Director, Gates Capital Management Center for Financial Analysis
Contact Information
Office: 3004 Business Building Mailing Address: 2097 Business Building 1301 Lovers Lane Manhattan, KS 66506 Email: ssardarli@ksu.edu Phone: 785-532-5771
Research Goals
Sabuhi Sardarli studies issues in empirical corporate finance, mutual funds, and defined contribution retirement plans.
Bob Campbell Faculty Fellowship, KSU College of Business, 2022-present
Finance Advisory Board Faculty Fellowship – KSU College of Business, 2017-2021
Phillips 66 Faculty Fellowship – KSU College of Business, 2018-2021
Editorial Board Best Paper Award – Financial Review, 2020
Ralph E. Reitz Outstanding Teaching Award – KSU College of Business, 2018
Developing Scholar Research Award – KSU College of Business, 2017
Outstanding Article – Journal of Financial Research, 2016
College of Business Outstanding Faculty – KSU Mortar Board Honor Society, 2015
In The Press: The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Pensions & Investments, Ignites (Financial Times), USA Today, Yahoo News, MarketWatch.com
"Menu Simplification for Portfolio Selection under Short-sales Constraints" (with F. AitSahlia, T. Doellman), 2023, European Financial Management, Vol 29 (1), 3-21.
“Implementing Mean–variance Spanning Tests with Short-sales Constraints" (with F. AitSahlia, T. Doellman), 2023, Journal of Investment Strategies, Vol 12(2), 1-12.
“Corporate Tax Avoidance and Mutual Fund Ownership” (with T. Doellman, F. Huseynov, and T. Nasser), 2020, Accounting and Business Research, Vol 50, 608-635.
“Bank Earnings Management and Analyst Coverage: Evidence from Loan Loss Provisions” (with Y. Hong, F. Huseynov, and W. Zhang), 2020, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Vol 55, 29-54.
"Alphabeticity Bias in 401(k) Investing" (with T. Doellman, J. Itzkowitz, J. Itzkowitz), 2019, Financial Review, Vol 54 (4). 643-677.
"Corporate Tax Avoidance and Financial Constraints" (with O. Bayar, F. Huseynov), 2018,Financial Management, 47, 651-677.
"Does Index Additions Affect Corporate Tax Avoidance?" (with F. Huseynov, W. Zhang), 2017,Journal of Corporate Finance, 43, 241-259.
"Tailored versus Mass Produced: Portfolio Managers Concurrently Managing Separately Managed Accounts and Mutual Funds" (with F. Chen, L-W. Chen, H. Johnson), 2017,Financial Review, 52 (4), 531-561.
"An Investigation of Administrative Fees in Defined Contribution Plans" (with T. Doellman), 2016,Financial Analyst Journal, 72 (2), 41-51.
"Investment Fees, Net Returns, and Conflicts of Interest in 401(k) Plans" (with T. Doellman), 2016,Journal of Financial Research, 39 (1), 5-33
Areas of Teaching
Advanced Portfolio Management, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Investments, Cases in Finance
Education
Ph.D., University of Florida, 2013. Major: Finance
MBA, University of Missouri, 2006. Concentration: Finance
BBA, Pittsburg State University, 2005. Majors: Economics, Management
