Merih Sevilir

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Merih Sevilir is a scholar working on Accounting, Economics and Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Merih Sevilir has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Accounting, 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 5 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Merih Sevilir's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (24 papers), Private Equity and Venture Capital (19 papers) and Firm Innovation and Growth (7 papers). Merih Sevilir is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (24 papers), Private Equity and Venture Capital (19 papers) and Firm Innovation and Growth (7 papers). Merih Sevilir collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Türkiye. Merih Sevilir's co-authors include Ye Cai, Paolo Fulghieri, Anil Shivdasani, Uğur Çelikyurt, Xuan Tian, Nickolay Gantchev, Janet Gao, Andrew Ellul, A.V. Borisov and Edward Dickersin Van Wesep and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

In The Last Decade

Merih Sevilir

36 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Board connections and M&A transactions

2011 407 citations Ye Cai, Merih Sevilir Journal of Financial Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Merih Sevilir United States	14	1.1k	373	348	260	125	38	1.2k
Laura Anne Lindsey United States	10	950 0.9×	303 0.8×	323 0.9×	165 0.6×	220 1.8×	16	1.0k
Nancy Huyghebaert Belgium	16	823 0.8×	426 1.1×	278 0.8×	198 0.8×	102 0.8×	64	1.0k
Ulrich Hege France	15	942 0.9×	383 1.0×	316 0.9×	179 0.7×	166 1.3×	51	1.1k
Patrick Hutchinson Australia	12	1.2k 1.1×	614 1.6×	230 0.7×	293 1.1×	127 1.0×	22	1.4k
Katharina Lewellen United States	16	1.2k 1.1×	408 1.1×	609 1.8×	406 1.6×	31 0.2×	28	1.4k
Rongli Yuan China	10	801 0.7×	308 0.8×	287 0.8×	350 1.3×	33 0.3×	31	1.0k
Nicos Michaelas United Kingdom	10	1.2k 1.1×	600 1.6×	237 0.7×	271 1.0×	96 0.8×	16	1.3k
Chad J. Zutter United States	17	1.6k 1.4×	387 1.0×	635 1.8×	480 1.8×	30 0.2×	34	1.7k
Andrew K. Prevost United States	17	1.1k 1.0×	223 0.6×	330 0.9×	388 1.5×	42 0.3×	38	1.2k
Tomas Jandik United States	11	743 0.7×	236 0.6×	237 0.7×	282 1.1×	26 0.2×	41	899

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merih Sevilir

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Gao, Janet, Yong‐Seok Kim, & Merih Sevilir. (2025). Private equity in the hospital industry. Journal of Financial Economics. 171. 104107–104107. 1 indexed citations

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Arcot, Sridhar, Nickolay Gantchev, & Merih Sevilir. (2020). Divest to Acquire. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Gantchev, Nickolay, Merih Sevilir, & Anil Shivdasani. (2020). Activism and empire building. Journal of Financial Economics. 138(2). 526–548. 42 indexed citations

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Cai, Ye, Nickolay Gantchev, & Merih Sevilir. (2015). Business School Education and Entrepreneurial Human Capital. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Cai, Ye, Merih Sevilir, & Jun Yang. (2014). Are They Different? CEOs Made in CEO Factories. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Cai, Ye, Merih Sevilir, & Xuan Tian. (2012). Do Entrepreneurs Make Good VCs?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Fulghieri, Paolo & Merih Sevilir. (2012). Mergers and Incentives to Create Synergies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Çelikyurt, Uğur, Merih Sevilir, & Anil Shivdasani. (2012). Venture Capitalists on Boards of Mature Public Firms. Review of Financial Studies. 27(1). 56–101. 61 indexed citations

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Fulghieri, Paolo & Merih Sevilir. (2011). Mergers, Spinoffs, and Employee Incentives. Review of Financial Studies. 24(7). 2207–2241. 55 indexed citations

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Cai, Ye & Merih Sevilir. (2011). Board Connections and M&A Transactions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 33 indexed citations

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Cai, Ye, et al.. (2010). Managerial Ownership and Employee Risk Bearing. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Çelikyurt, Uğur, Merih Sevilir, & Anil Shivdasani. (2010). How an IPO Helps in M&A. Journal of applied corporate finance. 22(2). 94–99. 11 indexed citations

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Sevilir, Merih. (2009). Human capital investment, new firm creation and venture capital. Journal of Financial Intermediation. 19(4). 483–508. 25 indexed citations

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Fulghieri, Paolo & Merih Sevilir. (2009). Size and Focus of a Venture Capitalist's Portfolio. Review of Financial Studies. 22(11). 4643–4680. 95 indexed citations

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Fulghieri, Paolo & Merih Sevilir. (2009). Organization and Financing of Innovation, and the Choice between Corporate and Independent Venture Capital. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 44(6). 1291–1321. 84 indexed citations

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Çelikyurt, Uğur, Merih Sevilir, & Anil Shivdasani. (2008). Going Public to Acquire? The Acquisition Motive in IPOs. SSRN Electronic Journal. 53 indexed citations

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Çelikyurt, Uğur, Merih Sevilir, & Anil Shivdasani. (2006). Going Public to Acquire: The Acquisition Motive for IPOs. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Sevilir, Merih. (2006). Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Fulghieri, Paolo & Merih Sevilir. (2005). Size and Focus of a Venture Capitalist's Portfolio. SSRN Electronic Journal. 38 indexed citations

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Fulghieri, Paolo & Merih Sevilir. (2002). The Ownership and Financing of Innovation in R&D Races. SSRN Electronic Journal. 15 indexed citations

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