Dr. Sokolyk’s research interests include corporate governance, entrepreneurial finance, and international investments. She has published papers in several top-ranked academic journals, including the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Financial Stability, and Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. Her papers won several awards, including outstanding/best paper awards at the following conferences: Southern Finance Association, Academic Research Colloquium for Financial Planning and Related Disciplines, Midwest Finance Association, Kauffman Conference on Strategic Entrepreneurship, and Financial Management Association Asia.

Her co-authored research has been invited for presentations at universities in Canada, USA, Italy, and Australia. Dr. Sokolyk has held SSHRC Insight Development grant.

Dr. Sokolyk’s research has been featured in Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Financial Post, Forbes.com, Financial Times, and Boston Globe and has been referenced in policy proposals to U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and international Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Journal Articles

Biktimirov, E., Sokolyk, T., and Ayanso, A. Unpacking the relation between media sentiment and house prices: A topic modeling approach, Journal of Housing Economics, Volume 66, December, 2024.

Biktimirov, E., Sokolyk, T., and Ayanso, A. What is behind housing sentiment?, Finance Research Letters, Volume 60, February, 2024.

Fedenia, M., Skiba, H., and Sokolyk, T. The performance of active investment positions in foreign markets, Journal of International Business Studies, 2022.

Biktimirov, E., Sokolyk, T., and Ayanso, A. Sentiment and hype of business media topics and stock market returns during the COVID-19 pandemic, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Volume 31, September, 2021.

Sokolyk, T. and Cole, R. Debt Financing, Survival, and Growth of Start-Up Firms, Journal of Corporate Finance, Volume 50, June, 2018.

Choi, N., Fedenia, M., Skiba, H., and Sokolyk, T. Portfolio Concentration and Performance of Institutional Investors Worldwide, Journal of Financial Economics, Volume 123, Number 1, 2017.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. Who Needs Credit and Who Gets Credit? Evidence from the Surveys of Small Business Finances, Journal of Financial Stability, Volume 24, June, 2016.

Sokolyk, T. Governance Provisions and Managerial Entrenchment: Evidence from Forced CEO Turnover of Acquiring Firms, Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Volume 45, Number 2, 2015.

Shaffer, S. and Sokolyk, T. Bank Loans to Newly Public Firms, Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, Volume 16, Number 2, October, 2012.

Sokolyk, T. The Effects of Anti-takeover Provisions on Acquisition Targets, Journal of Corporate Finance, Volume 17, Number 3, June, 2011.

Conference Proceedings and Presentations

Fedenia, M., Skiba, H., and Sokolyk, T. Familiarity Advantage and Institutional Investors' Performance in Foreign Market - Southwestern Finance Association, Asheville, North Carolina, 2018.

Fedenia, M., Skiba, H., and Sokolyk, T. Familiarity Advantage and Institutional Investors' Performance in Foreign Markets - Academic Research Colloquium for Financial Planning and Related Disciplines, Washington, District of Columbia, 2018.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. Financing patterns and performance outcomes of women- versus men-owned firms: evidence from the Kauffman firm surveys - Diana Conference at the Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri, 2018.

Sokolyk, T. and Cole, R. Financing patterns and performance outcomes of women- versus men-owned firms: evidence from the Kauffman firm surveys - Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, 2018.

Sokolyk, T. and Cole, R. How do firms choose legal form of organization - Entrepreneurial Finance Conference, Milan, Italy, 2018.

Sokolyk, T. and Cole, R. How do firms choose legal form of organization - New Zealand Finance Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand, 2018.

Sokolyk, T. and Cole, R. How do firms choose legal form of organization? - Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2018.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. Entrepreneurial Capital or External Lending? How Young Entrepreneurial Firms Fund their First Years of Operations - Entrepreneurial Finance Conference, Ghent, Belgium, 2017.

Fedenia, M., Skiba, H., and Sokolyk, T. The Effect of Familiarity with Foreign Markets on Institutional Investors' Performance - Paris Financial Management Conference, Paris, France, 2017.

Fedenia, M., Skiba, H., and Sokolyk, T. The Effect of Familiarity with Foreign Markets on Institutional Investors' Performance - Eastern Finance Association (EFA), Jacksonville, Florida, 2017.

Fedenia, M., Skiba, H., and Sokolyk, T. The Effect of Familiarity with Foreign Markets on Institutional Investors' Performance - European Financial Management Association (EFMA), Athens, Greece, 2017.

Fedenia, M., Skiba, H., and Sokolyk, T. The Effect of Familiarity with Foreign Markets on Institutional Investors' Performance - Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 2017.

Fedenia, M., Skiba, H., and Sokolyk, T. The Effect of Familiarity with Foreign Markets on Institutional Investors' Performance - Asian Finance Association, Seoul, Korea, 2017.

Sokolyk, T., Fedenia, M., and Skiba, H. The Effect of Familiarity with Foreign Markets on Institutional Investors' Performance - Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2017.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. Debt Financing, Survival, and Growth of Start-Up Firms - Entrepreneurial Finance Conference, Lyon, France, 2016.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. Who Needs Credit and Who Gets Credit? Evidence from the Surveys of Small Business Finances - Financial Management Association (FMA) European Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 2016.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. Debt Financing, Survival, and Growth of Start-Up Firms - Multinational Finance Society Conference, Halkidiki, Greece, 2015.

