Nejat Seyhun

Faculty Affiliates

Nejat Seyhun

Jerome B. and Eilene M. York Professor of Business Administration; Professor of Finance, University of Michigan Ross School of Business

Nejat Seyhun’s research activity focuses on backdating of executive options, risk-return trade-off in asset prices, intra-day impact of insider trading, long-run performance of IPOs, managerial overconfidence, Chinese walls and conflicts of interest…

Blue bag lunch talks

The Center on Finance, Law & Policy’s “blue bag lunches” aim to foster interdisciplinary collaborations and showcase the work being done at the University of Michigan on issues related to finance, law, and policy. Faculty are welcome to present...

CFLP Blue Bag Lunches

Blue Bag Lunch Talk with Professor Nejat Seyhun

Sep 8, 2022, 12:00-1:00 pm EDT

Jeffries Hall, Room 1060

Ross School of Business professor Nejat Seyhun will begin the 2022 Blue Bag Lunch Talk series discussing the race inequalities in insider trading.

CFLP Blue Bag Lunches

Insider giving

May 6, 2021, 12:00-1:00 pm EDT

Professor Nejat Seyhun will discuss a new paper on "insider giving," as a potent substitute for insider trading due to lax reporting requirements and legal restrictions.

Nejat Seyhun: Racial Differences in Insider Trading

Sep 8, 2022 0:57:37

Professor Seyhun and his collaborators investigate racial differences in insider trading behavior by corporate leaders to evaluate whether African-American corporate executives have equal access to networks that generate valuable insider informati

Nejat Seyhun: Insider Giving

May 17, 2021 0:59:20

“Insider giving” is a potent substitute for insider trading. Professor Seyhun and co-authors S. Burcu Avci, Cindy A. Schipani, and Andrew Verstein show that insider giving is far more widespread than previously believed.