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Professor of Finance
BELC, Room S259E
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Professor, Finance, B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D. Michigan State University.
Ph D, Michigan State University
MBA, Michigan State University
BS, Michigan State University
Saraoglu, H.,Ascioglu, N.,Holowczak, R.,Louton, D., Competition and Innovation in Option Market Models, Journal of Trading, 2015.
Saraoglu, H.,McCarthy, J.,Rush, S.,Sosa, O.,Louton, D., Tactical Asset Allocation for U.S. Pension Investors: How Tactical Should the Plan Be?, Journal of Asset Management, 2015.
Saraoglu, H.,Holowczak, R.,Louton, D., Institutional Impact and Quote Behavior Implications of the Options Penny Pilot Project, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2014.
Saraoglu, H.,Louton, D., How Many Mutual Funds Are Needed to Form a Well Diversified Asset Allocated Portfolio?, Journal of Investing, 2008.
Zhang, C.,Saraoglu, H.,Louton, D., On Teaching Multi-Criteria Decision Making with a Robot Assistant, Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2023, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
Cullinan, C.,Holowczak, R.,Louton, D.,Saraoglu, H., A Thematic Analysis of Code of Ethics Disclosures in SEC 8-K Item 5.05, Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, 2024.
Cullinan, C.,Holowczak, R.,Louton, D.,Saraoglu, H., Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities: A Topic Modeling Investigation of Disclosure and Market Reaction, Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, 2023.
Guedhami, O.,Saraoglu, H.,Louton, D.,Zheng, Y., ESG Investing: A Decision-Making Paradox?, The Journal of Impact and ESG Investing, 2022.
Aydogdu, M.,Saraoglu, H.,Louton, D., Using LSTM Neural Networks to Analyze SEC 13D Filings: A Recipe for Human and Machine Interaction, Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, 2019.
Holowczak, R.,Louton, D.,Saraoglu, H., Testing Market Response to Auditor Change Filings: A Comparison of Machine Learning Classifiers, The Journal of Finance and Data Science, 2019.
Holowczak, R.,Louton, D.,Saraoglu, H.,Cullinan, C., Modeling Market Reactions to Auditor Changes Using Variable Selection Algorithms: A Meta-Analysis, Economics and Applied Informatics, 2019.
Ascioglu, N.,Louton, D.,Holowczak, R.,Saraoglu, H., The Evolution of Market Share Among the U.S. Options Market Platforms., The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 2017.
Best Paper Award, Market Technicians Association, 2013
Best Paper Award, Academy of Financial Services, 2008
Best Paper in investments, Academy of Financial Services, 1998
Best Paper in Investments, Southwestern Finance Association, 1994
Association for Computational Linguistics
CFA Institute
Eastern Finance Association
American Finance Association
Financial Management Association
North American Association for Computational Linguistics
Academy of Financial Services
Professor of Finance
BELC, Room S259E