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Bio (Français)
Sadok El Ghoul est professeur titulaire en administration des affaires au Campus Saint-Jean de l’UniversitĂ© de l’Alberta oĂą il enseigne la finance, le commerce international et l’économĂ©trie. Il a obtenu son M.B.A. et son Ph.D. de l’UniversitĂ©Â Laval. Avant de rejoindre l’UniversitĂ© de l’Alberta, il a enseignĂ© la gestion financière internationale Ă l’UniversitĂ© Laval. Ses intĂ©rĂŞts de recherche incluent la finance d’entreprise, la rĂ©gie d’entreprise, la responsabilitĂ© sociale de l’entreprise, la finance internationale, les institutions financières et le rĂ´le de la culture dans les marchĂ©s financiers. Ses travaux ont Ă©tĂ© publiĂ©s dans des revues de finance, de management, de commerce international, d’éthique des affaires et de comptabilitĂ© telles que Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Finance, Management Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, The Accounting Review et Contemporary Accounting Research. Il a reçu le professorat McCalla Ă l’UniversitĂ© de l’Alberta au cours de l’annĂ©e universitaire 2013-2014. Il a remportĂ© plusieurs prix acadĂ©miques tels que le prix Moskowitz pour le meilleur article sur l’investissement socialement responsable dĂ©cernĂ© en 2011, le prix du meilleur article sur les institutions financières Ă la confĂ©rence de la Southwestern Finance Association octroyĂ© en 2012, le prix du meilleur article de Korea Development Bank Ă la Conference on Asia–Pacific Financial Markets obtenu en 2013, le prix du meilleur article au World Business Ethics Forum obtenu en 2016 et le prix du meilleur article sur les marchĂ©s Ă©mergents Ă la confĂ©rence de l'Academy of International Business obtenu en 2018. Il est rĂ©dacteur au Journal of Banking & Finance et Ă Emerging Markets Review ainsi que membre des comitĂ©s de rĂ©daction de plusieurs autres revues scientifiques. En 2017, il a reçu le Martha Cook Piper Research Prize qui est attribuĂ© Ă deux professeurs de l’UniversitĂ© de l’Alberta en dĂ©but de carrière.Â
Bio (English)
Sadok El Ghoul is a Professor of Business Administration at Campus Saint-Jean of the University of Alberta, where he teaches finance, international business and econometrics. He received his M.B.A. and Ph.D. from Laval University. Before joining the University of Alberta, he taught international financial management at Laval University. His research interests include corporate finance, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, international finance, financial institutions, and the role of culture in financial markets. His work has been published in finance, management, international business, business ethics and accounting journals such as Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Finance, Management Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, The Accounting Review and Contemporary Accounting Research. Prof. El Ghoul received the McCalla Professorship at the University of Alberta in 2013-2014. He has won several awards including the Moskowitz Prize for the Best Paper in Socially Responsible Investing in 2011, the best paper award in financial institutions at the Southwestern Finance Association conference in 2012, the Korea Development Bank outstanding paper award at the Conference on Asia–Pacific Financial Markets in 2013, the best paper award at the World Business Ethics Forum in 2016, and the best paper award in emerging economies research at the Academy of International Business meeting in 2018. He is an associate editor at the Journal of Banking & Finance, a subject editor at Emerging Markets Review, and an editorial board member of several other academic journals. In 2017, he received the Martha Cook Piper Research Prize, which recognizes two University of Alberta faculty members in the early stage of their careers.Â
Recent Work | Travaux récents
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1. El Ghoul, S. ,Guedhami, O., Senbet, L. Zheng, X. Employment Protection and Debt Structure Concentration: International Evidence.Â
2. An, X., El Ghoul, S. Guedhami, O., Levine, R., Roman, R. Home Sweet Loan: The Impact of Social Capital on Home Loans from Approval to Repayment.
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3. El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Saadi, S., Sassi, S. Operating Inflexibility and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: International Evidence.
