The academic team

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Name: Badar Nadeem Ashraf Sex: Male Job title: Associate Professor Graduated: Huazhong University of Science and Technology Duties: Teaching/Research/Research supervision Email: badar@jxufe.edu.cn

1.Education

[4] 2012.09-2015.06, Doctor in Business Administration (Accounting & Finance), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

[3] 2010.09-2012.06, Master in Economics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

[2] 2007.01-2010.06, CMA, Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan

[1] 2003.09-2005.06. Bachelor of Arts, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

2.Research Interests

Cryptocurrencies; blockchain technology;

Economic policy uncertainty;

Banking; financial institutions; financial regulations; law and finance; culture and finance; politics and finance;

Corporate governance; earnings management;  

3.Major Research Publications

[30] The liquidity of major cryptocurrencies and stock markets: Are they connected? Under review in SSCI journal (with Muhammad Umar, Sultan Sikandar Mirza and Tong Fang Hua)

[29] The impact of board internationalization on accrual-based and real activities-based earnings management: Evidence from China, Under review in SSCI journal (with Mengxuan Liu)

[28] Capital regulation, deposit insurance and bank risk-taking behavior: international evidence from normal and crisis periods. Research in International Business and Finance, Under review after 1st revision (with Changjun Zheng, Lai Shaojie and Ningyu Qian) SSCI

[27] Economic policy uncertainty and banks’ loan pricing. Journal of Financial Stability, 2019, accepted and in press, (with Yinjie Shen) SSCI

[26] How do regulatory ability and bank competition affect the adoption of explicit deposit insurance scheme and banks’ risk-taking behavior? International Review of Economics and Finance, 2019, Vol (61), Pages 69-90, (with Ningyu Qian, Kezhong Zhang and Changjun Zheng) SSCI

[25] Zipf’s law, the coherence of the urban system and city size distribution: evidence from Pakistan. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2019, Vol (513), pages 87-103 (with Sidra Arshad and Shougeng Hu) SCI

[24] Dividend Policy and Bank Opacity. International Journal of Finance and Economic, 2018, Vol (23), Issue (2), pages 186-204 (with Viet-Dung TRAN) SSCI

[23] Do Better Political Institutions Help in Reducing Political Pressure on State-Owned Banks? Evidence from Developing Countries. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 2018, Vol (11), Issue (3), 43 (with Sidra Arshad and Liang Yan) ESCI

[22] The Technical Efficiency of South Asian Commercial Banks and the Effects of Income Diversification. International Journal of Information and Management Sciences, 2018, Vol (29), Issue (3), Pages 279-302 (with Shoaib Nisar, Ke Peng) EI

[21] The Impact of Revenue Diversification on Bank Profitability and Stability: Empirical Evidence from South Asian Countries International Journal of Financial Studies, 2018, Vol (6), Issue (2: 40) ((with Shoaib Nisar, Ke Peng) ESCI

[20] Does Bank Diversification Heterogeneously Affect Performance and Risk-taking in ASEAN Emerging Economies? Research in International Business and Finance, 2018, Vol (46), pages 342-362 (with Syed Moudud-Ul-Huq and Changjun Zheng) SSCI

[19] Zipf’s law and city size distribution: a survey of the literature and future research agenda. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2018, Vol (492), pages 75-92 (with Sidra Arshad and Shougeng Hu) SCI

[18] Do trade and financial openness matter for financial development? Bank-level evidence from emerging market economies. Research in International Business and Finance, 2018, Vol (44), pages 434-458, SSCI

[17] Capital Requirements, the Cost of Financial Intermediation and Bank Risk-Taking: Empirical Evidence from Bangladesh. Research in International Business and Finance, 2018, Vol (44), pages 488-503 (with Muhammad Mizanur Rahman, Changjun Zheng and Mohammad Morshedur Rahman) SSCI

