Introduction

Dr. Arvid Oskar Ivar Hoffmann (1981) is Assistant Professor of Finance, Co-Director of the Marketing-Finance Research Lab and Director of the Marketing-Finance Company Circle at the School of Business and Economics at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. On this site, you can download his publications, learn about his professional and educational experience, understand his research interests and view coverage of his work in the media.

Professional and Educational Experience

Before joining Maastricht University, Dr. Hoffmann worked on his doctoral research at the Department of Marketing at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. His doctoral dissertation was titled "Essays on the Social Dimensions of Investor Behavior" and combined marketing and finance methods as well as theory to improve our understanding of individual investor decision-making.

Prior to his doctoral work, he studied Business Administration. In 2003, he obtained his Master of Science in Marketing as well as Financial Management (both with distinction).

He is an active member of leading professional associations and research networks in finance and marketing, including ACR, AFA, EFA, EMAC, INFORMS, WFA, and Netspar.

Research Interests

Dr. Hoffmann is interested in behavioral economics/finance, consumer financial decision-making, and individual investor behavior. His main focus is the marketing-finance interface.