Semih Uslu

Institution
Johns Hopkins University
PhD Year
2016
Phone
(410) 234-9237
semihuslu@jhu.edu
FTG Membership
Member
Website
www.semihuslu.info
Featured Work
Apr 30, 2025
Comparing Search and Intermediation Frictions Across Fixed-Income Markets
We develop a two-asset search-and-bargaining model of OTC trading to estimate frictions and welfare losses in the UK government and corporate bond markets. Using transaction-level data and a matched client...
Feb 6, 2024
Liquidity in the Cross Section of OTC Assets
We develop a dynamic model of a multi-asset over-the-counter (OTC) market that operates via search and bargaining and empirically test its implications regarding liquidity in the cross section of assets....
Sep 29, 2021
A Theory of Participation in OTC and Centralized Markets
Should regulators encourage the migration of trade from over-the-counter (OTC) to centralized markets? To address this question, we study a model in which banks make costly decisions to participate in...
Mar 27, 2019
Pricing and Liquidity in Decentralized Asset Markets
I develop a search-and-bargaining model of endogenous intermediation in over-the-counter markets. Unlike the existing work, my model allows for rich investor heterogeneity in three simultaneous dimensions: preferences, inventories, and meeting...