[16] Does the ownership structure matter for banks’ capital regulation and risk-taking behavior? Empirical evidence from a developing country. Research in International Business and Finance, 2017, Vol (42), pages 404-421 (with Changjun Zheng, Syed Moudud-Ul-Huq and Mohammad Morshedur Rahman) SSCI

[15] Political institutions and bank risk-taking behavior. Journal of Financial Stability, 2017, Vol (29), pages 13-35, SSCI

[14] Foreign bank subsidiaries’ risk-taking behavior: impact of home and host country national culture. Research in International Business and Finance, 2017, Vol (41), pages 318-335 (with Sidra Arshad) SSCI

[13] Trade openness and bank risk-taking behavior: Evidence from emerging economies. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 2017, Vol (10), Issue (3), Pages 15 (with Sidra Arshad and Liang Yan) ESCI

[12] Capital regulation, the cost of financial intermediation and bank profitability: evidence from bangladesh, Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 2017, Vol (10), Issue (2), Pages 24 (with Changjun Zheng, Muhammad Mizanur Rahman and Mnnni Begum) ESCI

[11] Impact of Cost Efficiency on Bank Capital and the Cost of Financial Intermediation: Evidence from BRICS Countries. International Journal of Financial Studies, 2017, Vol (5), Issue (4), pages 18 (with Muhammad Mizanur Rahman, Changjun Zheng and Mnnni Begum) ESCI

[10] How to regulate bank dividends? Is capital regulation an answer? Economic Modelling, 2016, Vol (57), Pages 281-293 (with Bushra Bibi and Changjun Zheng) SSCI

[9] Effects of national culture on bank risk-taking behavior. Research in International Business and Finance, 2016, Vol (37), Pages 95-114 (with Changjun Zheng and Sidra Arshad) SSCI

[8] Capital regulation and bank risk-taking behavior: Evidence from Pakistan. International Journal of Financial Studies, 2016, Vol (4), Issue (3), pages 20 (with Sidra Arshad and Hu Yuancheng) ESCI

[7] China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Capacity of Banking Sector of Pakistan. Management Accountant, 2016, Vol (25), Issue (2), pages 22-25

[6] Shareholder protection, creditor rights and bank dividend policies. China Finance Review International, 2015, Vol (5), Issue (2), Pages 135-150 (with Changjun Zheng) ESCI

[5] Regulatory hypothesis and bank dividend payouts: Empirical evidence from Italian banking sector. Journal of Financial Engineering, 2015, Vol (2), Issue (1), Pages 15001-15 (with Sidra Arshad and others) ESCI

[4] Bank size, risk-taking and capital regulation in Bangladesh. Eurasian Journal of Business and Economics, 2015, Vol (8), Pages 95-114 (with Mohammad Murshedur Rahman and Changjun Zheng)

[3] Impact of government spending on private consumption using ARDL approach. Asian Economic and Financial Review, 2015, Vol (5), Issue (2), Pages 239-248 (with Khalid Khan and others)

[2] National culture and dividend policy: International evidence from banking. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2014, Vol (3), Pages 22-40 (with Changjun Zheng)

[1] Trend and determinants of China’s OFDI in Asia. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development , 2014, Vol. (5), Issue (22), Pages 110-12 (with Muhammad Abdul Kamal and others)

4.Awards

[5] “Best Thesis Supervision Award of the Year” from East China Jiao Tong University, China for the academic year 2018-19

[4] “Outstanding Reviewer Certificate” from the journal ‘Economic Modelling’ for the year 2016

[3] “2016 Emerald Outstanding Paper Literati Award for Excellence” (outstanding paper of the year) for the paper ‘Shareholder protection, creditor rights and bank dividend policies’ published in 2015 in the journal ‘China Finance Review International’

[2] “Best Paper Award” from ‘International Conference on Transnational Investment and Trade Relations between USA and Emerging-Market Economies’, 2015, October 29-31, Hubei University, Wuhan, China

[1] “Culture-exchange scholarship” of ‘Government of Pakistan’ for PhD 2012