Research Article
Aim & Scope
- The aim of the journal is to publish articles that have a specific contribution to the literature on public and corporate finance and have original research characteristics. The Journal of Finance Letters also aims to include studies that include solutions to the problems that arise in practice.
- The aim of the journal is to publish articles that have a specific contribution to the literature on public and corporate finance and have original research characteristics. The Journal of Finance Letters also aims to include studies that include solutions to the problems that arise in practice.
Author Guidelines
- ·Manuscripts should be written in Microsoft Office Word program, in A4 page layout, using Times New Roman font and 11 points.
- 2.5 cm margins should be left on the edges (bottom, top, right and left).
- Manuscripts should be written with one line spacing, paragraphs should be justified on both sides, no indentation should be left at the beginning of the paragraph, one line space should be left between paragraphs.
- Manuscripts to be sent should not exceed 20 pages, including text, tables, figures, references and appendices.
- Since the blind refereeing system is implemented through DergiPark, the article and the cover must be sent as two separate files.
- The cover page should include the name of the article, the names and surnames of all authors, their titles, their institutions, e-mail addresses, orcid numbers, if there is more than one author, the corresponding author, telephone number, the persons/institutions to be thanked, if any, and other explanations and notes.
- Information about the authors should not be included in the article.
- The following points should be taken into consideration while writing and editing a scientific article.
Title
- It should be written briefly, starting from the top-left edge of the page, giving information about the subject of the article, with a margin of 6 cm. The title should be prepared in both Turkish and English
Abstract
- After the Turkish title, the Turkish abstract is written. The abstract should briefly explain the purpose of the study, the methods applied, the findings, and the result. The Turkish abstract should not exceed 100 words.
- The abstract should be written in 10 pt and italic.
Keywords
- At the end of the abstract in Turkish, a maximum of four keywords that best describe the content of the article should be given.
Jel Classification - Appropriate Jel classification numbers should be given for the study.
English Title
- After the Turkish text, three lines of space should be left and the English title should be written.
Abstract - The Turkish abstract must be written in English as well. The English abstract should not exceed 100 words.
- The abstract should be written in 10 font size and italic.
Keywords
- Key words should be written in English.
Jel Classification
- Appropriate Jel classification numbers should be given for the study.
Introduction and Conclusion
- Introduction should start from the beginning of the second page and it should be written as "1.Introduction".
- The importance and purpose of the study should be stated.
- The "Conclusion" part of the study should also be numbered.
Headings and Subheadings
- The first letters of all titles should be written in uppercase, other letters in lowercase
- Main headings should start from“1. Introduction" and according to the levels of sub-titles they should be numbered as 2.1.
- All headings should be written in bold.
- One line space should be left before and after all headings
Figures and Tables
- All figures and tables to be used in the text should be placed in the relevant place in the text and numbered respectively. Table names should be at the top, and figure names should be at the bottom. The source from which non-original tables and figures were taken should be indicated.
Equations
- Equations should be given sequence numbers
References
- Citing and citing references in articles should be done according to the publication guidelines of the APA (The American Psychological Association).
- Benefited works should be stated in the "References" section without giving a title number.
- All the works used should be mentioned in the bibliography. The bibliography should cover all the sources cited in the article, and the works not cited in the article should not be included in the bibliography.
Appendices
- If appendices are attached to the work, they should be numbered and placed after the bibliography.
Citations
- References should be made in the text, not in footnotes.
- If the sentence is formed without the information about the title of the work in the sentence, it can be shown as (Sharpe, 2005) at the end of the sentence. If the number of authors is two it should be shown as (Altınok and Eken, 2005).
- If the number of pages are desired to be specified, they can be added after the year by separating them with commas. Sample; see Ansari (2007, p. 126.)
- When more than one work is cited in the same sentence, the works in the common parenthesis should be separated with semicolons. Example: (Sharpe, 2005; Koy, 2017)
- If the title of the work is the element of the sentence, the surname of the author and the year of publication are written in parentheses: Example: According to Sharpe (2005) ….
- In case of more than one author: According to Eken, Selimler and Koy (2005)
- In case of more than two authors, all authors should be written as Eken et al. (2005) in the first use and in subsequent uses.
