Peter Norman Sørensen

CV

Academic Degrees

PhD in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996

Master of Mathematical Economics, University of Copenhagen, 1992.

Academic experience

Professor of Finance, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 2006-.

Director of Finance Research Unit, University of Copenhagen, 2006-.

Deputy head of department, University of Copenhagen, 2015-.

Director of Economics PhD programme, University of Copenhagen, 2008-2010.

Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, 1999-2006.

Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen, 1998-1999.

Prize Research Fellow, Nuffield College (Oxford), 1995-1997.

Editorial positions

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2014-2016.

Economica, 2008-2013.

Macroeconomic Dynamics, 1996-2013.

Honours

2012 Elite Forsk researcher prize from the Danish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education

2011 Finance researcher prize from the Nykredit Foundation.

2009 Excellence in Refereeing Award from the American Economic Review.

Primary fields of research

Asymmetric Information in Finance and Economics.
Herding Behavior.
Prediction Markets.
Microstructure of Financial Markets.

Current research

I have a grant from the Danish Social Science Research Council to study Taxation of Transactions in Imperfect Financial Markets during the period 2015-2020.

I am a senior researcher on the ERC funded project "EVALIDEA—Designing Institutions to Evaluate Ideas," led by principal investigator Marco Ottaviani for the period 2012-2017.

I take part in a research project on "Biased attention and economic decision-making" led by Alexander Sebald for the period 2014-2017.

I am a member of the "Center for Financial Frictions (FRIC)" during 2012-2022.

I am a member of the "Center for Information and Bubble Studies (CIBS)" since 2015.

I take part in a research project on "Identifying the Role of Private Equity Firms in Creating Value" led by Christian Riis Flor for the period 2016-2020.

I am hosting Niels Bohr professor Morten Bennedsen on the project "The Impact of Family Assets on Corporate Structures and Outcomes," funded by the Danish National Research Foundation, 2017-2021.

Teaching

I have lectured in courses on:

• Financial Markets
• Corporate Finance Theory
• Corporate Governance
• Private Equity and Hedge Funds
• Games and Information
• Dynamical Economics
• Microeconomics
• Topics in Game Theory

I have supervised projects, theses and PhD students in the intersections of Microeconomics, Game Theory and Finance.

Short presentation

My research develops and applies new tools and concepts from economic theory with asymmetric information to topics in markets and institutions. One main topic is the herding behavior of large groups of individuals. Another main topic is the role of reputation-building for economic and financial experts and advisors. A third main topic is the response of asset prices to private and public information. Currently, I'm focused on improvements to the systems for producing and communicating new knowledge, and on effects on financial markets of a transactions tax.