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Asst. Prof. Dr. Nigar Taşpınar

About

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nigar Taşpınar

Chair, Department of Banking and Finance · Faculty of Business and Economics

Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus

26
SSCI / SCI-E articles
3,946
Citations (Google Scholar)
21
h-index
6 + 31
Ph.D. + master's theses supervised

Biography

Nigar Taşpınar is an Associate Professor of Finance and Chair of the Department of Banking and Finance at Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), North Cyprus. She received her B.Sc. in Banking and Finance (2010), M.Sc. in Banking and Finance (2011) and Ph.D. in Finance (2016) from EMU. Since 2020 she has served as Coordinator of Graduate Programs in the department. She is also a board member of the EMU Distance Education Institute and the Continuing Education Center.

Her research focuses on energy economics and finance, volatility spillovers and connectedness, and applied time-series econometrics. She has published 26 articles in SSCI/SCI-E indexed journals, including Financial Innovation, Borsa Istanbul Review, International Review of Economics & Finance, Resources Policy, International Journal of Finance & Economics, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Science of the Total Environment. She has co-edited three Springer Nature volumes and has supervised 6 Ph.D. and 31 master's theses.

She co-chairs the International Conference on Banking and Finance Perspectives (ICBFP). She received the EMU Publication Citation Award four times (2020–2023) and serves as a referee for leading journals in energy economics and finance.

Research Interests

  • Energy economics and finance
  • Volatility spillovers and connectedness
  • Applied time-series econometrics
  • Financial economics

Education

  • Ph.D. in Finance, Eastern Mediterranean University, 2016
  • M.Sc. in Banking and Finance, Eastern Mediterranean University, 2011
  • B.Sc. in Banking and Finance, Eastern Mediterranean University, 2010

Current Roles

  • Chair, Department of Banking and Finance (2023–present)
  • Coordinator of Graduate Programs (2020–present)
  • Board Member, EMU Distance Education Institute (2023–present)
  • Board Member, EMU Continuing Education Center (2026–present)
  • Board Member, Quality Assurance Committee, Faculty of Business and Economics (2019–present)

Awards

  • EMU Publication Citation Award (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Academic Profiles

ORCID · 0000-0003-3012-4920 Google Scholar Scopus · 56462679800 Web of Science · D-5198-2017 ResearchGate

Contact

Email: nigar.taspinar@emu.edu.tr · Phone: +90 392 630 2120

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