- If the cited author has works published in the same year, the letters a, b, c are used to separate these works. Example: İlseven (2005a) or İlseven (2005b)
- All abbreviations should be written in their unabridged form in parentheses at first use.
- Abbreviations can be used when referring to studies related to institutions. In some cases, the short name of the work should be used as descriptive information. Example (CMB Communiqué No. xxx 2004)
- Laws, Communiqués, Regulations, etc. In case of reference, the law number and/or number and the article number should be clearly written. Example (3167 p. Check Law. a. 16)
Bibliography Examples
- Book:
- Krolzig, H.-M. (2013). Markov-Switching Vector Autoregressions: Modeling, Statistical Inference, and Application to Business Cycle Analysis. Berlin: Springer Science & Business Media.
- Bildirici, M. E., Alp, E. A., Ersin, O. Ö., & Bozoklu, Ü. (2010). Nonlinear Time Series Methods Used in Economics. Istanbul: Turkmen Bookstore.
- Chapter Within a Book:
- Paradi, J. C., Yang, Z., & Zhu, H. (2011). Assessing Bank and Bank Branch Performance. In W. W. Cooper, L. M. Seiford, & J. Zhu (Eds.), Handbook on Data Envelopment Analysis (pp. 315-361). Boston, MA: Springer US.
- Article:
- Avkiran, N. K. (2011). Association of DEA Super-Efficiency Estimates with Financial Ratios: Investigating the Case For Chinese Banks. Omega, 39(3), 323-334. doi:10.1016/j.omega.2010.08.001
Ethical Principles and Publication Policy
- The journal is the scientific professional publication of the Turkish Economic and Financial Research Foundation (TEMAR). Journal of Finance Letters is the continuation of the Journal of Finance Articles, the first issue of which was published in June 1986.
- Journal of Finance Letters is a blind peer-reviewed journal publishing articles in economics, finance and banking.
- The main publication policy of the Journal of Finance Letters is to publish articles, writings, and translations that have a specific contribution to the related literature, are original researches, and offer solutions to the problems that arise in practice.
- Journal of Finance Letters is published semi-annually in April and October.
- Manuscripts sent to be published in the journal are examined by two blind referees who are listed in the academic referee board. When the referees request a correction from the manuscript writers, the manuscripts are not accepted for publication without the corrections requested by the referees
- For those that have been decided to be published, the authors are informed with a letter of acceptance. Manuscripts that are not accepted for publication are reported to the author(s), but are not returned.
- It is essential that the articles to be published in the journal have not been published in another journal as full text.
- Before the manuscripts are published, the printing proof is sent to the authors. The responsibility of the errors seen in the article that is published in the journal belongs to the author(s). No attachments can be made by the authors to the articles that are decided to be published.
- The principles of Turkish Language Association Spelling should be observed in the articles sent to the journal.
- Publication language is Turkish and English.
- A donation of 400 TL should be made to the Turkish Economic and Financial Research (TEMAR) Foundation in order to start the refereeing process of the articles sent to our journal.
Account Name: TEMAR Turkish Economic and Financial Research Foundation, Vakıfbank Cağaloğlu Branch, IBAN: TR 0600 0150 0158 0072 6781 2813 - For studies that require ethics committee permission in the research area, information about permission should be included in the article.
For details on ethics committee approval, see: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/mfy/page/10123
Price Policy
A donation of 400 TL should be made to the Turkish Economic and Financial Research (TEMAR) Foundation in order to start the refereeing process of the articles sent to our journal.
Account Name:
TEMAR Turkish Economic and Financial Research Foundation
Vakıfbank Cağaloğlu Branch
IBAN: TR 0600 0150 0158 0072 6781 2813
Journal Boards
Honorary Emeritus Editor
Dr. Eken was born to Mahmut and Latife Eken in Silopi, located in the Southeast of Turkey, in 1965. He received his BA in economics from Anadolu University, M.Phil. in finance from the University of Exeter in 1992 and his Ph.D. in banking from Marmara University in 1999. Having started his career as a banker, Dr. Eken worked for several banks in Turkey during the period 1992-2003. Before joining academia and terminating his professional banking career he also served as the board member of several banks in Turkey and Romania. He is the author and co-author of several finance and banking related academic books and articles written in Turkish and English and he is also the author of two novels and a story book. Specialized in the area of asset/liability management in commercial banks, he teaches portfolio theory, bank management and other banking and finance related courses. Holding various positions at different universities and teaching in the field of financial economics Dr. Eken got retired in September 2020. Professor Eken was elected as the chairman of Türkiye Ekonomik ve Mali Araştırmalar Vakfı in June 2019.
