Dirk Gerritsen

Dirk works as Assistant Professor of Finance and Financial Markets at the Utrecht University School of Economics (U.S.E.). His research is focused on the behavior of financial consumers, financial institutions and financial markets. Examples of recent research topics in the area of consumer behavior involve checkout decisions when confronted with Dynamic Currency Conversion checkout options and switching behavior of bank clients based in deposit rate differentials. An example of a recent project on the interplay of financial institutions and financial markets is a study to the medium-term effects of ESG rating revisions on stock prices.

In addition to his research, Dirk is program director of the MSc. in Banking and Finance at U.S.E. and teaches courses on Investment Management.

Outside academia, he is a member of the Euronext AEX Indices Steering Committee and of the editorial board of the VBA Journaal which is a quarterly journal published by the CFA Society VBA Netherlands.