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4. Chen, R., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Pittman, J., Yang, Y. Tax Avoidance and the Cost of Equity: The Role of Corporate Governance and Institutional Infrastructure.
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5. Carney, R., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O. Political Institutions and Corporate Transparency: The Role of Contracting Risk.
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6. Berger, A., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Saheruddin, H. Competition and Bank Risk: Evidence from Geographic Bank Deregulation.
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7. Dong, L., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O, Uchida, K., Zhang, Y. Related-Party Transactions and CEO Foreign Experience: Evidence from China.
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8. El Ghoul, S., Choi, H., Guedhami, O, Lee, E. J., Suh, J. Equity Issuance and Cash Savings: New Evidence.
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9. El Ghoul, S., Fu, Z., Guedhami, O., Kim, Y. Do Insiders Profit from Public Environmental Information? Evidence from Insider Trading.
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10. Driss, H., Drobetz, W., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O. The Sustainability Committee and Carbon Disclosure: International Evidence.
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11. Barg, J., Drobetz, W., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Schröder, H. Board Ancestral Diversity and Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Emission Disclosure. British Journal of Management, forthcoming.
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12. Chen, R., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O. Conducting Research in International Accounting and Finance: Opportunities, Challenges, and Recommendations. Journal of International Accounting Research, forthcoming.
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13. Brockman, P., Drobetz, W., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Zheng, Y. Do Foreign Institutional Shareholders Affect International Debt Contracting? Evidence from Yankee Bond Covenants. Journal of International Business Studies, forthcoming.
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14. Drobetz, W., El Ghoul, S., Fu, Z., Guedhami, O. Institutional Investors and Corporate Environmental Costs: The Roles of Investment Horizon and Investor Origin. European Financial Management, forthcoming.
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15. El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Kuang, H., Zheng, Y. Does Climate Change Exposure Matter to Stakeholders? Evidence from the Costs of High Leverage. Review of Corporate Finance, forthcoming.
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16. Bae, K-H, El Ghoul, S., Gong, Z., Guedhami, O. In the CEO we Trust: Negative Effects of CEO-Board Trust. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming.
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17. El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O, Kim, H, Suh, J. The Persistence and Consequences of Share Repurchases. Journal of Business, Finance & Accounting, forthcoming.
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18. El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Mansi, S., Yoon, H. J. 2023. Institutional Shareholder Distraction, Agency Conflicts, and the Cost of Debt. Management Science 69, 4973–5693.
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19. El Ghoul, S. Guedhami, O., Wei, Z, Zhu, Y. 2023. Does Public Corruption Affect Analyst Forecast Quality? Journal of Banking & Finance 154, 106860.
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20. Driss, H., El Ghoul, S, Guedhami, O., Wald, J. 2023. Governance and Leverage: International Evidence. Financial Review 58, 261–285.
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21. El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Mansi, S., Wang, H. 2023. Economic Policy Uncertainty, Institutional Environments, and Corporate Cash Holdings. Research in International Business and Finance 65, 101887.
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22. El Ghoul, S., Gong, Z., Guedhami, O., Hou, F., Tong, W. 2023. Social Trust and Firm Innovation. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 84, 101745.
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23. Karoui, A., El Ghoul, S., Patel, S., Ramani, S. 2023. The Green and Brown Performances of Mutual Fund Portfolios. Journal of Cleaner Production 384, 135267.
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24. El Ghoul, S., Fu, Z., Guedhami, O., Saadi, S. 2023. Firm Inflexibility and the Implied Cost of Equity. Finance Research Letters 52, 103539.
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25. El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Mansi, S., Sy, O. 2023. Event Studies in International Finance Research. Journal of International Business Studies 54, 344–364.
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26. Döring, S., Drobetz, W., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Schröder, H. 2023. Foreign Institutional Investors, Legal Origin, and Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure. Journal of Business Ethics 182, 903–932.
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27. Boubakri, N., Cao, Z., Li, X., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O. 2023. National Culture and Bank Liquidity Creation. Journal of Financial Stability 64, 101086.