Editor in Chief
He began his professional career in 1992 as a specialist at the Banking School of T.C. Ziraat Bank. He worked as a specialist and manager in the bank's specialized agricultural loans and capital markets departments. He also served as deputy branch manager and branch manager in the securities branch and other branches.
In 2015, he joined the Department of Banking and Finance at Kırklareli University as an assistant professor. He earned the title of associate professor in 2017 and became a full professor in 2023 in the field of finance. His academic studies focus on banking and finance, and he has numerous publications in national and international peer-reviewed journals and books.
Editorial Board
Umberto Filotto is Affiliate Professor of Banking and Insurance at SDA Bocconi School of Management.He is Full Professor of Banking Management at University of Rome Tor Vergata. At SDA Bocconi Umberto has directed programs for senior executives in several banks and other financial firms.
He conducted numerous research, training and consulting projects with Crif, CheBanca, Fiditalia, GarantiBank and many others. His research activities focus on retail banking, fintech, consumer lending, behavioral finance and addresses the evolution of the strategies and business models of the financial industry, the role and evolution of consumer lending and financial customers choices and decision models.
He is the author of numerous books and articles on the subject. His work has been published in European Journal of Management, Mind and Society, International Journal of Business and Mangement, Journal of Property, Investment and Finance, Bancaria, Banca Impresa e Società among others. Umberto has been the Editor or the author of several books and he contributed to books published by Edward Elgar, Springer, Palgrave, Bancaria, Egea. He is a member of the Editorial Boarrd of Bancaria and of Rivista di Regolazione e dei Mercati. Umberto is Secretary General of Assofin the Italian Association of Consumer Lending and Mortgages and he is Vice Chair of Eurofinas the European Federation of Consumer Credit.
Umberto is a graduate, magna cum laude, of Bocconi University.
Dr. Hüseyin Selimler holds a Ph.D. in Banking (Marmara University, 2006) and a Master’s in
Public Finance (Istanbul University, 1996). With 25+ years in banking, he served in leadership
roles at Ziraat Bank, including Inspector, Chief Inspector, and Branch Manager. An award-
winning scholar (3rd place in Türkiye’s 1997 Banking Competition), he transitioned to
academia in 2016 as a Finance Professor and Vice Dean at Istanbul Aydın University. Promoted
to Associate Professor in 2017 and Full Professor in 2022, he has published extensively on
banking reforms, asset management, and financial regulation.
Chair of the Research Institute for Banking at Johannes Kepler University Linz
Member of the Board of the Institute for Insurance Economics at Johannes Kepler University Linz
Member of the Academic Board of the Academy for Insurance and Financial Services
Academic Director of several university programs at Johannes Kepler University Linz
Member of the Senate of Johannes Kepler University Linz from 2003 to 2017; Spokesperson for the Professors in the Senate from 2010 to 2013
Member of the Editorial Board of the journals CFO aktuell, M&A Review, Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, Sectio Oeconomia, and the Journal of the Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences at Marmara University Istanbul
Member of the jury for the Rehau Science Prize (Bern), the Foundation Board of the VKB Science Prize (Linz), the Thesis, Master's Thesis and Dissertation Award in Insurance Studies (Linz), and the Invest-Con Finance Award (Linz)
Deputy Chairman of the "International Advisory Board" of the Faculty of Economics at the University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic (since 2021)
Member of the Ethics Committee of PRIME VALUE Investment Funds
Lecturer at the University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia from 1998 to 2012
Member of the Faculty Assembly of the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences
Member of the Staff Council for Academic Staff at Johannes Kepler University Linz from 2005 to 2009
Dr. Nashwa Joy Saleh is a strategic thought leader, senior policy advisor, Chartered Director, educator and published author, internationally recognized by the prestigious Innovate Finance UK Women in Fintech Powerlist 2022 & 2023 in the UK as an industry leader and in the EMEA region, she is recognized as a top 100 influential financial industry experts (men & women).
