A. Sinan Cebenoyan, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Finance
Frank G. Zarb School of Business
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549-1270
Telephone: (516) 463-5702
Short Bio
Dr. Cebenoyan received his
M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Finance from New York University, and his B.A. and
M.A. in Economics from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.
Before coming (back) to Hofstra, Cebenoyan taught at the Stern School
of Business at NYU, the University of Baltimore, Fordham University, SUNY
at New Paltz, and Hofstra University. He also teaches as a visiting faculty
member at ALBA ( http://www.alba.edu.gr
), in Athens, Greece in the summers. He specializes in Financial Institutions,
Capital Markets, and Corporate Finance. He
recently received the Dean's Research Award for 2003 at the Frank G. Zarb
School of Business. His publications appeared in the Review of Economics
and Statistics, Financial Management, Journal of Banking and Finance,
Journal of Financial Services Research, Financial Review, Managerial
Finance, Research in Banking and Finance, Multinational Finance Journal,Global
Finance Journal, and the Real Estate Economics (former AREUEA
journal). He has also worked as a referee for a number of finance journals.
Cebenoyan's work on 'efficiencies in banking', and on 'foreign direct
investment' has been cited extensively in leading academic journals in
finance. Recently Dr. Cebenoyan's models that estimate the likelihood
of failure for Savings and Loans have been used by expert witnesses working
for the Department of Justice in litigation filed by financial institutions
against the United States in U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Currently Dr. Cebenoyan is working on a variety of research ideas related
to Market discipline, Risk Management, Ownership Structure and Performance
Issues, and Takeover Activities in Financial Markets and Institutions.
He is an active member of various academic associations.
In 1998, at the University of Baltimore, Cebenoyan made it to the "Top
Ten" faculty, and in 1997, he was awarded the "Merrick Teaching
Stipend for Outstanding Contributions in Teaching". At the University
of Baltimore Cebenoyan has chaired the Department of Economics and Finance
from June 1993 to June 1997.
In 1996 Parris N. Glendening, Governor of the State of Maryland, appointed
Cebenoyan to the State Banking Board for a term expiring in July 1, 2000.