Iftekhar Hasan
Fordham University
Scientific Adviser
01.11.2021 - 31.10.2026
Research
Professor Iftekhar Hasan has been a scientific advisor to the Research Unit at the Bank of Finland since 2000. He is E. Gerald Corrigan Professor in International Business and Finance at Fordham University's Schools of Business. He is also academic director of the PhD program and co-director of the Center for Research in Contemporary Finance at the Gabelli School of Business.
Fordham UniversityCommitment or constraint? The effect of loan covenants on merger and acquisition activity (31.1.2022). Gene Ambrocio; Gonul Colak; Iftekhar Hasan. Finance Research Letters.
Quid pro quo? Political ties and sovereign borrowing (14.8.2021). Gene Ambrocio; Iftekhar Hasan. Journal of International Economics.
Do activist hedge funds target female CEOs? The role of CEO gender in hedge fund activism (27.2.2021). Bill B. Francis; Iftekhar Hasan; Yinjie (Victor) Shen; Qiang Wu. Journal of Financial Economics.
The real impact of ratings-based capital rules on the finance-growth nexus (21.12.2020). Iftekhar Hasan; Gazi Hassan; Suk-Joong Kim; Eliza Wu. International Review of Financial Analysis.
Gender, Credit, and Firm Outcomes (7.12.2020). Manthos D. Delis; Iftekhar Hasan; Maria Iosifidi; Steven Ongena. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
Social Capital, Trusting, and Trustworthiness: Evidence from Peer-to-Peer Lending (3.11.2020). Iftekhar Hasan; Qing He; Haitian Lu. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
Transactional and relational approaches to political connections and the cost of debt (22.10.2020). Taufiq Arifin; Iftekhar Hasan; Rezaul Kabir. Journal of Corporate Finance.
Are bank capital requirements optimally set? Evidence from researchers’ views (22.7.2020). Gene Ambrocio; Iftekhar Hasan; Esa Jokivuolle; Kim Ristolainen. Journal of Financial Stability.
Cross-country evidence on the relationship between regulations and the development of the life insurance sector (10.6.2020). Chrysovalantis Gaganis; Iftekhar Hasan; Fotios Pasiouras. Economic Modelling.
Banks’ equity performance and the term structure of interest rates (29.5.2020). Elyas Elyasiani; Iftekhar Hasan; Elena Kalotychou; Panos K. Pouliasis; Sotiris K. Staikouras. Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments.
Investor relations and IPO performance (17.4.2020). Salim Chahine; Gonul Colak; Iftekhar Hasan; Mohamad Mazboudi. Review of Accounting Studies.
Democracy and credit (15.4.2020). Manthos D. Delis; Iftekhar Hasan; Steven Ongena. Journal of Financial Economics.
Bank accounting regulations, enforcement mechanisms, and financial statement informativeness : cross-country evidence (15.4.2020). Augustine Duru; Iftekhar Hasan; Liang Song; Yijiang Zhao. Accounting and Business Research.
The Dilemma of International Diversification: Evidence from the European Sovereign Debt Crisis (14.4.2020). Bill B. Francis; Iftekhar Hasan; Gergana L. Kostova; Sami Ben Naceur. Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies.
Is social capital associated with corporate innovation? Evidence from publicly listed firms in the U.S (8.4.2020). lftekhar Hasan; Chun-Keung(Stan) Hoi; Qiang Wu; Hao Zhang; Iftekhar Hasan. Journal of Corporate Finance.
Credit allocation when borrowers are economically linked: An empirical analysis of bank loans to corporate customers (7.4.2020). Iftekhar Hasan; Kristina Minnick; Kartik Raman. Journal of Corporate Finance.
Finance and wealth inequality (3.3.2020). Iftekhar Hasan; Roman Horvath; Jan Mares. Journal of International Money and Finance.
The impact of social capital on economic attitudes and outcome (19.2.2020). Iftekhar Hasan; Qing He; Haitian Lu. Journal of International Money and Finance.
Foreign bank ownership and income inequality : empirical evidence (15.2.2020). Manthos D. Delis; Iftekhar Hasan; Nikolaos Mylonidis. Applied Economics.
Managerial effect or firm effect: Evidence from the private debt market (1.2.2020). Bill B. Francis; Iftekhar Hasan; Yun Zhu. Financial Review.
Comparing financial transparency between for-profit and nonprofit suppliers of public goods: Evidence from microfinance (15.1.2020). John W. Goodell; Abhinav Goyal; Iftekhar Hasan. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money.
National culture and housing credit (31.12.2019). Chrysovalantis Gaganis; Iftekhar Hasan; Fotios Pasiouras. Journal of Empirical Finance.
