Title: "Essays on Financial Markets and Corporate Policies"
Essay 1: How Common is Common? Common Ownership and Corporate Investment & Financial Policies
Essay 2: Market Manipulation, Corporate Culture, and the Moderating Role of Common Ownership
Committee: Douglas Cumming (Chair), David Javakhadze, Sofia Johan
Proposed date: September 16, 2022
Defense date: March 24, 2023
Akter, M., Cumming, D., & Ji, S. (2023). Natural disasters and market manipulation. Journal of Banking & Finance, 153, 106883.
Bhuyan, M. N. H., Subedi, M., & Akter, M. (2022). CEO-friendly boards and seasoned equity offerings. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 36, 100761.
Falconieri, S., & Akter, M. (2023). Gender diversity and beyond in corporate finance: Where do we stand?. Review of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming.
Khan, S. N., Akter, M., & Zeya, F. (2019). Bangladeshi banking innovations: A case study on mobile banking. In Business and management practices in South Asia (pp. 101-124). Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. [Link ]
Akter, M., & Shaheen, S. (2017). Index-based Insurance as a Climate Risk Management Strategy: A Case Study on Bangladesh. Insurance Journal, 63. [Available on request]
Akter, M. (2015). Effect of Corporate Governance and Board diversity on Financial Performance of Insurance Companies: A Study on Bangladesh. Journal of Banking & Financial Services, 9. [Available on request]
Akter, M., & Cumming, D. J. (2022). Market Manipulation and Corporate Culture. Available at SSRN 4080428. [Link ]
2023 SFA Annual Meeting, 2022 FMA Annual Meeting
How Common is Common? Common Ownership and Corporate Investment & Financial Policies
2023 FMA Annaul Meeting
"Entrepreneurial Optimism and Credit Denial: Global Evidence" with Pedro Monteiro and Rebel Cole (Available on request)
"Diversity in Corporate Finance: Where do we stand?" with Sonia Falconieri
"Operating Leverage and Layoff" with Luis Garcia-Feijoo