Research Interest
Corporate Finance, Growth Analysis, Financial Literacy, Islamic Finance, Behavioral Finance
Research Profile:
As First Author
· Sustainable Growth of nonfinancial firms: Micro-econometric Evidence from Pakistan, Pakistan Business Review, Vol. 19, No. 3, October 2017 (HEC Recognized "X" Category National Journal in Business Education) Link
* PBR: Pakistan Business Review is the top Business Category Journal of Pakistan
· Impact of Secondary Equity Issue on Sustainable Growth of non financial firms: Evidence from Emerging Economies - (In Review: Emerging Market Finance and Trade - ISI Indexed Impact Factor 0.98)
· What determines dividend of nonfinancial firms: Evidence from Pakistan (Accepted in JBSS for June 2018 Issue; HEC Recognized "Y" Category National Journal)
· “Determinants of Dividend with Industry-wise Effect – Evidence from KSE 100 Index”, Research Journal of Finance and Accounting, Vol.5, No.3, 2014, pp 62 – 69 Link
· “Determinant of Return on Assets and Return on Equity and Its Industry Wise Effects: Evidence from KSE (Karachi Stock Exchange)”, Research Journal of Finance and Accounting, Vol.5, No.15, 2014, pp 148 – 157 Link
· “Arbitrage Pricing Theory: Empirical Evidence from Turkish Stock Market”, Developing Country Studies, Vol. 5, No. 11, 2015, pp 26-31 Link
· “Cultural Mapping and Its Ascertainment: A Case Study of PTCL”, European Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 6, No. 14, pp 83-94 Link
As Co – Author
· “Herding Behavior around Macroeconomic Announcements: An Evidence from Pakistan” (In Review: Pakistan Business Review; HEC-Pakistan X Category Journal)
· “Anomalies in Stock Returns: Evidence from Pakistan Stock Exchange” (In Review: Pakistan Business Review; HEC-Pakistan X Category Journal)
· “Funds Flow and Performance of Managed Funds in Pakistan” Archives of Business Research, Vol. 5, No. 7, 2017, pp 47-67 Link
· “Short Run and Long Run Dynamics of Macroeconomics Variable & Stock Prices: (A Case Study of KSE)” Kashmir Economic Review, Vol. XVIII, Nos. 1 & 2, January- December, 2009 Retrievable at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2035207
· “An Empirical Analysis of Higher Moment Capital Asset Pricing Model for Karachi Stock Exchange”, Open Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, No. 6, 2016, pp 53-60 Link
· “Economic Forces and Stock Markets under Arbitrage Price Theory: Empirical Evidence from Turkey”, Journal of Poverty, Investment and Development, Vol. XIV, August 2015, pp 33-46
· “Income Inequality and Its Measures: Evidence from OECD and European Countries”, Journal of Poverty, Investment and Development, Vol. 20 No. 1, 2016, pp 9-25
· “Measuring Business Performance: Comparison of Financial, Non-Financial and Qualitative Indicators” European Journal of Business and Management, Vol.6, No.4, 2014, pp 38-45
· “Financial Market Integration: Empirical Evidence from the Economic Cooperation of India and Pakistan”, Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2014, pp. 100 – 110
· “Exchange Rate Volatility and Interest Rate : (In Case of Pakistan)” Kashmir Economic Review, Vol. XXI, Nos. 2, July-December, 2012. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2097219
Conference Preceedings
· “Terrorism and Firm Value: Evidence from a Front Line State - Pakistan” Paper read at 1st National Research Conference on Management, Leadership and Entrepreneurship in May 2017 by SMIU, Karachi, Pakistan
· “Determinants of RoE and RoA: Comparison of Six Industries of KSE 100 Index” Paper read in 1st ICEIME, 2013 organized by Balouchistan University of Information Technology, Engineering & Management Sciences, Quetta, Pakistan
· “Determinants of Dividend and Its Industry-wise Effect: Micro-econometric Evidence from Pakistan” Independent Study presented in 20th NRC organized by SZABIST, Karachi Campus in May 2014.
· “Sustainable Growth and Internal Growth of nonfinancial firms: Micro-econometric Evidence from Pakistan” Independent Study presented in 20th NRC organized by SZABIST, Karachi in May 2014
Papers in Progress
· Sustainable Growth of nonfinancial firms: Evidence from Emerging Economies (M.Phil Thesis) - (In Review: Emerging Market Finance and Trade - ISI Indexed Impact Factor 0.98)
· Herding Behavior around Macroeconomic Announcements: An Evidence from Pakistan (In Review: Pakistan Business Review - X Category Journal of HEC-Pakistan)
· "Anamolies in Stock Returns: Evidence from Pakistan Stock Exchange" co-authored with Prof. M. Nishat, Dept. of Economics and Finance, IBA, Karachi, Adnan Hussain, Dept. of Economics, BBSUL, Karachi and Irfan Lal, Dept. of Economics, IoBM, Karachi
(In Review: Pakistan Business Review - X Category Journal of HEC-Pakistan)
· Sentimental Herding and Terrorism: Evidence from Pakistan (Independent Research Project co-authored with Prof. Syed Mahmud, Department of Economics, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey) [Submitted in Defence and Peace Economics - ISI Indexed Impact Factor 1.068]
· Terrorism and Firm Value: Empirical Evidence from a Front Line State (Term Paper Project) - presentation
[Submitted in Emerging Market Finance and Trade - ISI Indexed Impact Factor 0.98]
co-authored for International Collaboration of Pakistan and Chinese Professors
· Industry-wise Sentimental Herding: Evidence of State Space Model from Pakistan (Independent research project with Mr. Adnan Hussain, BBSUL and Dr. Hasnain SZABIST)
· Do Locals herd in presence of Foreigner: Empirical Evidence from Dual Markets of China (Research Project)
· Profitability Insights: Evidence from Banking Sector of Pakistan - [MS(MS) - IRS Supervision]
· What determines dividend of nonfinancial firms: Evidence from Pakistan (In Review: Emerging Market Finance - Scopus Indexed)
· Working Capital Management and firms Performance: Evidence from nonfinance firms in Pakistan [MS(MS) IRS Supervision]