Laura Capera

dr. Laura Capera-Romero

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5324-4146

Personal profile

Personal information

I am an Assistant Professor at the Finance Department at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. I completed my Ph.D. in Economics at Tilburg University under the supervision of prof. dr. Jaap Abbring and prof. dr. Tobias Klein. In 2016, I graduated with distinction from the CentER Research Master in Economics program at Tilburg University.

Before starting my Ph. D. in the Netherlands, I completed an MSc in Economics at Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia) and worked as an economist at the Financial Stability Department at Banco de la Republica (Central Bank of Colombia).

Research

My research focuses on competition and innovation in retail banking, sustainability and microfinance. I use empirical industrial organization methods to analyze the effects of innovation and regulatory changes on financial access across geographic markets and competition.

Teaching

I am participating in the following teaching and supervision activities during the 2024-2025 academic year:

Corporate Finance: A Sustainability Perspective (IBA)

International Banking (Part-Time MBA)

Master Thesis Supervision

Premaster Finance - Academic Paper

Bachelor Thesis Supervision

Research Project (Master Course Finance)

Ancillary activities

No ancillary activities

Ancillary activities are updated daily

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

Academic qualification

Economics, PhD, Tilburg University

2016 → 2020

Award Date: 7 Dec 2020

Research Master in Economics (with distinction), Master, Tilburg University

2014 → 2016

Award Date: 31 Aug 2016

Economics, Master, Universidad de los Andes Colombia

2012 → 2014

Award Date: 30 Sept 2014

Keywords

  • HG Finance
  • Banking competition
  • Microfinance
  • FinTech
  • F1201 Latin America (General)

  • Green Gains: The Impact of REITs’ Environmental Performance on Sustainability-Linked Loan Interest Rates

    Capera Romero, L. M., Artiga Gonzalez, T., Karmaziene, E. & Yuan, X., 2025, In: Finance Research Letters. 71, January, 106415.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

    Open Access

  • Realized Variances vs. Correlations: Unlocking the Gains in Multivariate Volatility Forecasting

    Capera-Romero, L. M. & Opschoor, A., 20 Sept 2024, Tinbergen Institute, (TI Discussion Paper Series; no. 24-059/III).