She has more than 30 years of experience across global EM with a special focus on EMEA, holding various senior policy, equity, debt and capital markets roles with a number of international organizations and regulatory bodies. Her track record spanned mandates with USAID, EBRD, AfDB, Central Bank of Egypt, S&P Global and KPMG Corporate Finance. She is the founder of BAST Analytics UK Ltd (www.bastanalytics.com) aspiring to become the first premium provider of MSME data analytics in EMEA.
She has managed teams of multidisciplinary professionals and covered financial markets & institutions across a number of Global EM and frontier markets including: Sub-Saharan African markets, North African markets, Brazil, Greece, Egypt, Libya, Turkey, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia, Yemen, Sudan, Ivory Coast, Togo, Uganda, Kenya, Botswana, and South Africa.
As an educator, Dr. Saleh is an Associate Professor of Fintech at Kingston Business School in London, Director of MSc Fintech and has held several senior affiliations previously with IE Madrid, Cranfield University, ESCP Europe, De Montfort University, Cambridge University & The American University in Cairo.
She is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, FHEA, Chevening Scholar, receiving her PhD in Finance from Bayes Business School in London, MSc in Finance from London Business School, and obtained her BA in Business Administration from the American University in Cairo (AUC). She is a CFA charter holder, member of the UK CFA Society and Chartered Management Accountant (CMA) by the US Institute of Management Accountants (IMA). She also holds a CFA certification in ESG Investing and is a Chartered Director from the UK Institute of Directors (IoD).
Some of her recent board roles include Independent Non-Executive Director & Chair Risk Committee, UBA UK Limited, regulated by the Bank of England’s PRA & the FCA. UBA Group is a Pan-African systemic financial institution with presence in 22 African markets, the US, the UAE and France. Non-executive director & board member, Chair of Audit Committee at Sandah Microfinance (founded by KfW & AAIB) and INED at EBE Factors (subsidiary of the Egyptian Export Development Bank of Egypt).
She published a book in 2010 entitled An Anatomy of the Financial Crisis, Blowing Tumbleweed. She speaks French, English, Arabic and Turkish.
Dr. Shahrokh Saudagaran is a Professor of Accounting and Milgard Professor at the Center for Leadership & Social Responsibility at the University of Washington Tacoma. His work on the impact of accounting diversity on global capital markets, financial reporting in emerging markets, and sustainability and corporate social responsibility issues has been published in top international business, accounting and finance journals including the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Banking and Finance, Accounting Horizons, Journal of International Accounting Research, European Accounting Research, Journal of International Accounting, and European Journal of Finance. He has served on the editorial boards of the Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, Issues in Accounting Education and numerous other journals globally. He is co-author of International Accounting: A User Perspective currently in its fifth edition. He earned his PhD at the University of Washington (Seattle). He served as Dean and was the Milgard Endowed Dean at the University of Washington Tacoma. His previous academic positions were as the Arthur Andersen Professor and Head of the School of Accounting at Oklahoma State University and as the McCullough Professor Accounting at Santa Clara University.
Yener Altunbaş is a Professor in Banking at Bangor Business School. He holds a BSc (Economics) degree from the University of Hacettepe, Ankara and a PhD from the Unversity of Wales, Bangor. He worked first as an analyst with Ziraat and then as an economist in Etibank Banking Inc. in Turkey and as a Research Officer within the Institute of European Finance in the UK. Yener Altunbaş was employed as a Research Fellow with the Business School at South Bank University, London and as a Research Associate at the Centre of Business Research in Cambridge University. He also held a Visiting Researcher post at the European Central Bank (ECB), Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and a guest lectureship at the University of Yildirim Bayazit, Anakara, Turkey. Professor Altunbaş is currently a consultant for ECB, BIS and he is collaborating on research projects with other colleagues at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Central Bank of Turkey. Author of many articles on the structure and efficiency of banking markets, his main fields of research interest include: the study of European banks, efficiency, stock market analysis, corporate governance, electoral studies, regional economics and climate change. Recent research has also been concerned with marine biology.
