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    Özlem
    Akın

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    Özlem
    Akın

    Assistant Professor
    Finance

    Doctorate

    Universitat Pompeu Fabra

    Master's

    Universitat Pompeu Fabra

    Bachelor's

    Marmara University


    Research Areas

    Financial Economics, Corporate Finance, Financial Intermediation and Banking

    Research
    • Akin, O, Coleman, N.S., Fons-Rosen, C., Peydró, J. L., (2021). “Political connections and informed trading: Evidence from TARP”, Financial Management, 1-26. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/fima.12292 (Voted number 1 article in the Fall 2021 issue of Financial Management)
    • Akin, O, Marín, J. M. and Peydró, J. L., (2020). “Anticipating the Financial Crisis: Evidence from Insider Trading in Banks”, Economic Policy 35(102): 213–267. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/epolic/eiaa012 (Editor's Choice) 
    • Akin, O. and Ozsoy, M., (2021). “Aggregate Liquidity Creation of Islamic Banks in Turkey”, Marmara University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Journal, 43(1), 197-212. 
    • Akin,O. and Sungu-Esen, G., (2019). “An Overview of Insider Trading in Borsa Istanbul”, Journal of Research in Economics, 3(2), 76-90. 
    • Akin, O., Montalvo, J. G., Villar, J. G., Peydró, J. L., Raya, J. M. (2014). “The real estate and credit bubble: Evidence from Spain”, SERIEs, 5(2-3), 223-243.
    Book Chapters
    • Akin, O. and Ozsoy, M., “Islamic versus Conventional Banks in Turkey: A Performance Comparison”, Human and Business Oriented Academic Research, pp. 119-134, SRA Publishing, USA, 2020.
    • Akin, O. and Ozsoy, M., “Global Trends in Liquidity Creation: The Role of the Off - Balance Sheet”, New Trends in Banking and Finance, pp. 77-94, Peter Lang, Berlin 2019. 

    Grants

    • Principal Investigator, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), 3501 National Young Researchers Career Development Program Grant, 2017-2018. Project Title: “The Information Content of Insider Trading: Evidence from Turkey”
    • Co-Investigator, Government of Spain-The Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) 2017-2019. Project Title: “The True Cost of Housing in Spain: Implications for the Real Estate, Financial and Public Sectors” with Josep M. Raya, Catia Nicodemo and Daniel Mcmillen                                                       
    Teaching

    Finance, Corporate Finance, Financial Intermediation and Banking

    Biography

    Ozlem Akin is an Assistant Professor of Finance and the Head of the International Finance Department at Ozyegin University. She is also an Academic Fellow at the Centre for Responsible Banking & Finance at the University of St Andrews. Her research interests lie in banking and corporate finance, with publications in top-ranked journals like Financial Management and Economic Policy.