Gönül Çolak, Ph.D. 

Research


Publications

 

"Spin-offs, Divestitures, and Conglomerate Investment," with  Toni M. Whited, Review of Financial Studies 20 (2007): 557-595.

"Cycles in the IPO Market," with Chris Yung and Wei Wang, Journal of Financial Economics 89 (2008): 192-208.

"Diversification, Refocusing, and Firm Value," European Financial Management 16 (2010): 442-448. 

"Strategic Waiting in the IPO Markets," with Hikmet Gunay, Journal of Corporate Finance 17 (2011): 555-583. 

"Primary Market Characteristics and Secondary Market Frictions in Stocks," with Rodney Boehme, forthcoming in Journal of Financial Markets.  

Working Papers

"Cash Holdings Around S&P 500 Additions," with Eric Brisker and David Peterson, 2011.
  "Executive Compensation Structure and the Motivation for Seasoned Equity Offerings," with Don Autore, Eric Brisker, and David Peterson, 2011.

"IPO Characteristics of the Index Firms,"  2011.

  "Co-movements in Corporate Waves," with Necati Tekatli, 2011.
  "Two-Stage Financed Mergers," with James Ang and Tai-Wei Zhang, 2011.  

"The Preferred Habitat Patterns in the Holdings of Canadian and U.S. Sub-National Debt," with Bartley Hildreth, 2007.  

"The Effect of Measurement Error in q on Cash Flow Sensitivity of Cash," 2006.