Full Professor of Applied Economics–Economic Policy at the University of Malaga (Spain). He holds a Master's degree in Development Finance from SOAS, University of London, and a PhD in Economics from the University of Malaga (PhD Extraordinary Award).
Prof. Dr. Zeynep Dina Çakmur Yıldırtan is an academic at Marmara University and holds a Ph.D. in Banking and Insurance. She specializes in financial econometrics, capital markets, and financial crises. She is highly proficient in English and has published numerous academic articles, books, and conference papers.
As of 2024, she is on a sabbatical research leave at Kingston University Business School (UK). Previously, she has held representative roles at international institutions such as the University of Málaga and the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. Her academic consultancy includes TÜBİTAK and various financial research projects. She also serves as an editor for academic journals.
Her teaching expertise covers econometrics, financial management, research methods, and insurance principles. She has participated in numerous international conferences and served as a referee for scientific journals.
Dr Can Eken is a tenured assistant professor at Durham Law School, Durham University. He is also the co-director of the Durham International Dispute Resolution Institute (DIDRI) and a fellow of the Advance HE (FHEA) in the United Kingdom (UK). His research and teaching centre on international dispute resolution, with a particular focus on international commercial arbitration. His research interests also include online dispute resolution, investment arbitration, third-party funding, and other alternative dispute resolution mechanisms such as negotiation and mediation.
Dr Eken is a triple-qualified lawyer and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). He is qualified as an attorney in California and Türkiye, and as a solicitor in England and Wales. He is on the panel of arbitrators at the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Dubai International Arbitration Centre, Asian International Arbitration Centre, and several other international arbitration centres. Listed by LexisNexis as an arbitration expert, he has served as a counsel and consultant in major international commercial arbitration cases.
Dr Eken is active in student affairs and professional service. He coaches the Durham Law School Vis Moot Team for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna and Hong Kong and also serves as an arbitrator at the same competitions. In terms of committee roles, he is an executive committee member of the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS), a committee member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Thames Valley Branch as well as a member of the Executive Secretariat of the Asia Pacific FDI Network. He is a member of the Protem Committee for the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) Court of Arbitration in Malaysia. He also serves as a peer reviewer for the Asian Pacific Law Review, the McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution, the Chinese Journal of Comparative Law, and other leading academic journals.
ÖZGEÇMİŞ Doç. Dr. Bülent BALKAN
İstanbul Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Kamu Yönetimi ve İstanbul Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi mezunudur. Ortadoğu Teknik Üniversitesi Hazırlık bölümünü bitirmiştir. Yüksek lisansını ve doktorasını Marmara Üniversitesinde tamamlamıştır. Mart 2024 te Doçentlik unvanını almıştır.
1987 yılında İktisat Bankası Teftiş Kurulunda Müfettiş olarak başladığı iş yaşamına Genel Müdürlük Krediler Yöneticiliği ve şubelerde yöneticilik görevleri ile devam etti. 1997’de denetim ve operasyon sorumluğunu üstlendiği Mepaş Medya Pazarlama AŞ’nde Genel Müdür Yardımcılığı yaptı. 1998-2002 tarihleri arasında Tekstil Bank’ta yönetim kuruluna bağlı olarak Teftiş Kurulunu yönetti. 2016 2019 arasında Kuyaş Gayrimenkul Aş de Bağımsız Yönetim Kurulu üyeliği yaptı. 2020 yılında İstanbul Altın rafinerisi Aş de önce İç denetim koordinatörü ve daha sonra Mevzuat ve Uyum koordinatörü olarak çalışmalarına devam etmektedir.
İç denetim, Bankacılık, Hukuk, Suiistimallerin engellenmesi ve Etik konularında eğitimler verip, danışmanlık yapmıştır. Kırklareli Üniversitesi Uygulamalı Bilimler Bankacılık ve Finans bölümünde lisans ve Yüksek lisans dersleri vermiştir.
