Merve Meriç Yılmaz

Introduction to Financial Accounting (BUS 211)

Financial Reporting and Analysis (BUS 212)

Current Issues in Finance (INF 412)

Publications

1. “SPACs and the Regulation Gap: The Effect of First SEC Intervention on Share and Warrant Returns”, 2022, (with Evrim Akdoğu and Serif Aziz Simsir), Finance Research Letters, vol. 50, 103316.

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Working Papers

1. “America Invents Act and Innovation Acquisition: A Race to Acquire Patents?”, 2024. (Job Market Paper) (with Evrim Akdoğu and Serif Aziz Simsir)

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2. “The Value of ESG Transparency: Investor Reaction to the Repeal of SEC Disclosure Rule”, 2025, Draft available upon request. (with Evrim Akdoğu and Serif Aziz Simsir)

 Work in Progress

1. "Greener for Profit or Planet: Unveiling Firm Motivations Through Green Patenting Response to the AIA”, 2025. (with Evrim Akdoğu and Serif Aziz Simsir)

2. “Timing the Market for Ideas: Innovation Acquisition Over the Business Cycles”, 2025. (with Evrim Akdoğu and Serif Aziz Simsir)

Papers Accepted at Conferences

1. Finance Research Letters CEMLA Conference, Mexico City, 2022, “SPACs and the Regulation Gap: The Effect of first SEC intervention”.

2. 8th Turkish Finance Workshop, Istanbul (Özyegin University), 2022, “SPACs and the Regulation Gap: The Effect of first SEC intervention”.

3. Global Finance Conference, Sardinia, Italy (Università degli Studi di Cagliari), 2024, “America Invents Act and Innovation Acquisition: A Race to Acquire Patents?”.

4. Journal of Business Ethics Paper Development Workshop, Istanbul (Sabanci University), 2025, “The Value of ESG Transparency: Investor Reaction to the Repeal of SEC Disclosure Rule”.

5. Ozyegin University Seminar Series, Istanbul, 2026, “The Value of ESG Transparency: Investor Reaction to the Repeal of SEC Disclosure Rule”. (presented by Evrim Akdoğu)

6. 53^rd European Finance Association (EFA) Annual Meeting, Ghent, 2026, “America Invents Act and Innovation Acquisition: A Race to Acquire Patents?”.