Dr Ali Sahin
Dr Ali Sahin is a Senior Lecturer in accounting at Westminster Business School, and a Fellow of UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Ali teaches Accounting and finance subjects (e.g., financial and management accounting, financial analysis, valuation, financial management). In recent years, he has been voted as the best teacher by students, received several staff appreciation awards, and performed overall with a very high student satisfaction rate.
Ali holds PhD in Finance (Bayes formerly CASS Business School, City University London, 2017), MRes in Finance (Bayes formerly CASS Business School, City University London, 2013), MSc in Accounting and Finance (University of Essex), BSc (Istanbul University).
Ali has also more than ten years of professional experience in banking sector as well as accountancy in the capacity of Senior Manager, Deputy Regional Director, and Financial Analyst; In his professional career he is specialised in financial analysis & valuation, and corporate & Business lending (corporate loans, project finance, LT loans, business loans, foreign trade facilities, working capital loans, individual loans) with a delegated lending authority. He now shares his expertise with students.
Ali's research interests lie within the 'market based accounting research' category with special interest on the association between accounting information and stock returns, the effects of intangible investments on firm value (e.g., R&D expenditures, Advertisement), Accounting-based valuation, stock market anomalies (e.g., B/P effect), analysts’ forecasts (target prices, earnings forecasts), accounting conservatism, earnings management, contractual role of accounting information, the effects of regulation
Publication
Sahin, A. and Raonic, I. (2020), "Do analysts understand accruals’ persistence? Evidence revisited", Journal of Applied Accounting Research, Vol. 21 No. 1, pp. 38-59. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAAR-07-2018-0103
Working Papers
‘Economic Consequences of Earnings and Analysts’ Forecasts Management for Multi-Segment Firms’ Working paper with Ivana Raonic;
‘Does unconditional accounting conservatism provide a rational explanation to B/P effect in stock returns?’ Working paper with Ivana Raonic;
Conferences (papers presented)
The Institute of Accounting, Control and Auditing (ACA) Research Symposium St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2017
The Accounting Workshop in the University of Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon, 2017
The Annual Congress of European Accounting Association (EAA) Valencia, 2017
The Annual Congress of European Accounting Association (EAA) Valencia, 2017
The F&A research seminar, Westminster Business School, London, 2017
The Accounting and Regulation Conference by EIASM, Siena, Italy, 2016
The Talent Workshop of European Accounting Association (EAA), Madrid, 2016
The Annual Congress of European Accounting Association (EAA) Maastricht, 2016
The Research Days, Cass Business School, London, 2016
The Accounting Workshop in Bocconi University, Milan, 2015
Ali's research interests lie within the 'market based accounting research' category with special interest on the association between accounting information and stock returns, the effects of intangible investments on firm value (e.g., R&D expenditures, Advertisement), Accounting-based valuation, stock market anomalies (e.g., B/P effect), analysts’ forecasts (target prices, earnings forecasts), accounting conservatism, earnings management, contractual role of accounting information, the effects of regulation
Publication
Sahin, A. and Raonic, I. (2020), "Do analysts understand accruals’ persistence? Evidence revisited", Journal of Applied Accounting Research, Vol. 21 No. 1, pp. 38-59. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAAR-07-2018-0103
Working Papers
‘Economic Consequences of Earnings and Analysts’ Forecasts Management for Multi-Segment Firms’ Working paper with Ivana Raonic;
‘Does unconditional accounting conservatism provide a rational explanation to B/P effect in stock returns?’ Working paper with Ivana Raonic;
Conferences, paper presented
The Institute of Accounting, Control and Auditing (ACA) Research Symposium St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2017
The Accounting Workshop in the University of Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon, 2017
The Annual Congress of European Accounting Association (EAA) Valencia, 2017
The Annual Congress of European Accounting Association (EAA) Valencia, 2017
The F&A research seminar, Westminster Business School, London, 2017
The Accounting and Regulation Conference by EIASM, Siena, Italy, 2016
The Talent Workshop of European Accounting Association (EAA), Madrid, 2016
The Annual Congress of European Accounting Association (EAA) Maastricht, 2016
The Research Days, Cass Business School, London, 2016
The Accounting Workshop in Bocconi University, Milan, 2015