Nicolas Webersinke

Dr. Nicolas Webersinke

Research Areas

  • Sustainable Finance
  • Natural Language Processing for Finance
  • Computer Vision for Finance
  • Performance Analysis

Short CV

  • May 2023: Dissertation „Essays on the Application of Statistical and Machine Learning Methods to Sustainable Finance“
  • 2022: CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing
  • 2019-2021: M.Sc. in International Information Systems (IIS), University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, majors: Business Analytics
  • Since 2018: Research assistant and doctoral candidate, Chair of Finance and Banking, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • 2016: Studies abroad at Turku School of Economics/University of Turku, Finland
  • 2015-2018: M.Sc. in Finance, Auditing, Controlling, Taxation (FACT), University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, majors: Finance
  • 2014-2017: Internships (among others: TeamBank AG, Ernst & Young GmbH)
  • 2012-2015: B.A. in Business Administration and Economics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Publications

Papers in peer-reviewed outlets

2023

2022

Working Papers

  • Natural Language Processing meets Accounting and Finance: Review and Performance Comparison of Textual Analysis Approaches
    Working Paper, Nürnberg 2023
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  • ChatClimate: Grounding Conversational AI in Climate Science
    Working Paper, Zürich, Oxford, and Nürnberg, 2023
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  • Paradigm Shift in Sustainability Disclosure Analysis: Empowering Stakeholders with Chatreport, a Language Model-Based Tool
    Working Paper, Zürich, Oxford, and Nürnberg, 2023
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  • How Cheap Talk in Climate Disclosures relates to Climate Initiatives, Corporate Emissions, and Reputation Risk
    Working Paper, Zürich and Nürnberg, 2023
    Abstract and download
    Accepted for presentation:
    • Monash-Warwick-Zurich Text-As-Data Workshop [Virtual], February 17-18, 2022
    • Alan Turing AI for Sustainable Finance seminar [Virtual], May 23, 2022
    • SFI Research Days 2022, June 13-14, 2022
    • 1st Sustainable Finance Summer Workshop by Sciences Po and Banque de France, Paris, June 20-21, 2022
    • 4th Summer School on Sustainable Finance, Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission, July 07-08, 2022
    • GRASFI 5th Annual Conference 2022, Zürich, September 5-7, 2022 (Best Paper Award)
    • UN PRI Academic Network Conference 2022 [Virtual], September 19-23, 2022
  • Permutation Tests for Stock Index Performance: Evidence from ESG Indices
    Working Paper, Nürnberg 2023
    Abstract and download
    Accepted for presentation:
    • Southwestern Finance Association 2020 Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX, March 11-14, 2020
    • Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Financial Market Research, PhD Poster Session, Zurich, April 3, 2020
    • 28th Global Finance Conference [Virtual], May 27-29, 2021
    • GRASFI 2021 PhD Workshop [Virtual], August 31, 2021
    • 2021 FMA Annual Meeting [Virtual], October 20-22, 2021

Teaching

  • Financial Engineering & Structured Finance (Übung)
  • Kapitalmarktanalyse mit Refinitiv Workspace
  • Bachelorarbeit mit Seminar
  • Seminar Finanzierung und Banken
  • Workshop Finance
  • Workshop Capital Markets Research
  • Hauptseminar Finance
  • Masterarbeit