Past Seminars (2010 – 2017)

Date of Seminar

Newest to Oldest

Name of Guest Speaker / Institution

Seminar Title

Han Özsöylev / Koç University

The price of regulation: regulatory costs and the cross-section of stock returns

İlkay Şendeniz Yüncü / METU

Keep Walking? Geographical Proximity, Religion, and Relationship Banking

Nüfer Yasin Ateş / Bilkent University

Performance Feedback and Middle Managers’ Divergent Strategic Behavior: The Roles of Social Comparisons and Organizational Identification

Shervin Shahrokhi Tehrani / University of Toronto

A Heuristic Approach to Explore:Value of perfect information

Emre Karali / Erasmus University

Enviromental Fluctuation, Contextual Constraints and Routine Dynamics: Professional Identity as a source of Oscillation

Başak Tanyeri / Bilkent University

Bank Acquisitions and Partial Sales in an Emerging Market: Changes in Risk and Return

Muhittin Oral / Özyeğin University

A Framework for Management Research: Validation and Legimization Issues

Melis Ceylan / Koç University

Embarrassed by Calories: Calorie Posting Effect under the Influence of Social Context

Alper Nakkaş / University of Texas at Arlington

The Impact of Valuation Heterogeneity on Equilibrium Prices in Supply Chain Networks

Yıldıray Yıldırım / Baruch College

The Hybrid Nature of Real Estate Trusts

S. Arzu Wasti / Sabancı University

Exploring Workplace Incivility in the Turkish Context

Esra Öz / Bilkent University, PhD Candidate

Judgmental Forecasts with Scenarios and Risks

Ayça T.Bozkurt / Bilkent University, Ms Candidate

Does Increasing Foreign Control in the Banking Sector have an impact on banks’ loan rates? Evidence from Turkey

Semih Tartaroğlu / Wichita State University

Price Informativeness, Transparency Regulation, and Stock Return Synchronicity: Evidence from the European Union’s Transparency Directive

Naime Usul  / Bilkent University, PhD Candidate

Affect-based stock investment decision: The role of affective self-affinity

Refet S. Gürkaynak, Burçin Kısacıkoğlu and Jonathan H. Wright / Bilkent University

Identifying the effects of partially-measured news surprises

Aytekin Ertan / London Business School

Bank Transparency and Credit Access

Gülay T.Güzel / Bilkent University, Ms Candidate

Cultural Distancing through Mockery in Media Consumption

14.04.2017

Barış Depecik / Bilkent University

Who Benefits from Brand Exits? Why?

Nükhet H.Gür / Koç University

Silicon Envy: How Global Innovation Clusters Hurt or Stimulate Each Other Across Developed and Emerging Markets

Forrest Watson / Bilkent University, PhD Candidate

Enhancing Consumer and Producer Well-being:

Muhammed Mubeen / Bilkent University, Ms Candidate

Sustainable Growth of Firms: Evidence from Emerging Economies

Ahmet Şensoy / Research & Business Development Department and Options&Futures Markets of Borsa Istanbul

The Role of Shared Commitments in the Context of a Spatially-Extended Alternative Food Network

Fehmi Tanrısever / Bilkent University

Financial Hedging and Optimal Procurement Policies under Correlated Price and Demand

Jun Bum Kwon / Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Can an advertising message impact the content of mass media? An examination of the Dove campaign for Real Beauty

Pavle Radicevic / UNSW Business School, The University of New South

Optimal Capital Structure of Family Firms

Jeroen de Mast / Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam

Appointment scheduling in outpatient clinics multi-disciplinary research in operations improvement in healthcare

Yasemin Merzifonluoğlu / METU

Risk Averse Supply Portfolio Selection with Supply, Demand and Spot Market Volatility

13.01.2017

Mehmet Yasin Ulukuş / University of Pittsburgh

Physiology-Based Anticipative ICU Management

Cerag Pince / Kuhne Logistics University

Extracting Maximum Value from Consumer Returns

M.Hasan Yılmaz / Bilkent University, Ms Candidate

Factors Impacting Bank Net Interest Margin and the Role of Monetary Policy: Evidence from Turkey

