Sinan Gokkaya
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Endowed Professor of Finance; Ohio University Presidential Teacher; Executive Advisory Board College of Business, Distinguished Professor
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Biography
Dr. Gokkaya serves as the JPMorgan Chase & Co. Endowed Professor in Finance at Ohio University, a distinguished academic chair recognizing excellence in research, teaching, and scholarly impact.
Dr. Gokkaya has published extensively in leading finance and business journals, including The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Accounting and Economics, and Management Science, and has received several best paper awards for his research. His work has been regularly featured by leading media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Bloomberg Opinion, Financial Times, Morningstar, The Institutional Investor Magazine, American Association of Individual Investors, CFA Institute, CFA Digest, The CFO Magazine, the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, and London School of Economics Business Review. His research has also been regularly circulated through the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI).
His research has been regularly presented at leading academic institutions, including Ivy League and other globally recognized universities, major finance conferences (e.g., American Finance Association , Western Finance Association , European Finance Association, ECGI Mergers and Acquisitions Research Centre Conference, Financial Intermediation Research Society), governance organizations, regulatory agencies, and financial institutions, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (The SEC), the Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as well as prominent institutional asset management firms, bulge-bracket, middle-market, and boutique investment banks, and corporate M&A teams at leading technology firms.
Academic Experience
- College of Business, Ohio University, August 2012-Current
- Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, May 2018-June 2019
Selected Publications
- “Who Benefits from Analyst ‘Top Picks’?” with Justin Birru, Xi Liu, and René M. Stulz, Review of Financial Studies, 2024 (FT50/UTD24)
- “Capital Market Anomalies and Quantitative Research” with Justin Birru, Xi Liu, and Stan Markov, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2024 (FT50/UTD24)
- “Do Firms with Specialized M&A Staff Make Better Acquisitions?” with Xi Liu and René M. Stulz, Journal of Financial Economics, 2023 (FT50/UTD24)
- “Is There Investment Value in Soft Dollar Arrangements? Evidence from Mutual Fund Commission Allocations” with Xi Liu, Veronika Pool, Fei Xie, and Jinfan Zhang, Review of Financial Studies, 2023 (FT50/UTD24)
- “Washington Policy Analysts and the Propagation of Political Information” with Daniel Bradley, Xi Liu, and Roni Michaely, Management Science, 2023 (FT50/UTD24)
- “Are Analyst Short-Term Trade Ideas Valuable?” with Justin Birru, Xi Liu, and René M. Stulz, The Journal of Finance, 2022 (FT50/UTD24)
- “Ties that Bind: The Value of Professional Connections to Sell-Side Analysts” with Daniel Bradley and Xi Liu, Management Science, 2020 (FT50/UTD24)
- “The Boss Knows Best: Directors of Research and Subordinate Analysts” with Daniel Bradley and Xi Liu, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2019 (FT50)
- “Before an Analyst Becomes an Analyst: Does Industry Experience Matter?” with Daniel Bradley and Xi Liu, The Journal of Finance, 2017 (FT50/UTD24)
- “Are All Analysts Created Equal? Industry Expertise and Monitoring Effectiveness of Financial Analysts” with Daniel Bradley, Xi Liu, and Fei Xie, Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2017 (FT50/UTD24)
- “The Persistence of Opportunistic Insider Trading” with Brandon Cline and Xi Liu, Financial Management, 2017
- “Option Implied Volatilities and the Cost of Issuing Equity” with Andrew Fodor, Journal of Banking and Finance, 2015
- “Sales of Secondary Shares in SEOs: A Comparison Across Top Managers, Other Insiders, and Outsiders” with Mike Highfield, Financial Management, 2014
Presentations & Awards:
RESEARCH AWARDS
- College of Business 5-year Research Impact Award
- 2022-2023 College of Business Faculty Excellence in Intellectual Contributions,
- 2021-2022 College of Business Faculty Excellence in Intellectual Contributions,
- 2016-2017 College of Business Faculty Excellence in Intellectual Contributions
- Financial Management-Best Paper Award
- Southern Finance Association-Best Paper Award
- The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania-WRDS Outstanding Paper in Empirical Research
TEACHING AWARDS
- Ohio University Presidential Teacher (highest teaching honor at Ohio University), 2019-2022
- Executive Advisory Board, College of Business Distinguished Professor, 2025-2026
- Senior Class Faculty Recognition Award (selected by graduating seniors), College of Business, Ohio University, 2025-2026
- Faculty Excellence in Graduate Teaching, College of Business, Ohio University, 2022-2023
- Faculty Excellence in Graduate Teaching, College of Business, Ohio University, 2017-2018
- Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award, College of Business, Ohio University, 2018-2019
- Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award, College of Business, Ohio University, 2015-2016
- Senior Class Faculty Recognition Award (selected by graduating seniors), College of Business, Ohio University, 2014-2015
- Finance Department Professor of the Year (selected by graduating seniors): 2025-2026; 2024-2025; 2023-2024; 2022-2023; 2021-2022; 2019-2020; 2018-2019; 2017-2018; 2016-2017; 2015-2016; 2014-2015; 2013-2014; 2012-2013
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Professorship in Finance
Sinan Gokkaya was awarded the JPMorgan Chase & Co. Professorship in Finance, a renowned honor which supports his teaching and research work.
The JPMorgan Chase & Co. Professorship in Finance is awarded to faculty in the College of Business to teach graduate and undergraduate students in the area of financial services and provide scholarly leadership in this area for the benefit of the banking community throughout Ohio and the nation. The professor will also conduct relevant research on timely financial services issue and present and publish the results of this research for distribution to the banking community. They may consult with financial institutions on financial service and banking issues and provide leadership in corporate recruitment and placement of students into the banking industry and JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Research Interests
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Investment Banking
- Sell-Side Analysts
- Institutional Investors
- Capital Markets
- Mutual Funds
Education
- Ph.D., Finance, Mississippi State University, 2012
- MBA, University of Louisiana, 2008
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, 2005