Roland Mestel (Deputy Director of the Department)
Roland Mestel's research focuses on the microstructure of financial markets, i.e. the specific organization of the exchange of capital supply and demand. One focus in this regard is on markets for digital assets (cryptocurrencies) and, in particular, on decentralized markets. Further research focuses on asset management, asset pricing and risk management. Roland Mestel leads/has led a large number of externally funded research projects from research funding and contract research. He is a member of the board of the Austrian Banking Research Association, co-editor of the BankArchiv and associate editor of the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance.
Selected projects
- Market quality and algorithmic trading at the Austrian stock market. Project supported with funds from the Anniversary Fund of Oesterreichische Nationalbank; 2019-2023.
- Austria's path to climate neutrality: identifying a cross-sector integrated framework and incentive structure, distributional and budgetary implications. Responsible for work package: Financial markets. Project supported with funds from the Climate and Energy Fund and implemented in line with the Austrian Climate Research Program ACRP; 2022-2024.
Magazine publications
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Mestel, Roland
Tagungsbericht 10. Workshop der Austrian Working Group on Banking and FInance..
In: BankArchiv: Zeitschrift für das gesamte Bank- und Börsenwesen. 1998. .
Forschung: Beitrag in Zeitschrift > Anderer Beitragstyp -
Mestel, Roland; Steininger, Karl
Ansätze zur Behebung des Kapitalangebotsmangels in Entwicklungsländern..
In: Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. 1995. .
Forschung: Beitrag in Zeitschrift > Originalbeitrag/Fachbeitrag