Çağrı Koç / HEC Montrêal

The impact of depot location, fleet composition and routing on emissions in city logistics

Işıl Sevilay Yılmaz / Bilkent University, PhD Candidate

Mergers and Acqusitions during Financial Crisis

Burçak Baş / Bilkent University, Ms Candidate

The Construction of Beauty by Mobile Applications

Syed Shahid Mahmud / Bilkent University, Ms Candidate

The Emergence in the kitchen as an object for conspicuous consumption

Ecem Cephe / Bilkent University, Ms Candidate

Optimal Assortment Planning  under Capacity Constraint: Single and Multi-Firm Systems Using Transshipments

Oğuzhan Karakaş / Boston College

Earnings and the Value of Voting Rights

Ayşe Öncüler / ESSEC Business School

When Two Negatives Make an Intertemporal Positive:The Ability of Future Payoff Ambiguity to increase Future Payoff Appeal

Özlem Akın / Özyeğin University

Anticipating the Financial Crisis: Evidence from Insider Trading

Bülent Mengüç / Kadir Has University

Frontline Service Employee Engagement

Alper Bakdur / Bilkent University, PhD Candidate

Do Sovereign Credit Default Swaps Have Pricing Implication For Stock Market?

Mert Hakan Hekimoğlu / Syracuse University

Wine Analytics: Fine Wine Pricing and Selection under Weather and Market Uncertainty

Tuba Koç / Georgia State University

When International Expansion Strategy Disappoints: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis of Market Exits by Multinational Retail Enterprises

Indranil Goswami / University of Chicago

The Nature and Extent of  Post-Reward Crowding-out: The “Effort-Balancing” Account

Xiaohan(Hannah) Wen / Koç University

No Strings Attached? The Potential Link Between Crowdfunding Success and New Product Launch Delay

Wei-Lin Wang / University of Zurich

Product Line Length and Brand Preference in the Presence of Multiple Discreteness: The Role of Product Line Structure, Interbrand Competition, and Variety Seeking Tendency

Steven Ongena / University of Zurich

Fear, Anger and Credit.On Bank Robberies and Loan Conditions

Ümit Koç / Drexel University

The Effects of the Timing of Post-Purchase Price Reductions and Brand Strength on Consumers’Price Unfairness Perceptions

Micah Officer / (Loyola University)

Does the perception of corruption matter to investors

Güliz Ger / (Bilkent University)

Research in a Globalized World: Possibilities for Postcolonial Thought and Practice

Geert Bekaert  / (Colombia University)

Asset Return Dynamics under bad environment good environment Fundamentals

Melek Akın Ateş / (Tilburg University)

The Impact of Purschasing Startegy-Structure (Mis) Fit on Purchasing Cost and Innovation Performance

Nüfer Yasin Ateş / (Tilburg University)

A Psychological Perspective on Middle Managers’ Strategic Championing Behavior

Hasan Tehranian / (Boston College)

Greed or Good Deeds:An Examination of the Relation between Corporate Social Responsibility and The Financial

A.Gürhan Kök / (Koç University)

Impact of Electricity Pricing Policy on Renewable

Elena Katok / (University of Te0as at Dallas)

Can Structured Bargaining Improve Channel Efficiency?

