Faculty

Omer Unsal

Academic Title

Assistant Professor, Finance

Contact Information

Research Interests

Corporate Finance
Financial Management
Investment
Mergers and Acquisitions

Research Summary

My research mainly focuses on issues related to corporate governance. My first research channel is identifying the benefit of political connections to firm performance. I investigate whether political contributions, lobbying spending and campaign do

Education

Ph.D. Financial Economics University of New Orleans
M.S. Finance University of New Orleans
M.A. Business Administration Western Michigan University</l

Areas of Expertise

Agency Cost
CEO and Board Characteristics
CEO Compensation
Corporate Governance
Innovation

Recent Publications

Unsal, Omer, M. Kabir Hassan, and Duygu Zirek. “Corporate Lobbying and Labor Relations: Evidence From Employee-Level Litigations.” Journal of Corporate Finance 46 (2017): 411-441.

Unsal, Omer, M. Kabir Hassan, and Duygu Zirek. “Product Re

Honors and Awards

McGraw-Hill Education Distinguished Paper Award, Southwestern Decision Sciences Institute Conference, 2017.
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School, University of New Orleans, 2016.
Outstanding Doctoral Stu

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Merrimack Health Sciences Professor Receives NIH Grant

Assistant Professor Leena Bharath, who teaches in the School of Health Sciences, has received $434,000 in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The awarded R15 grant will stretch over three years and is intended to support the training of undergraduate students.

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