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Publications

1. Renée Adams, Ali C. Akyol and Patrick Verwijmeren, Director Skill Sets, Journal of Financial Economics, Forthcoming. Download the paper here.
   - Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance in the 2014 FMA Asia Meetings.
   - Shortlisted for the Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance in the 2015 FMA Meetings.
   - Blog post about the paper at the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation
   
   
2. Akyol, Ali C., Konrad Raff and Patrick Verwijmeren, The Elimination of Broker Voting in Director Elections, Finance Research Letters 21, 34-39 . Download the paper here.
   
   
3. Akyol, Ali C., Tommy Cooper, Michele Meoli and Silvio Vismara, 2014, Do Regulatory Changes Affect the Underpricing of European IPOs? Journal of Banking and Finance 45, 43-58.
   
   
4. Akyol, Ali C., Jin San Kim and Chander Shekhar, 2014, The Causes and Consequences of Accelerated Stock Repurchases, International Review of Finance 14, 319-343. 
   
   
5. Akyol, Ali C. and Lauren Cohen, 2013, Who Chooses Board Members?, Advances in Financial Economics 16, 43-75.
   
   
6. Akyol, Ali C. and Patrick Verwijmeren, 2013, Human Capital Costs, Firm Leverage, and Unemployment Rates, Journal of Financial Intermediation 22, 464-481.
   
   
7. Akyol, Ali C. and Chi Chong Foo, 2013, Share Repurchase Reasons and the Market Reaction to Actual Share Repurchases: Evidence from Australia,  International Review of Finance 13, 1-37.
   
   
8. Akyol, Ali C., Wei Fen Lim, and Patrick Verwijmeren, 2012, Shareholders in the Boardroom: Wealth Effects of the SEC’s Rule to Facilitate Director Nominations, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 47, 1029-1057. 
   
   
9. Akyol, Ali C., Wei Fen Lim, and Patrick Verwijmeren, 2012, Governance Characteristics and the Market Reaction to the SEC’s Proxy Access Rule, International Review of Finance 12, 175-195.
   
   
10. Akyol, Ali C., 2011, Stock Returns around Non-Trading Periods: Evidence from an Emerging Market, Applied Financial Economics 21, 1549-1560.

Working Papers

1. Analyst Experience and Accrual Anomaly: How Do Experienced Analysts Improve Price Efficiency? – with Paul Hribar, Yiming Qian and Frank Yu. Download the paper here.
   
   
2. How Does the Market React When Shareholders Lose Power? Download the paper here.
   - Blog post about the paper at the FinReg Blog of the Duke Law Global Financial Markets Center
   
   
3. Financial Fine Print and Earnings Restatements
   
   
4. Corporate Gender Culture – with Renée Adams and Pauline Grosjean
   
   
5. Location, Managerial Entrenchment, and Short-Term Pressure - with Rex Wang Renjie and Patrick Verwijmeren. Download the paper here.