Matthew T. Billetta / (Indiana University)

The Role of Financial Intermediaries in the Transmission of Peer-to-Peer Financial Policies

Merva Akbaş / (Duke University)

How to Help the Poor to Save A Bit: Evidence From A Field Experiment in Kenya

Yasin Özcan / (Northwestern University)

Innovation and Acquisition: Two-Sided Matching in M&A Markets

Tuğçe Martagan / (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Stochastic Models for Biopharmaceutical Operations and Supply Chains

Luis Goncalves-Pinto / (National University of Singapore)

Strategic News Releases in Equity Vesting Months

Diclehan Tezcaner Ozturk / (University of Strathclyde)

A Decision Support Tool for the Installation Operations of Offshore Wind Farms

Mahmut İlerisoy / (University of Iowa)

Credit Market Contagion and Liquidity Shocks

Alev Kuruoğlu / Bilkent University

“The Emergence and Evolution of a Politicized Market: The Production and Circulation of Kurdish Music in Turkey”

Güliz Ger / (Bilkent University)

Research in a Globalized World: Possibilities for Postcolonial Thought and Practice

Alev Kuruoğlu / (Bilkent University)

An Emotional Economy of Mundane Objects

Oğuzhan Özbaş / (Koç University & University of Southern California)

Executive Compensation and Deployment of Corporate Resources: Evidence from Working Capital

Onur Boyabatlı / Lee Kong Chian School of Business Singapore Management University

“Capacity Management in Agricultural Commodity Processing and Application in the Palm Industry”

Ayşe Eda Sayın / (Koç University)

The Effect of Self-Brand Connection on Consumer Reactions to Incongruent Brand Extensions

Vefa Tarhan / (Bilkent University)

The Impact of Liquidity Crises on Cash Flow Sensitivities

Lalin Anik / (Duke University)

Contingent Match Incentives Increase Donations

Jaehwan Kwon / (University of Iowa)

Self and the World: Biased Motivation in Human Judgments and Decisions

Hande Ayaydın Hacıömeroğlu / Turkish Finance Workshop (FBA)

Diversification versus Specialization: An Analysis of Profitability and Risk-Taking by Commercial Banks

24.10.2014

Tanseli Savaşer / Turkish Finance Workshop (FBA)

Managerial Performance Incentives and Firm Risk during Economic Expansions and Recessions

Umut Gökçen / Turkish Finance Workshop (FBA)

The Case against Active Pension Funds: Evidence from the Turkish Private Pension System

Başak Tanyeri / Turkish Finance Workshop (FBA)

Bank mergers: Returns and Risk

24.10.2014

Mehmet Özsoy / Turkish Finance Workshop (FBA)

Bank regulation under Fire sale externalities

24.10.2014

Aysun Alp / Turkish Finance Workshop (FBA)

Why Do US Firms Use More Bond Covenants

Burcu Esmer / Turkish Finance Workshop (FBA)

Creditor Control and Product-Market Competition

Tingting Wang / The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

The Cuteness Paradox: How Approach Motivation Enhances Responses to Cute Products but Worsens Reactions if they Malfunction

Uday Rajan / (Michigan University)

Contracting on credity ratings:Adding value to public information

Ahmet Deryol / Bilkent University

MS Thesis Defense: “Basel Capital Requirements and Bank Behavior: Evidence From Turkish Banking System”

Burze Yaşar / Bilkent University

Ph.D Thesis Defense: “Determinants Of The Slope Of S&P 5xx Index Options: A Joint Analysis Of Macroeconomic Announcements And Private Information”

Tuğba Çakın / Bilkent University

“Impacts of repeal of short sale on stocks traded at Borsa İstanbul” (thesis)

Tuğba Çakın / Bilkent University

“Impacts of repeal of short sale on stocks traded at Borsa İstanbul” (prethesis)

Zeynep Aydın / (Erasmus University)

There’s an app for that! Understanding Drivers of Mobile Application Downloads

Feray Adıgüzel / (Erasmus University)

Customization of Online Promotions Across Multiple Categories

Cem Demiroğlu / (Koç University)

Bank Loans and Troubled Debt Restructurings

R. Glenn Richey / (University of Alabama)

Understanding the What, How and Why of Big Data in Supply Chain Relationships: A Structure, Process, and Performance Study

Deniz Özdemir / (Yaşar University)

Daily Logistics Planning With Multiple Third Party Providers

Arzu Wasti / Sabancı University

“Critical Trust Incidents Across Cultures: A Study on Dignity, Face and Honor Cultures”

