Biography

Klaas joined the Goizueta Business School in 2002. His research interests include investment management, financial econometrics and venture capital. Klaas received his Ph.D. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He has a M.A. in Economics from Brown University, a M.Sc. in Econometrics from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, and a Diploma in Japanese language and business studies from Leiden University, The Netherlands. Klaas also received the Trefftz Award for Best Student Paper at the Western Finance Association Meetings, 2002. Prior to pursuing his Ph.D., Klaas was a financial analyst at Fuji Bank in Japan and Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong.

Publications

• Should investors avoid all actively managed mutual funds? A study in Bayesian performance evaluation (with Andrew Metrick and Jessica Wachter), Journal of Finance, February 2001

Working Papers

• On the Performance of Mutual Fund Managers, June 2003

Areas of Specialization

• Investment Management, Mutual Funds
• Econometrics
• Venture Capital

Achievements and Honors

• Trefftz Award for Best Student Paper at the Western Finance Association Meetings, 2002
• Nominated for the Smith Breeden Award for the best paper in Journal of Finance, 2001

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Fellow of the Wharton Financial Institutions Center, 2002-2003

Academic Background
Ph.D., Finance, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2002
M.A., Economics, Brown University, 1997
M.Sc., Econometrics & Statistics, Groningen University, The Netherlands, 1995