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College / Department

School of Business Administration

Department of Finance

Teaching areas

fundamental of financial management, introduction to financial technology (FinTech), financial markets and institutions

Research areas

financial intermediation, financial regulation, financial technology (FinTech), and cybersecurity

Education

PhD, Finance, University of South Carolina, United States, 2021

MA, Economics, Bilkent University, Turkey, 2010

BS, Economics, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey, 2008

Professional experience

Assistant Professor Of Finance, Department Of Finance, The University of Texas at El Paso, TX, United States, 2021 - 2023

Instructor Of Economics, Department Of Economics, Baskent University, Turkey, 2012 - 2015

Assistant Expert, Research Council of Turkey, Turkey, 2010 - 2012

Teaching Assistant, Department Of Economics, Bilkent University, Turkey, 2008 - 2010

Memberships

Digital Euro Association, DEA, International, A think-tank on various types of digital money, March 2020

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 4702

Destan Kirimhan

Assistant Professor

PhD, University of South Carolina, United States

Destan Kirimhan, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the School of Business Administration at American University of Sharjah and research fellow at the Digital Euro Association. She also serves as an associate editor at International Review of Economics & Finance (Scopus Q1) and as editorial board members at Digital Business (Scopus Q1) and Journal of Global Marketing (Scopus Q1). Prior to joining AUS, she worked at the Department of Economics and Finance at the University of Texas at El Paso. Dr. Kirimhan received her bachelor’s degree in economics from TOBB University of Economics and Technology in Turkey, her M.A. in economics from Bilkent University in Turkey, and Ph.D. in finance from the University of South Carolin...

Publications

Samet Gunay, Destan Kirimhan And James Payne. Geopolitical Risks and Tourism Industry Interactions: Evidence from Tokens and Equity Markets, Tourism Economics, 20 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2025

Samet Gunay, Destan Kirimhan And Sercan Demiralay. Regional Green Economies and Bitcoin's Electricity Consumption: Paving the Way for Global Sustainability, Journal Of Environmental Management, 28 February 2025

Samet Gunay, Destan Kirimhan And Emrah Cevik. Commodity Market Downturn: Systemic Risk and Spillovers during Left Tail Events, Journal Of Commodity Markets, 14 November 2024

Destan Kirimhan, James Payne And Osamah Alkhazali. Herd Behavior in U.S. Bank Stocks, Finance Research Letters, 31 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2024

Destan Kirimhan And James Payne. The Financial Integration of Banks: A Survey, 23 May 2024

Allen Berger, Omrane Guedhami, Destan Kirimhan, Xinming Li And Daxuan Zhao. Universal banking powers and liquidity creation, Journal Of International Business Studies, 21 May 2024

Destan Kirimhan, Saban Nazlioglu And James Payne. Are stress‐tested banks in the United States becoming similar? evidence from convergence tests, Journal Of Financial Research, March 2024

Samet Gunay, Shahnawaz Muhammed, Destan Kirimhan And Vladimir Dzenopoljac. Extreme return connectedness between DeFi tokens and traditional financial markets: An entrepreneurial perspective, 16 February 2024

Destan Kirimhan. Importance of anti-money laundering regulations among prosumers for a cybersecure decentralized finance, Journal Of Business Research, 2023

Samet Gunay, John Goodell, Shahnawaz Muhammed And Destan Kirimhan. Frequency connectedness between FinTech, NFT and DeFi: Considering linkages to investor sentiment, International Review Of Financial Analysis, 1 November 2023

Marketa Kubickova, Destan Kirimhan And Hengyun Li. The impact of crises on hotel rooms' demand in developing economies: The case of terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the global financial crisis of 2008, Journal Of Hospitality And Tourism Management, 2019

Destan Kirimhan. Evaluation of Basel criteria for the international banking system, Theoretical And Applied Economics, 2014

Conference Presentations

Cryptocurrencies and Alternative Bonds: Novel Evidence on Co-movement and Risk Sharing, 39th Rsep International Conference On Economics, Finance & Business, 18 April 2025

Geopolitical Uncertainty and Financial Assets in Tourism Industry, 34th Rsep International Conference On Economics, Finance & Business, 7 March 2024

Importance of anti-money laundering regulations among prosumers for a cybersecure decentralized finance, Southwestern Finance Association Conference, 2023

The Financial Integration of Banks: A Survey, Online Conference On “financial Integration: Recent Research Developments”, 2023

Distracted Institutional Investors and Bank Liquidity Creation, World Finance Banking Symposium, 2021

Distracted Institutional Investors and Bank Liquidity Creation, Annual Meeting Of The Financial Management Association, 2020

Institutional Investor Horizons and Bank Liquidity Creation, Annual Meeting Of The Financial Management Association, 2020

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Teaching Innovation Grant, University of South Carolina, - 2016

Awards and Honors

Outstanding Service Award, University of Texas at El Paso, May 2022

Outstanding Joint Education (Internship) Program Award, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, 2006