Volkan Kayaçetin / (Özyeğin University)

Business-Cycle Variation in the Market Risk Premium: Implications for Empirical Tests

David Griffith / (Lehigh University)

The Role of Reciprocity in Clarifying the Performance Payoff of Relational Behavior

Tuba Toksöz / (New York University Stern School of Business)

An Examination of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments: Evidence from FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2

Alper Bakdur / (Bilkent University)

Relationship between Sovereign Credit Default Swaps and Stock Markets

05.01.2014

Diclehan Tezcaner Özturk / University of Strathclyde

“A Decision Support Tool for the Installation Operations of Offshore Wind Farms”

Behice Ece İlhan / (Purdue University)

Transmedia Consumption Experiences (TCE) : Patching as a Media Consumption Practice

Emre Soyer / (Ozyegin University)

What are the chances of winning? The ecology and psychology of competitions?

Fehmi Tanrısever / (Bilkent University)

Value of Reverse Factoring in Multi-stage Supply Chains

Ali Faraji Rad / (Columbia University)

On the Persuasiveness of Similar Others: The Role of Feeling of Certainty

Yasemin Kor  / (University of South Carolina)

Positive and Negative Synergies between tne CEO’s and the Corporate Board’s Human and Social Capital: A Study of Biotechnology Firms

Figen Güneş Doğan / Bilkent University

“Do Firms With Relatively Higher Rented Factors of Production Have Higher Expected Stock Returns?”

Bige Saatçioğlu / Özyeğin University

“Moral Habitus and Status Negotiation in a Marginalized Working Class
Neighborhood”

Selin Akça / (Goethe University)

Identifying the Discount Factor of Forward Looking Consumers Based on Consumption from Inventory

İrem Demirkan / (Bilkent University)

Innovation in the Family Enterprise: Characteristics Affecting Exploration Versus Exploitation Decisions

Sebahattin Demirkan / (Bilkent University)

Implications of Strategic Alliances for Earnings Quality and Capital Market Investors

Mustafa Fırat / Msc Finance Student, Bilkent University

Thesis Defense Presentation: “An Empirical Investigation of Multifactor Asset Pricing Model: Impact of Global and Domestic Variables on Stock Returns in Borsa Istanbul Stock Exchange”

Meltem Türe / PhD Marketing Student, Bilkent University

Thesis Defense Presentation: “Negotiating the Norms of Consumption: An Exploration of Ordinary Practices of Desposing”

Berk Yayvak / Msc Finance Student, Bilkent University

Thesis Defense Presentation: “Do Time-Varying Betas Help in Asset Pricing? Evidence From the Borsa İstanbul Stock Exchange”

Gözde Sungu / Msc Finance Student, Bilkent University

Thesis Defense Presentation: “Banking Relationships and Firm Performance”

Anıl Divarcı Çakmaklı / (Sabancı University)

Identity Realization, Multiple Logics and Organizational Form Legitimacy; Organizational Founding Rates during the Emergence of the Dutch Accounting Industry, 1884-1939

Barış Depecik / (Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University)

Who Benefits from Brand Exits? Why

Seda Öz / (New York University)

Did FAS 166 and FAS 167 Improve the Transparency of Securitizing Banks?

Soren Askegaard, Dannie Kjeldgaard / (University of Southern Denmark)

Reflexive Food Cultures in a Glocalization Perspective

Serdar Aldatmaz / (University of North Carolina)

Private Equity in the Global Economy:Evidence on Industry Spillovers

Tanseli Savaşer / (Williams College)

Asymmetric Information and the Foreign Exchange Trades of Global Custody Banks

Erkan Yönder / (Maastricht University)

CEO Overconfidence, Corporate Investment Activity,and Performance: Evidence from REITs

Duygu Akdevilioğlu / Bilkent University, M. S. Thesis Defense

“Who Are The Influentials? A Study On Opinion Leadership”

Mehmet Sağlam / (Princeton University)