    Research output: Working paper / Preprint › Working paper › Professional

    Open Access

  • Non-Standard Errors

    Menkveld, A. J., Dreber, A., Holzmeister, F., Huber, J., Johanneson, M., Kirchler, M., Razen, M., Weitzel, U., Abad, D., Abudy, M., Adrian, T., Ait-Sahalia, Y., Akmansoy, O., Alcock, J., Alexeev, V., Aloosh, A., Amato, L., Amaya, D., Angel, J. J., Bach, A., & 321 othersBaidoo, E., Bakalli, G., Barbon, A., Bashchenko, O., Bindra, P. C., Bjonnes, G. H., Black, J. R., Black, B. S., Bohorquez, S., Bondarenko, O., Bos, C. S., Bosch-Rosa, C., Bouri, E., Brownlees, C. T., Calamia, A., Cao, V. N., Capelle-Blancard, G., Capera, L., Caporin, M., Carrion, A., Caskurlu, T., Chakrabarty, B., Chernov, M., Cheung, W. M. Y., Chincarini, L. B., Chordia, T., Chow, S. C., Clapham, B., Colliard, J-E., Comerton-Forde, C., Curran, E., Dao, T., Dare, W., Davies, R. J., De Blasis, R., De Nard, G., Declerck, F., Deev, O., Degryse, H., Deku, S., Desagre, C., Van Dijk, M. A., Dim, C., Dimpfl, T., Dong, Y. J., Drummond, P., Dudda, T., Dumitrescu, A., Dyakov, T., Dyhrberg, A. H., Dzieliński, M., Eksi, A., El Kalak, I., ter Ellen, S., Eugster, N., Evans, M. D. D., Farrell, M., Félez-Viñas, E., Ferrara, G., FERROUHI, E. M., Flori, A., Fluharty-Jaidee, J., Foley, S., Fong, K. Y. L., Foucault, T., Franus, T., Franzoni, F. A., Frijns, B., Frömmel, M., Fu, S., Füllbrunn, S., Gan, B., Gehrig, T., Gerritsen, D., Gil-Bazo, J., Glosten, L. R., Gomez, T., Gorbenko, A., Güçbilmez, U., Grammig, J., Gregoire, V., Hagströmer, B., Hambuckers, J., Hapnes, E., Harris, J. H., Harris, L., Hartmann, S., Hasse, J-B., Hautsch, N., He, X-Z. T., Heath, D., Hediger, S., Hendershott, T. J., Hibbert, A. M., Hjalmarsson, E., Hoelscher, S., Hoffmann, P., Holden, C. W., Horenstein, A. R., Huang, W., Huang, D., Hurlin, C., Ivashchenko, A., Iyer, S. R., Jahanshahloo, H., Jalkh, N., Jones, C. M., Jurkatis, S., Jylha, P., Kaeck, A., Kaiser, G., Karam, A., Karmaziene, E., Kassner, B., Kaustia, M., Kazak, E., Kearney, F., van Kervel, V., Khan, S., Khomyn, M., Klein, T., Klein, O., Klos, A., Koetter, M., Krahnen, J. P., Kolokolov, A., Korajczyk, R. A., Kozhan, R., Kwan, A., Lajaunie, Q., Lam, F. Y. E. C., Lambert, M., Langlois, H., Lausen, J., Lauter, T., Leippold, M., Levin, V., Li, Y., Li, H., Liew, C. Y., Lindner, T., Linton, O. B., Liu, J., Liu, A., Llorente-Alvarez, J-G., Lof, M., Lohr, A., Longstaff, F. A., Lopez-Lira, A., Mankad, S., Mano, N., Marchal, A., Martineau, C., Mazzola, F., Meloso, D. C., Mihet, R., Mohan, V., Moinas, S., Moore, D., Mu, L., Muravyev, D., Murphy, D., Neszveda, G., Neumeier, C., Nielsson, U., Nimalendran, M., Nolte, S., Nordén, L. L., O'Neill, P., Obaid, K., Ødegaard, B. A., Östberg, P., Painter, M., Palan, S., Palit, I., Park, A., Pascual Gascó, R., Pasquariello, P., Pastor, L., Patel, V., Patton, A. J., Pearson, N. D., Pelizzon, L., Pelster, M., Pérignon, C., Pfiffer, C., Philip, R., Plíhal, T., Prakash, P., Press, O-A., Prodromou, T., Putnins, T. J., Raizada, G., Rakowski, D. A., Ranaldo, A., Regis, L., Reitz, S., Renault, T., Wang, R., Renò, R., Riddiough, S., Rinne, K., Rintamäki, P., Riordan, R., RITTMANNSBERGER, T., Rodríguez Longarela, I., Rösch, D., Rognone, L., Roseman, B., Rosu, I., Roy, S., Rudolf, N., Rush, S., Rzayev, K., Rzeźnik, A., Sanford, A., Sankaran, H., Sarkar, A., Sarno, L., Scaillet, O., Scharnowski, S., Schenk-Hoppé, K. R., Schertler, A., Schneider, M., Schroeder, F., Schürhoff, N., Schuster, P., Schwarz, M. A., Seasholes, M. S., Seeger, N., Shachar, O., Shkilko, A., Shui, J., Sikic, M., Simion, G., Smales, L. A., Söderlind, P., Sojli, E., Sokolov, K., Spokeviciute, L., Stefanova, D., Subrahmanyam, M. G., Neusüss, S., Szaszi, B., Talavera, O., Tang, Y., Taylor, N., Tham, W. W., Theissen, E., Thimme, J., Tonks, I., Tran, H., Trapin, L., Trolle, A. B., Vaduva, M., Valente, G., Van Ness, R. A., Vasquez, A., Verousis, T., Verwijmeren, P., Vilhelmsson, A., Vilkov, G., Vladimirov, V., Vogel, S., Voigt, S., Wagner, W., Walther, T., Weiss, P., van der Wel, M., Werner, I. M., Westerholm, P. J., Westheide, C., Wipplinger, E., Wolf, M., Wolff, C. C. P., Wolk, L., Wong, W. K., Wrampelmeyer, J., Wu, Z-X., Xia, S., Xiu, D., Xu, K., Xu, C., Yadav, P. K., Yagüe, J., Yan, C., Yang, A., Yoo, W., Yu, W., Yu, S., Yueshen, B. Z., Yuferova, D., Zamojski, M., Zareei, A., Zeisberger, S., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhong, Z., Zhou, Z. I., Zhou, C., Zhu, X., Zoican, M., Zwinkels, R. C. J., Chen, J., Duevski, T., Gao, G., Gemayel, R., Gilder, D., Kuhle, P., Pagnotta, E., Pelli, M., Sönksen, J., Zhang, L., Ilczuk, K., Bogoev, D., Qian, Y., Wika, H. C., Yu, Y., Zhao, L., Mi, M. & Bao, L., 2024, In: Journal of Finance. 79, 3, p. 2339-2390

    Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

    Open Access

  • The Development of Microcredit in Colombia: Competition in the Microcredit Market

    Estrada, D., Yaruro, A. M., Clavijo, F., Capera, L. & Gómez, J., 4 Sept 2023, (Banco de la República and Asomicrofinanzas)

    Research output: Book / Report › Book (Editorship) › Professional

  • El Desarrollo del Microcrédito en Colombia

    Translated title of the contribution: The Development of Microcredit in ColombiaEstrada, D., Yaruro-Jaime, A. M., Clavijo-Ramírez, F., Capera-Romero, L. M. & Gómez, J., 28 Nov 2022, 1 ed. Bogota: Banco de la República y Asociación Colombiana de Instituciones Microfinancieras (Asomicrofinanzas). 133 p.

    Research output: Book / Report › Book › Academic

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