Sokolyk, T. and Cole, R. Debt Financing, Survival, and Growth of Start-Up Firms - Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Edmonton, Alberta, 2015.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. Friends and Family? How Young Entrepreneurial Firms Really Fund their Assets - Southwestern Finance Association, Captiva Island, Florida, 2015.

Choi, N., Fedenia, M., Skiba, H., and Sokolyk, T. Portfolio Concentration and Performance of Institutional Investors Worldwide - Northern Finance Association, Lake Louise, Lake Louise, British Columbia, 2015.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. Debt Financing, Survival, and Growth of Start-Up Firms - Financial Management Association (FMA) Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, 2014.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. Debt Financing, Survival, and Growth of Start-Up Firms - European Financial Management Association (EFMA), Rome, Italy, 2014.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. Debt Financing, Survival, and Growth of Start-Up Firms - Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 2014.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. Debt Financing, Survival, and Growth of Start-Up Firms - Paris (Eurofidai) Meetings, Paris, France, 2014.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. Debt Financing, Survival, and Growth of Start-Up Firms - Southern Finance Association, Key West, Florida, 2014.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. Debt Financing, Survival, and Growth of Start-Up Firms - World Finance Conference, Venice, Italy, 2014.

Sokolyk, T. Governance Provisions and Managerial Entrenchment: Evidence from Forced CEO Turnover of Acquiring Firms - Southern Finance Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2013.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. How do Start Up Firms Finance Their Assets? Evidence from the Kauffman Firm Surveys - International Finance and Banking Society Conference, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 2013.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. How do Start Up Firms Finance Their Assets? Evidence from the Kauffman Firm Surveys - Eastern Finance Association (EFA), St. Pete Beach, Florida, 2013.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. How do Start Up Firms Finance Their Assets? Evidence from the Kauffman Firm Surveys - Annual Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Chicago, Illinois, 2013.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. How do Start Up Firms Finance Their Assets? Evidence from the Kauffman Firm Surveys - World Finance Association Meetings, Limassol, Cyprus, 2013.

Bradford, W. and Sokolyk, T. Ownership Structure and Performance of Closely Held Young Firms - Global Perspective on Entrepreneurship: Public and Corporate Governance - York University, Toronto, Ontario, 2013.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. How do Start Up Firms Finance Their Assets? Evidence from the Kauffman Firm Surveys - Financial Management Association (FMA) Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2012.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. How do Start Up Firms Finance Their Assets? Evidence from the Kauffman Firm Surveys - Southern Finance Association, Charleston, South Carolina, 2012.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. How do Start Up Firms Finance Their Assets? Evidence from the Kauffman Firm Surveys - Academy of Entrepreneurial Finance, New York City, New York, 2012.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. How do Start Up Firms Finance Their Assets? Evidence from the Kauffman Firm Surveys - Global Finance Conference, Chicago, Illinois, 2012.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. How do Start Up Firms Finance Their Assets? Evidence from the Kauffman Firm Surveys - Midwest Finance Association (MFA), New Orleans, Louisiana, 2012.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. How do Start Up Firms Finance Their Assets? Evidence from the Kauffman Firm Surveys - Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 2012.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. How do Start Up Firms Finance Their Assets? Evidence from the Kauffman Firm Surveys - Kauffman Foundation Workshop, Kansas City, Utah, 2012.

Choi, N., Fedenia, M., Skiba, H., and Sokolyk, T. Information Acquisition, International Under-diversification and Portfolio Performance of Institutional Investors - European Financial Management Association (EFMA), Barcelona, Spain, 2012.

Choi, N., Fedenia, M., Skiba, H., and Sokolyk, T. Information Acquisition, International Under-diversification and Portfolio Performance of Institutional Investors - Financial Management Association (FMA) Conference, Phuket, Thailand, 2012.

Choi, N., Fedenia, M., Skiba, H., and Sokolyk, T. Information Acquisition, International Under-diversification and Portfolio Performance of Institutional Investors - Midwest Finance Association (MFA), New Orleans, Louisiana, 2012.

Sokolyk, T., Choi, N., Fedenia, M., and Skiba, H. Information Acquisition, International Under-diversification and Portfolio Performance of Institutional Investors - Midwest Finance Association (MFA), New Orleans, Louisiana, 2012.

Bradford, W. and Sokolyk, T. Ownership Structure and Performance of Closely Held Young Firms - Fox School of Business/Kauffman Foundation Conference on Strategic Entrepreneurship, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2012.

Sokolyk, T. and Bradford, W. Ownership Structure and Performance of Closely Held Young Firms - Temple/Kauffman Conference on Strategic Entrepreneurship, Temple, Texas, 2012.

Choi, N., Fedenia, M., Skiba, H., and Sokolyk, T. Information Acquisition, International Under-diversification and Portfolio Performance of Institutional Investors - Southern Finance Association, Asheville, North Carolina, 2010.

Other Publications and Presentations

Armstrong, M. and Sokolyk, T. Better borrowing boosts start-ups, The Conversation, July, 2018.

Armstrong, G. and Sokolyk, T. The surprising secret to funding a successful startup, Financial Post, 2018.

Cole, R. and Sokolyk, T. Entrepreneurs May Be a Lot More Creditworthy Than They Think, Wall Street Journal, 2016.