Banking in the Transition Countries of Central, Southern, and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union (15.10.2019). Zuzana Fungáčová; Iftekhar Hasan; Laura Solanko; Paul Wachtel. The Oxford Handbook of Banking (3 ed.).
Employee Treatment and Contracting with Bank Lenders: An Instrumental Approach for Stakeholder Management (15.9.2019). Bill Francis; Iftekhar Hasan; Liuling Liu; Haizhi Wang. Journal of Business Ethics.
Corporate Misconduct and the Cost of Private Debt : Evidence from China (15.9.2019). Xian Gu; Iftekhar Hasan; Haitian Lu. Comparative Economic Studies.
What drives discretion in bank lending? Some evidence and a link to private information (11.7.2019). Gene Ambrocio; Iftekhar Hasan. Journal of Banking and Finance.
Foreign ownership, bank information environments, and the international mobility of corporate governance (20.5.2019). Yiwei Fan; Iftekhar Hasan; Woon Sau Leung; Qingwei Wang. Journal of International Business Studies.
The economic impact of changes in local bank presence (4.5.2019). Iftekhar Hasan; Krzysztof Jackowicz; Oskar Kowalewski; Łukasz Kozłowski. Regional Studies.
Entrenchment through corporate social responsibility: Evidence from CEO network centrality (26.4.2019). Salim Chahine; Yiwei Fang; Iftekhar Hasan; Mohamad Mazboudi. International Review of Financial Analysis.
National culture and risk-taking: Evidence from the insurance industry (15.4.2019). Chrysovalantis Gaganis; Iftekhar Hasan; Panagiota Papadimitri; Menelaos Tasiou. Journal of Business Research.
The income elasticity of mortgage loan demand (4.4.2019). Manthos D. Delis; Iftekhar Hasan; Chris Tsoumas. Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments.
On the Effect of Business and Economic University Education on Political Ideology: An Empirical Note (15.3.2019). Manthos D. Delis; Iftekhar Hasan; Maria Iosifidi. Journal of Business Ethics.
Enforcement of banking regulation and the cost of borrowing (26.2.2019). Yota Deli; Manthos D. Delis; Iftekhar Hasan; Liuling Liu. Journal of Banking and Finance.
Political influence and financial flexibility: Evidence from China (15.2.2019). Xian Gu; Iftekhar Hasan; Yun Zhu. Journal of Banking and Finance.
Trust in Banks (15.1.2019). Zuzana Fungáčová; Iftekhar Hasan; Laurent Weill. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
Senior debt and market discipline: Evidence from bank-to-bank loans (15.1.2019). Bill Francis; Iftekhar Hasan; LiuLing Liu; Haizhi Wang. Journal of Banking and Finance.
Accounting quality in banking: The role of regulatory interventions (26.11.2018). Manthos D. Delis; Iftekhar Hasan; Maria Iosifidi; Lingxiang Li. Journal of Banking and Finance.
The role of auditors in merger and acquisition completion time (15.11.2018). Salim Chahine; Iftekhar Hasan; Mohamad Mazboudi. International Journal of Auditing.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Financial Performance: The Mediating Role of Productivity (15.5.2018). Iftekhar Hasan; Nada Kobeissi; Liuling Liu; Haizhi Wang. Journal of Business Ethics.
Private benefits of control and bank loan contracts (15.4.2018). Chih-Yung Lin; Wei-Che Tsai; Iftekhar Hasan; Le Quoc Tuan. Journal of Corporate Finance.
Should banks diversify or focus? Know thyself: The role of abilities (15.3.2018). Bill B. Francis; Iftekhar Hasan; A. Melih Küllü; Mingming Zhou. Economic Systems.
State enforceability of noncompete agreements: Regulations that stifle productivity! (23.2.2018). Smriti Anand; Iftekhar Hasan; Priyanka Sharma; Haizhi Wang. Human resource management.
Differences make a difference: Diversity in social learning and value creation (15.2.2018). Yiwei Fang; Bill Francis; Iftekhar Hasan. Journal of Corporate Finance.
Can lenders discern managerial ability from luck? Evidence from bank loan contracts (15.2.2018). Dien Giau Bui; Yan-Shing Chen; Iftekhar Hasan; Chih-Yung Lin. Journal of Banking and Finance.
Does it pay to get connected? An examination of bank alliance network and bond spread (15.1.2018). Iftekhar Hasan; Céline Meslier; Amine Tarazi; Mingming Zhou. Journal of Economics and Business.
Do venture capital firms benefit from a presence on boards of directors of mature public companies? (29.12.2017). Iftekhar Hasan; Arif Khurshed; Abdulkadir Mohamed; Fan Wang. Journal of Corporate Finance.
Bank financing, institutions and regional entrepreneurial activities: Evidence from China (13.12.2017). Iftekhar Hasan; Nada Kobeissi; Haizhi Wang; Mingming Zhou. International Review of Economics & Finance.
