Dr. Zeeshan Ahmed

Assistant Professor

zeeshan.ahmed@cust.edu.pk

PROFILE SUMMARY

He has experience and exposure in the banking industry. After his banking experience, he pursued a Doctor of Philosophy from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) with a finance specialization in 2018 and transitioned to academia. It indicates that by choice, he wanted to launch himself in academia where he could work for the betterment of the students. He supervised a number of students as a main supervisor. Moreover, he has a number of good publications in well-recognized journals. There are a few articles which are in pipelines and waiting for publications. He is honored as an external examiner in various national and international universities. He has developed his interest and expertise for research in corporate finance, corporate governance, market efficiency, financial reporting, earnings management, accounting, sustainable development, and performance evaluation of firms, etc.

QUALIFICATION
PhD	Finance	University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)	2018
MS	Finance	Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad	2014
MS	Commerce	The University of Punjab, Pakistan	2007
BS	Commerce	The University of Punjab, Pakistan	2005

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad	Since – 2023
Assistant Professor	The University of Chenab, Gujrat, Pakistan	2018 – 2022
Assistant Professor	The University of Lahore, Gujrat Campus, Pakistan	2018 – 2022

RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS
1.	Management Accounting
2.	Cost Accounting
3.	Principles of Management
4.	Strategic Finance

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Stock return volatility and capital structure measures of non-financial firms in a dynamic panel model: Evidence from Pakistan. International Journal of Finance and Economics.
Role of stock market development in influencing the firms’ performance: A study based on Pakistan Stock Market. International Journal of Economics and Finance.
Modelling customer satisfaction in online hotel booking. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services.
Herding behavior in Pakistani financial markets: A study of behavioral finance. Foundation University Journal of Business & Economics.
Insurance-Growth Nexus: A comparative analysis with multiple insurance proxies. Economic Research- Ekonomska Istrazivanja.
Forecasting wages inequality in response of trade openness in Pakistan: An artificial neural network approach. The Singapore Economic Review.
The nexus of cash flow, capital expenditures and financial leverage with pharmaceutical firm’s performance in Pakistan. PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/ Egyptology.
The role of financial risk management in predicting the financial performance of commercial banks in Pakistan. Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business.
Behavioral cost of managerial decisions under risk perception and culture: A comparative study between USA and Pakistan. Sage Open.
Financial inclusion and monetary policy effectiveness: A sustainable development approach of developed and under-developed countries. Plos One.
The mediating effect of coping strategies between psychological capital and small tourism organization resilience: Insights from the COVID-19 Pandemic, Malaysia. Frontiers in Psychology.
Training perception and innovative behaviour of SME employees: Examining the mediating effects of firm commitment. Sage Open.
Pushing a balloon: Does corporate risk disclosure matters for investment efficiency? Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting.
Microfinance Services and MSEs’ Growth in Pakistan: Mediating Perspective of Social and Psychological Capital. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation.
Market uncertainty and Distance to Default of non-financial firms in Pakistan. International Journal of Trade and Global Markets.
Mediating role of risk perception between behavioral biases and investor’s investment decisions. Sage Open.
Cost of high leverage in socially responsible firms in a linear dynamic panel model. Evidence from product market interactions. Heliyon.
Responses to COVID-19, small and medium enterprises’ corporate social responsibility and psychological capital of employees: From the mediating perspective of affective commitment. Heliyon.
Do behavioral biases affect investors’ investment decision making? Evidence from the Pakistani Equity Market. Risks.
ESG and Value Creation in Product Market: Evidence from Emerging Economies. Journal of risk and Financial Management.

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