)
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Cerrada, K., De Ronge, Y., De Wolf, M., Decaux, L., de Harlez, Y., & Lambert, T. (2016). Comptabilité et analyse des états financiers. Principes, applications et exercices. De Boeck.
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Decaux, L., de Harlez, Y., & Lambert, T. (2014). Comptabilité et analyse des états financiers. Exercices et corrigés. De Boeck.
Chapter (6)
Academic (6)
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Lambert, T. (2024). The Rise of Crowdfunding. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.013.1002
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Igan, D., & Lambert, T. (2019). Bank Lobbying: Regulatory Capture and Beyond. In Emilios Avgouleas, & David Donald (Eds.), The Political Economy of Financial Regulation (pp. 129-159). Cambridge University Press. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/118563
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Belleflamme, P., Lambert, T., & Schwienbacher, A. (2019). Effets de réseau et financement participatif : une analyse empirique. In François Moreau, & Yann Nicolas (Eds.), Financement participative : une voie d'avenir pour la culture ? (pp. 23-46). Presses de Sciences Po. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/118557
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Lambert, T., Ralcheva, A., & Roosenboom, P. (2018). The crowd-entrepreneur relationship in start-up financing. In Cumming, D., & Hornhuf, L. (Eds.), The Economics of Crowdfunding (pp. 57-78). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66119-3_4
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Lambert, T., & Volpin, P. (2018). Endogenous Political Institutions and Financial Development. In T. Beck, & R. Levine (Eds.), Handbook of Finance and Development (pp. 477-500). Edward Elgar Publishing.
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Belleflamme, P., & Lambert, T. (2016). An Industrial Organization Framework to Understand the Strategies of Crowdfunding Platforms. In J. Meric, J. Brabet, & I. Maque (Eds.), International Perspectives on Crowdfunding (pp. 1-19). Emerald Group Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/9781785603143-001
Activities
Additional positions (1)
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IESEGStart date approval: 10 Mar 2025End date approval: 14 Mar 2025Place: PARISDescription: Course on FinTech over 4 days during my leave days
Courses
Investments
- Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024
- Code: BM01FI
- Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master
Corporate Finance
- Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024
- Code: BM02FI
- Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master
Business Ethics
- Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024
- Code: BM07FI
- Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master
Valuation
- Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024
- Code: BM08FI
- Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master
Financial Modelling
- Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024
- Code: BM09FI
- Level: ERIM, Exchange, IM/CEMS, Master
Introduction Week
- Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021
- Code: BMIWFI
- Level: Master
FinTech and Blockchain
- Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2020/2021, 2019/2020, 2018/2019, 2017/2018
- Code: BMME028
- Level: Master, Master, Master, Master
FI master thesis
- Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022, 2018/2019
- Code: BMMTFI
- Level: Master
MiM Master Thesis
- Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023
- Code: BMMTMIM
- ECTS: 16 Level: Master
Research Skills
- Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024
- Code: BMRMFI
- Level: Master
Blockchain Technology and Cryptocurrencies
- Study year: 2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022
- Code: FEM11199
Past courses
Growing a Young Business
- Study year: 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022
- Code: B3T5102
- Level: Bachelor 3, Bachelor 3, Bachelor 3
FinTech: Business models and Applications
- Study year: 2020/2021
- Code: BM16BAM
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master
Financial Management
- Study year: 2019/2020
- Code: BM24MIM
- ECTS: 6 Level: Master
Corporate finance
- Study year: 2018/2019, 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
- Code: BM11MIM
- ECTS: 2 Level: Master
Mergers and acquisitions
- Study year: 2017/2018, 2016/2017, 2015/2016
- Code: BKBMIN008
- ECTS: 15 Level: Bachelor, Bachelor 3, Bachelor 3
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