Murat Tiniç joined the Department of Business Administration at METU as an Assistant Professor of Finance in 2026. Prior to joining METU, he served as a Research Associate at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He obtained his Ph.D. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Bilkent University in 2019. His research lies at the intersection of market microstructure and empirical asset pricing, with a particular focus on the role of financial intermediaries in price discovery and information dissemination in equity markets. His prior work has regularly received funding from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and has been published in international journals including the Journal of Financial Research, the Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Finance Research Letters, and Annals of Operations Research. His research also regularly features at major international conferences and workshops, including the Financial Management Association and American Economic Association meetings.
Office: H115
E-mail: mtinic at metu.edu.tr
Web: https://sites.google.com/view/tinic
Phone: +90(312)210-2048
Fax: +90(312)210-7962
Mailing Address: Department of Business Administration, Middle East Technical University 06800 Ankara – TURKEY
Research Interests
Market Microstructure
Asset Pricing
Education
BSc in Bilkent University, Department of Industrial Engineering, 2012
MSc in Sabanci University, Sabanci School of Management - Finance, 2013
PhD in Bilkent University, Faculty of Business Administration - Finance, 2019
Courses Taught
BA 1401 – Financial Accounting
BA 4829 – Valuation, Models and Applications