Michael Weber is Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research interests include asset pricing, macroeconomics, international finance and household finance. He publishes regularly in leading economics and finance journals such as the American Economic Review, the Review of Financial Studies and the Journal of Financial Economics.

The Engelbert-Dockner-Fellowship are sponsored by the POK Pühringer Privatstiftung and enable WU to invite renowned professors to spend an extended period at WU. With this initiative, we are also preserving the memory of Professor Engelbert Dockner, who passed away in 2017. Professor Dockner continuously fostered cutting-edge research and universities' educational mission in the field of capital markets.