Politically connected firms in Poland and their access to bank financing (5.12.2017). Iftekhar Hasan; Krzysztof Jackowicz; Oskar Kowalewski; Lukasz Kozlowski. Communist and Post-Communist Studies.
Secrecy, information shocks, and corporate investment : Evidence from European Union countries (27.11.2017). Mohamad Mazboudi; Iftekhar Hasan. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money.
The Impacts of Intellectual Property Rights Protection on Cross-Border M&As (15.9.2017). Iftekhar Hasan; Fahad Khalil; Xian Sun. Quarterly Journal of Finance.
Real effects of bank capital regulations: Global evidence (1.8.2017). Yota D. Deli; Iftekhar Hasan. Journal of Banking and Finance.
Do managerial risk-taking incentives influence firms' exchange rate exposure? (4.7.2017). Bill B. Francis; Iftekhar Hasan; Delroy M. Hunter; Yun Zhu. Journal of Corporate Finance.
Bank Market Power and Loan Contracts: Empirical Evidence (12.6.2017). Iftekhar Hasan; Liuling Liu; Haizhi Wang; Xinting Zhen. Economic Notes.
Bank overall financial strength: Islamic versus conventional banks (12.5.2017). Michael Doumpos; Iftekhar Hasan; Fotios Pasiouras. Economic Modelling.
Social Capital and Debt Contracting: Evidence from Bank Loans and Public Bonds (3.5.2017). Iftekhar Hasan; Chun Keung Hoi; Qiang Wu; Hao Zhang. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
Do local banking market structures matter for SME financing and performance? New evidence from an emerging economy (20.3.2017). Iftekhar Hasan; Krzysztof Jackowicz; Oskar Kowalewski; Łukasz Kozłowski. Journal of Banking and Finance.
The Risk-Taking Channel of Monetary Policy in the U.S.: Evidence from Corporate Loan Data (27.1.2017). Manthos D. Delis; Iftekhar Hasan; Nikolaos Mylonidis. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking.
Does Social Capital Matter in Corporate Decisions? Evidence from Corporate Tax Avoidance (17.1.2017). Iftekhar Hasan; Chunkeung Hoi; Qiang Wu; Hao Zhang. Journal of Accounting Research.
Enforceability of noncompetition agreements and firm innovation: does state regulation matter? (16.1.2017). Desheng Yin; Iftekhar Hasan; Nada Kobeissi; Haizhi Wang. Innovation: Organization & Management.
The effect of board directors from countries with different genetic diversity levels on corporate performance (15.1.2017). Manthos D. Delis; Chrysovalantis Gaganis; Iftekhar Hasan; Fotios Pasiouras. Management Science.
Urban Agglomeration and CEO Compensation (29.12.2016). Bill B. Francis; Iftekhar Hasan; Kose John; Maya Waisman. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
Finance-growth nexus and dual-banking systems: Relative importance of Islamic banks (15.12.2016). Pejman Abedifar; Iftekhar Hasan; Amine Tarazi. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
When do peers matter?: A cross-country perspective (15.12.2016). Bill B. Francis; Iftekhar Hasan; Gergana L. Kostova. Journal of International Money and Finance.
The Determinants of Global Bank Credit-Default-Swap Spreads (5.12.2016). Iftekhar Hasan; Liuling Liu; Gaiyan Zhang. Journal of Financial Services Research.
Non-linearity in the finance-growth nexus: Evidence from Indonesia (1.12.2016). Wahyoe Soedarmono; Iftekhar Hasan; Nuruzzaman Arsyad. International Economics.
Evidence for the Existence of Downward Real-Activity Earnings Management (22.6.2016). Bill Francis; Iftekhar Hasan; Lingxiang Li. Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance.
In Search of Concepts: The Effects of Speculative Demand on Stock Returns (22.6.2016). Owain Ap Gwilym; Iftekhar Hasan; Qingwe Wang; Ru Xie. European Financial Management.
CEO political preference and corporate tax sheltering (22.6.2016). Bill Francis; Iftekhar Hasan; Xian Sun; Qiang Wu. Journal of Corporate Finance.
Regulations, institutions and income smoothing by managing technical reserves: International evidence from the insurance industry (5.1.2016). Chrysovalantis Gaganis; Iftekhar Hasan; Fotios Pasiouras. Omega.
Corporate social responsibility, stakeholder risk, and idiosyncratic volatility (9.10.2015). Leonardo Becchetti; Rocco Ciciretti; Iftekhar Hasan. Journal of Corporate Finance.
Gender Differences in Financial Reporting Decision Making: Evidence from Accounting Conservatism (15.9.2015). Bill Francis; Iftekhar Hasan; Jong Chool Park; Qiang Wu. Contemporary Accounting Research.