The Cost of Latency

Alper Bakdur / Bilkent University

“Relationship Between Sovereign Credit Degault Swaps and Stock Markets”

Özgen Karaer / (METU)

Strategic Quality Interactions: Entry Deterrence and Environmental Quality

Aslıhan Altay-Salih / (Bilkent University)

Do Domestic Investors Trade at Favorable Prices? Evidence from Turkish Stock Exchange

Şerif Aziz Simsir / (Sabancı University)

Measuring Deal Premiums in Takeovers

Sinan Tan / (Fordham University)

Equity Options During the Flash Crash of 2x1x

Başak Tanyeri / (Bilkent University)

Once Burned, Twice Shy:  Money Market Fund Responses to a systemic Liquidity Shock

Zhiying Jiang / (NUS Business School)

Consumer Brand Choice and Experiential Quality Learning: A Dual-process Model of Memory-based Judgment

Burcu Esmer / (Bilkent University)

Creditor Control and Product Market Competition

Nejat Seyhun / (University of Michigan)

Insider Trading and Asset Pricing Anomalies

Enis Kayış / (Özyeğin University)

Data Driven Models in Operations Management

Hyun Young Park / (New York University)

Feeling Immoral about Money: How Moral Emotions Influence Spending Decisions

Fehmi Tanrısever / (Eindhoven University of Technology)

Value of Options and Forward Contracts in the Presence of Operational Frictions

Ömer Topaloğlu / (Texas Tech University)

Brand Concept and Brand Reach: A Dual Processing Approach to Extension Evaluation

Prabirendra Chatterjee / (University of Washington)

Optimal Bidding Strategies in Sponsored Search Advertising Auctions

Peter De Maeyer / (Singapore Management University)

Media Planning under Uncertainty: Analyzing the Impact of Reach and Cost Error on Schedule Performance

Aytaç Erdemir / Bilkent University

M.S. Thesis: “Analyzing The Forecast of S&P 5xx Index Options Implied Volatility”

Gül Yücel / Bilkent University

M.S. Thesis: “Poor but not in despair: Investigation of Sociocultural Character of Felt Deprivation an Low-Income Consumers Coping With Poverty”

Ezgi Kırdök / Bilkent University

M.S. Thesis: “The Dynamic Relationship Between Macroeconomic Variables and Turkish Real Estate Investment Trusts”

Gül Yücel / Bilkent University

M.S. Thesis: “Poor but not despair: Further investigation of low-income consumers coping with powerty”

Duygu Akdevelioğlu / Bilkent University

M.S. Thesis: “How Do Opinion Leadership and Network Identity affect New Product Adoption?”

Mustafa Onan / Bilkent University

M.S. Thesis: “Predictable Dynamics in Implied Volatility Smirk Slope: Evidence from the S&P 5xx Options”

Mary-Ann Twist / (Journal of Consumer Research)

Everything you’ve always wanted to know about JCR (Journal of Consumer Research) but were afraid to ask the editor

04.05.2012

Ali Devin Sezer / (Middle East Technical University)

Optimal Decision Rules for Product Recalls

Pınar Acar  / (Middle East Technical University)

The Role of Gender Bias in Attributions of Organizational Citizienship Behavior

Alper Şen / (Bilkent University)

Competitive Markdown Timing for Perishable Products

Özlem Arıkan / (University of Illinois at Urbana and Champaign)

The Effect of the Specificity of the Risk Disclosure Language on Investors’ Risk and Credibility Judgments

Nilgün Fescioğlu / (TOBB University)

Market for Carbon Emissions Trading

Evren Örs / (HEC Paris)

U.S. Banking Integration and State-Level Exports

Bünyamin Önal / (Georgia State University)

To Delegate or Not to Delegate to Stock Markets? The Case of Boards with Related Industry Expertise

Doğan Tiritoğlu / The University of Adelaide

“Tracking The Evolution Of Idiosyncratic Risk and Cross-Sectional Expected Returns For Us Reits”

