Peter Schotman
Peter Schotman (1960) studied econometrics at Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he also finished his PhD dissertation Empirical Studies on the Behaviour of Interest Rates and Exchange Rates under the supervision of professors Eduard Bomhoff and Teun Kloek.
In 1991 he became associate professor of finance at Maastricht University. Since 1994 he is full professor of Empirical Finance. He has held visiting positions at the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, GREQAM in Marseille, and the Stockholm School of Economics
His current research interests focus on long-term investment decisions and portfolio management. This research is carried out within the Netspar theme Private Retirement Provision of which he is the theme coordinator. He has published on a wide variety of topics in financial econometrics including models for the term structure of interest rates and interest rate derivatives, exchange rate dynamics and volatility, the international integration of financial markets, price discovery on financial markets and measurement of risk preferences.
Over the years he has taught courses in corporate finance, financial management, asset pricing, asset-liability management, macro-economics and econometric methods for audiences ranging ranging from bachelor to master, PhD and executive
Peter Schotman is vice-dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Adminstration of Maastricht University, scientific director of the Maastricht research school of Economics of Technology and Organisations (METEOR), and a member of the academic board of ABP (Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds).