‘’Bankacılık Etiği’’ ve ‘’Türk Bankacılığında Kurumsal Yönetimin Krizlerin Çözümüne Etkileri’’ adlı iki kitabı Kamu Etik kurulu icin hazırladığı ‘’Etik Kültürün Kurumlarda Geliştirilmesinde İş Etiği ve Kamu Etiği İlişkisi’’adlı teknik raporu yayınlanmıştır. Kamu Etik kurulu için Yerel Yönetimler için Etik rehberini yazan uzmanlar içinde yer almıştır. İkisi uluslar arası olmak üzere dört kitapta kitap içi bölüm yazmıştır, bunun yanında bankacılık, hukuk, etik, iç denetim, suistimal konularında bir çok makalesi bulunmaktadır.
Av. Dr. Bülent BALKAN, ICI’nın CICP (Certified Internal Control Professional) sertifikasına sahiptir. (CICP sertifikasyonu ile sertifika sahipleri iç kontrol ve kurumsal yönetişim alanlarında üst düzey bir uzmanlık ve beceriye sahip olduklarını belgelendirmiş olurlar )ve Kurum içi Etik Yönetmeni sertifikasına (Ethics Resource Center-ABD işbirliği ile TEDMER) sahiptir. Ayrıca Kurum içi Etik Yönetmeni Eğiticiliği programını da tamamlamıştır. Düzenlediği Kurum içi Etik Yönetmeni sertifika programları ile iş dünyasına etik konusunda katkı sağlamaktadır. Ayrıca kamu kuruluşlarına yönelik etik programlar da gerçekleştirmiştir. Ek olarak üniversiteler ve meslek odalarında etik konusunda konuşmalar gerçekleştirmektedir.
Bülent Balkan Avukat ve Marka Patent vekili unvanlarına da sahiptir.
İstanbul Barosu Baro meclisi üyeliği ile vergi ve idare hukuku merkezleri ve Bankacılık ve finans komisyonu üyeliklerinde bulunmuş , Tedmer Türkiye Etik Değerler Merkezi Yönetim Kurulu ve İcra Kurulu Üyeliği, Türkiye İç Denetim Enstitüsü Etik Kurulu üyeliği, TEGEP Eğitim ve Gelişim Platformu Derneği , ACFE Türkiye USİUD ( Uluslar arası Suistimal İnceleme Uzmanları Derneği) Yönetim Kurulu üyeliği ,EMCC Türkiye Etik Kurulu üyeliği yapmıştır. Halen, , İstanbul Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Mezunlar Derneği Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı ve TEMAR Vakfı Mütevellisidir.
0532 667 5756 bulentbalkan@bkare.com.tr www.bkare.com.tr
Economist, interested in both banking and stock market research. Former ISINI´s (International Society for Intercommunication of new Ideas) president. I hold a PhD in Social Sciences from Universidad de Colima.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. - Dumlupınar University Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Public Finance, 2015
Master's Degree - Dumlupınar University Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Accounting-Finance, 2011
Undergraduate - Dumlupınar University, Department of Public Finance, 2005
ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
2025 - Continues : Prof. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Public Finance
2020 - 2025: Assoc. Prof. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Public Finance
2019 - 2020: Asst. Professor. Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Public Finance
2016 - 2019: Asst. Professor, Kırklareli University School of Applied Sciences, Department of Banking and Finance
2012 - 2016: Lecturer Kırklareli University School of Applied Sciences, Department of Banking and Finance
Language Editor
Prof. Dr. Zeynep Dina Çakmur Yıldırtan is an academic at Marmara University and holds a Ph.D. in Banking and Insurance. She specializes in financial econometrics, capital markets, and financial crises. She is highly proficient in English and has published numerous academic articles, books, and conference papers.
As of 2024, she is on a sabbatical research leave at Kingston University Business School (UK). Previously, she has held representative roles at international institutions such as the University of Málaga and the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. Her academic consultancy includes TÜBİTAK and various financial research projects. She also serves as an editor for academic journals.
Her teaching expertise covers econometrics, financial management, research methods, and insurance principles. She has participated in numerous international conferences and served as a referee for scientific journals.
The scope of the Journal of Finance Letters consists of studies in the fields of economics, public finance, finance, and banking.