I am a PhD candidate in Economics at Goethe University, Frankfurt.

My research interests include empirical corporate finance, law and finance, and entrepreneurial finance. I study how legal institutions and property rights enable firms to access debt through collateral. I combine detailed administrative and financial data with quasi-natural experiments, focusing on both tangible and intangible collateral.

In 2024, I was a visiting researcher at the Finance Department of Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and I will be on the academic job market in 2025.

PhD Candidate
Goethe University Frankfurt
leitzinger@econ.uni-frankfurt.de