Semih Uslu

Semih Uslu

Institution

Johns Hopkins University

PhD Year

2016

Phone

(410) 234-9237

Email

semihuslu@jhu.edu

FTG Membership

Member

Website

www.semihuslu.info

Featured Work

Apr 30, 2025

Semih Uslu, Gabor Pinter,Jean-Charles Wijnandts | Working Paper No. 00150-00

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

Semih Uslu, Guner Velioglu | Working Paper No. 00138-00

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

Jerome Dugast, Semih Uslu | Working Paper No. 00052-02

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

Semih Uslu | Working Paper No. 00050-00

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...