Eyub Yegen
Eyub Yegen is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He has completed his Ph.D. in Finance at the University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management where he was also an instructor of finance. His research focus is on Private Equity, Political Economy, ESG, and Asset Management. Specifically, his completed research projects are at the intersection between institutional ownership and ESG, political economy, and product market competition.
ESG & Corporate Governance
Investing in Influence: Investors, Portfolio Firms, and Political Giving
A new paper examines the relationship between the rising concentration in institutional investors' ownership of publicly traded U.S. firms and portfolio companies'...
News
Can Institutional Investors Solve Societal Issues When Governments Fail to Do So?
A new study looks into the social costs associated with private prisons to show that privatization may come with social trade-offs when...
Latest news
Development
Mobile Internet Is Changing Employment in Developing Countries, but Not Always as Expected
Scholars and policymakers have put much faith into the prospect of internet connectivity catalyzing development in low- and middle-income countries. In new...
Fiscal Policy
Biden’s Second-Best Economic Agenda
Efficiency is out and political economy is in. But what does that imply about making good policy?
Monetary Policy
The Fed and Bank Failures
Viral Acharya and Raghuram Rajan explain how quantitative easing contributed to the problems underlying the recent bank failures such as that of...
Antitrust and Competition
Self-Preferencing Theories Need To Account for Exploitative Abuse
Patrice Bougette, Oliver Budzinski, and Frédéric Marty argue in their research that antitrust authorities on both sides of the Atlantic must take...
Antitrust and Competition
Startup Acquisitions Have Undecided Effects on Innovation and Economic Growth
Startups are a major driver of innovation, but many startups are acquired by large incumbents. Do these acquisitions stifle innovation or promote...
ESG & Corporate Governance
History Shows that Voluntary ESG Standards Lead to a More Focused ESG Disclosure
In recent years, ESG reports have become more common for publicly traded companies. However, critics have found the information they provide to...
Regulation
Letters that Matter: How Interest Groups Shape Financial Legislation
Members of Congress are inundated with an avalanche of correspondence on a daily basis. But what persuades them to heed the call?...
