Leading Research Output in the Institute of Financial Management (IFI)

Quality in teaching and research is a top priority at the SML. Publications in designated journals are an important effect of all these efforts. On this page we present a selection of recent relevant publications by SML faculty in journals that are among the best in their category in the ABDC and FT50 journal rankings.

Institute of Financial Management (IFI)

Kaya, Orcun; Mostowfi, Mehdi; Sugandhita, Sugandhita,

2026.

Foreign investment screening and cross-border M&A in sensitive sectors : evidence from Germany.

Finance Research Letters.

92(109525).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-35267
Levich, Sergej; Knust, Lucas,

2025.

Discriminative meets generative : automated information retrieval from unstructured corporate documents via (large) language models.

International Journal of Accounting Information Systems.

56(100750).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-33807
Fazlija, Bledar; Ibraimi, Meriton; Forouzandeh, Aynaz; Fazlija, Arber,

2025.

Reasoning with financial regulatory texts via large language models.

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance.

47(101067).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-33597
Kaya, Orcun; Çatak, Çiydem,

2025.

Do pre-market notifications and stock volatility trigger circuit breakers? Evidence from Turkish post-IPO stocks.

Finance Research Letters.

81(107509).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-33287
Kleinlogel, Emmanuelle P.; Schmid Mast, Marianne; Frauendorfer, Karl; Gutsche, Robert; Rif, Alexandru,

2024.

In search of sustainable successful traders in times of crisis.

Management international.

28(5), pp. 149-160.
Kaya, Orcun,

2024.

The impact of late payments on SMEs’ access to finance : evidence from credit rationing and loan terms.

Economic Modelling.

141(106896).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31757
Affolter, Beat; Ciarla, Elisa; Meyer, Julia; Sugandhita, Sugandhita,

2024.

Signaling sustainability : differential reaction of the stock market following the announcement of sustainability-linked bonds.

Finance Research Letters.

63(105261).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30473
Bachmann, Kremena; Meyer, Julia; Krauss, Annette,

2024.

Investment motives and performance expectations of impact investors.

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance.

42(100911).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30304
Chardonnens, Patrick; Wallmeier, Martin,

2024.

Kinked accounting? Small loss avoidance in Europe and (not) the US.

Accounting in Europe.

21(3), pp. 299-319.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30487
Meyer, Julia,

2024.

Willingness to take risks for sustainability during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Finance Research Letters.

59(104796).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29862
Schiereck, Dirk; Vogt, Joachim; Lethaus, Nikolas,

2023.

Activist investors : a literature review on recent evidence.

Corporate Ownership and Control.

20(4), pp. 129-146.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30367
Knust, Lucas; Oesch, David,

2023.

Fiscal monitoring and corporate investment.

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting.

51(5-6), pp. 1273-1301.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29754
Kaya, Orcun; Mostowfi, Mehdi,

2022.

Low-volatility strategies for highly liquid cryptocurrencies.

Finance Research Letters.

46(102422).

Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23853

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