Burze Yaşar / Bilkent Üniversity

“Risk Categorization”

Evrim Didem Güneş / (Koç University)

Screening and Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer with a Limited Colonoscopy Resource

Alper Bakdur / Bilkent University, FBA (PhD Proposal)

“Essays on International Assest Pricing”

Hüseyin Karaca / (Northwestern University)

State Dependence in Frequency Reward Programs: A Dynamic Structural Examination

Ahmet C. Kurt / (University of Pittsburgh)

Conflicting Managerial Incentives and Financial Reporting: The Case of Accelerated Share Repurchases

Ömer Cem Öztürk / (Emory University)

How Does Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Impact Consumer Adoption? An Investigation of What-, When-, and Where-to-Buy Decisions

Nazlı Wasti / (METU)

Trust Repair Activities at Toyota : A Crisis Communication Approach

Taylan Yalçın / (Harvard University)

Competing for Consumers Online:The Advertising Strategies of Vertically Differentiated Firms

Didem Kurt / (University of Pittsburgh)

The Influence of Friends on Consumer Spending: The Role of Agency-Communion and Self-Monitoring

Işıl Erel / Bilkent University and SPK Seminar Series (Ohio State University)

“Macroeconomic Conditions and Capital Raising”

Mustafa Karataş / Bilkent University, FBA

M.S. Thesis: “Where Religion, Community and Consumption Meet: A Qualitative Inquiry Into The Consumption Practices Of A Religious Community”

Muhammed Akdağ / (Bilkent University)

Common Risk Factors in The Returns of Stock Trading in İstanbul Stock Exchange

Şenay Ağca / (George Washington University)

How Does Sovereign Debt Affect Corporate Borrowing Costs In Emerging Markets

Saiyid Islam / (Quantitative Analytics and Research Group, Standard & Poor’s)

A talk on Securitization

Gürsu Keleş / (Bilkent University)

Risk Premiums and Portfolio Movements in Developing Countries

Fahri Benli / (Cambridge International College)

Towards a Holistic View of International Entrepreneurship

Belma Öztürkkal / (Kadir Has University)

Portfolio Diversification and Investor Profile

Doğan Tırtıroğlu / (University of Adelaide)

Banking Geography and Cross-Fertilization in the Productivity Growth of US Commercial Banks

Selim Topaloğlu / (Queens University)SPK-Bilkent University FBA Joint Seminar Series

Examining the Dark Side of Financial Markets: Who Trades ahead of Major Announcements?

Başak Tanyeri & Nagihan Çömez / (Bilkent University)SPK-Bilkent University FBA Joint Seminar Series

Do Merged Firms Benefit from Inventory Pooling?

Nadia Massoud / (York University)

Should Short Selling of Financial Firm Stocks be Restricted during a Financial Crisis?

Haluk Ünal / (University of Maryland) SPK-Bilkent University FBA Joint Seminar Series

The Cost Effectiveness of the Private -Sector Reorganization of Failed Banks

Özgür Akay / (Te0as Tech University)

What Does PIN Measure? Evidence from the T-bill Market.

Burcu Esmer / (University of Iowa, Henry B. Tippie College of Business)

Creditor Control Rights and Managerial Risk Shifting

Tanseli Savaşer / (Williams College)

Asymmetric Information and the Foreign Exchange Spreads of Global Custody Banks

30.12.2010

Başak Tanyeri / (Bilkent Universitesi ve SPK Ortak Çalışma Programı-Atelye Çalışması)

Halka Arzlar ve Finansman Maliyeti

Timothy Kiessling / (Bond University)

Strategy Research into Acquisitions: The Top Management Team’s Value in Acquisitions

John Hunter / (Brunel University)

Multifactor Consumption based Asset Pricing Model of the UK Stock Market: The US Stock Market as a Wealth Reference

Sinem Atakan / (University of Michigan)

Make It Your Own: How Process Emotions and Self-Construal Affect Evaluation of Self-Made Products