Jos van Bommel is associate professor at the University of Luxembourg. He holds an MSc. from the University of Eindhoven, an MBA from IESE Business School, and a PhD in finance from INSEAD. He conducts empirical and theoretical research in various areas of corporate finance, market microstructure, banking and corporate governance, and has published in the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Corporate Finance, and many other peer reviewed academic journals. Prof. van Bommel has taught MBA students and executives at Babson College, Oxford University, IESE and Esade among others, and has been a consultant to asset management firms and business start-ups.