Faculty/Staff Directory
Dr. Merve Acar
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| Office Hours: | Tuesday 2 - 4 pm, Wednesday 10 am - 12 pm or by appointment |
| Courses: | ACCT 3102 - Intermediate Financial Accounting II ACCT 3130 - Forensic Accounting & Auditing ACCT 4135 - Auditing |
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| Education: | PhD, Business Administration (Accounting focus) Hacettepe University, 2016 MSc, Accounting and Finance, Accounting Hacettepe University, 2012 Bachelors Business Administration Hacettepe University, 2010 |
| Professional Experience: | August 2023 鈥 July 2025: Mercer University, Stetson-Hatcher School of Business, Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting September 2020 鈥 August 2023: University of Florida, Fisher School of Accounting, International Accounting and Auditing Center, Post-Doc Visiting Researcher 2016 鈥 2023: Associate Professor, Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, School of Management, Department of Management (Accounting) 2014-2015: Visiting Scholar, HAAS School of Business, University of California, Berkeley/California, USA 2013-2016: Research Assistant, Department of Business Administration, Accounting & Finance Faculty of Economics & Administrative Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey 2011-2013: Research Assistant, Department of Management, Accounting Faculty of Management, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey 2010-2011: Research Assistant, Department of Accounting and Financial Management, Faculty of Commercial Science, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey |
| Publications: | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=f_3f-ssAAAAJ&hl=en Selected Publications: Acar, M. (2023). Who affects whom? Impact of the national culture of international audit firms and their affiliates on the financial reporting quality of audit clients. Borsa Istanbul Review. 23 (1), 113-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bir.2022.09.011. SCImago Ranking: Q1 Temiz, H., & Acar, M. (2023). Board gender diversity and corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure in different disclosure environments. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 30 (5), 2247-2264. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2481. SCImago Ranking: Q1 Acar, M. & 艦endurur, U. (2023). What affects auditor choice in emerging markets? New evidence on the role of cultural distance. Managerial Auditing Journal, 38 (7), 10821111. https://doi.org/10.1108/MAJ-11-2022-3743. SCImago Ranking: Q1, Australian Business Deans Council 鈥淎鈥 Acar, M. (2021). Effect of Gender on the Board of Directors and Independent Audit Team on Corporate Earnings Management Behavior of Banking Sector. In Auditing Ecosystem and Strategic Accounting in the Digital Era (pp. 213-227). Springer, Cham., 1st Edition, Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72627-0, eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-72628-7. |
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