Are bank capital requirements optimally set? Evidence from researchers’ views (2.6.2020). Gene Ambrocio; Iftekhar Hasan; Esa Jokivuolle; Kim Ristolainen. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Friends for the benefits: The effects of political ties on sovereign borrowing conditions (22.7.2019). Gene Ambrocio; Iftekhar Hasan. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Enforcement of banking regulation and the cost of borrowing (18.10.2018). Yota Deli; Manthos D. Delis; Iftekhar Hasan; Liuling Liu. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Democratic development and credit : “Democracy doesn't come cheap” But at least credit to its corporations will be (11.10.2018). Manthos D. Delis; Iftekhar Hasan; Steven Ongena. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Private information and lender discretion across time and institutions (10.10.2018). Gene Ambrocio; Iftekhar Hasan. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Enforceability of non-complete agreements : When does state stifle productivity? (16.8.2017). Smriti Anand; Iftekhar Hasan; Priyanka Sharma; Haizhi Wang. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Real effects of bank capital regulations : Global evidence (12.8.2017). Yota D. Deli; Iftekhar Hasan. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
On the effect of business and economic university education on political ideology : An empirical note (11.8.2017). Manthos D. Delis; Iftekhar Hasan; Maria Iosifidi. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Does social capital matter in corporate decisions? Evidence from corporate tax avoidance (10.8.2017). Iftekhar Hasan; Chun-Keung (Stan) Hoi; Qiang Wu; Hao Zhang. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Secrecy, information shocks, and corporate investment : Evidence from European Union countries (8.8.2017). Mohamad Mazboudi; Iftekhar Hasan. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
The risk-taking channel of monetary policy in the US : Evidence from corporate loan data (7.8.2017). Manthos D. Delis; Iftekhar Hasan; Nikolaos Mylonidis. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
The impacts of intellectual property rights protection on cross-border M&As (6.8.2017). Iftekhar Hasan; Fahad Khalil; Xian Sun. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Do managerial risk-taking incentives influence firms’ exchange rate exposure? (5.8.2017). Bill B. Francis; Iftekhar Hasan; Delroy M. Hunter; Yun Zhu. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
The effect of foreign institutional ownership on corporate tax avoidance: international evidence (23.8.2016). Iftekhar Hasan; Incheol Kim; Haimeng Teng; Qiang Wu. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Bank enforcement actions and the terms of lending (6.8.2016). Yota Deli; Manthos D. Delis; Iftekhar Hasan; Liuling Liu. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
In search of concepts : The effects of speculative demand on returns and volume (27.5.2016). Owain Ap Gwilym; Qvigwei Wang; Iftekhar Hasan; Ru Xie. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Debt structure when bankruptcy law offers incentives to restructure (17.5.2016). Iftekhar Hasan; Kose John; Padma Kadiyalad. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Trust in banks (13.5.2016). Zuzana Fungáčová; Iftekhar Hasan; Laurent Weill. BOFIT Discussion Papers
How large banks use CDS to manage risks: bank-firm-level evidence (29.4.2016). Iftekhar Hasan; Deming Wu. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Credit default swaps and bank loan sales: evidence from bank syndicated lending (28.4.2016). Iftekhar Hasan; Deming Wu. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
When do peers matter?: A cross-country perspective (21.4.2016). Bill B. Francis; Iftekhar Hasan; Gergana L. Kostova. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Corporate social responsibility and firm financial performance: the mediating role of productivity (20.4.2016). Iftekhar Hasan; Nada Kobeissi; Liuling Liu; Haizhi Wang. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Relative peer quality and firm performance (12.4.2016). Bill Francis; Iftekhar Hasan; Sureshbabu Mani; Pengfei Ye. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
CEO political preference and corporate tax sheltering (8.4.2016). Bill B. Francis; Iftekhar Hasan; Xian Sun; Qiang Wu. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
The determinants of global bank credit-default-swap spreads (31.12.2015). Iftekhar Hasan; Liuling Liu; Gaiyan Zhang. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Social capital and debt contracting: evidence from bank loans and public bonds (20.11.2015). Iftekhar Hasan; Chun-Keung (Stan) Hoi; Qiang Wu; Hao Zhang. Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers
Are bank capital requirements optimally set? Evidence from researchers’ views (15.9.2020). Esa Jokivuolle; Gene Ambrocio; Iftekhar Hasan. SUERF Policy Note.
Expert survey on bank capital requirements : Preliminary results (25.4.2019). Esa Jokivuolle; Gene Ambrocio; Iftekhar Hasan. VoxEU.
A new expert survey on bank capital requirements (6.2.2019). Esa Jokivuolle; Gene Ambrocio; Hasan Iftekhar; Kim Ristolainen; Iftekhar Hasan. VoxEU.