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College / Department

School of Business Administration
Department of Finance

Teaching areas

Portfolio management, Investments, Corporate Finance

Research areas

Corporate Finance, Investments, International Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions

Education

PhD, Finance, The University of Texas at San Antonio, United States, 2013
MS, Finance, Suffolk University, United States, 2007
MS, Money And Finance, HEC, Tunisia, 2005
Bachelor, Finance, HEC, Tunisia, 2002

Professional experience

Assistant Professor, American University of Sharjah, State/Province (if applicable), 2013 - Present

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 4622

Dr. Iness Aguir

Associate Professor
PhD, The University of Texas at San Antonio, United States

Iness Aguir's dissertation was in the area of empirical corporate finance, corporate governance and international finance. Her teaching and research areas are corporate finance, portfolio management and international finance. Dr. Aguir has presented her research in prestigious international conferences such as the European Finance Association and the Financial Management Association meetings. Her work has been published in the Journal of Financial Intermediation, one of the leading journals in finance.

Publications

Iness Aguir. Director and officer liability protection and firm value: Unintended consequences, Finance Research Letters, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020
Iness Aguir And Ali Mirzaei. Capital Inflows and Bank Stability during the Financial Crisis: The Mitigating Role of Macro-prudential Policies, Journal Of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020
Iness Aguir And Lalatendu Misra. Ownership level choice and value creation in international joint ventures: The role of investor protection, International Review Of Economics And Finance, May 2017
Iness Aguir, John Wald, Sattar Mansi And Natasha Burns. Director Liability, Director Compensation, and Incentives, Journal Of Financial Intermediation, 2014

Conference Presentations

Director and Officer Liability Protection and Firm Value: Unintended Consequences, American Accounting Association Southwest Region, 2019
Capital Inflows and Bank Stability around the Financial Crisis: The Mitigating Role of Macro-prudential Policies, Conference On Banks And The Real Economy, 2018
Director and Officer Liability Protection and Firm Value: The Role of Governance, American Accounting Association, 2018
Ownership Structure and Value Creation in International Joint Ventures, Eastern Finance Association, 2016
The Effect of Director Limiting Liability Provisions on Firm Value, Midwest Finance Association, 2014
Director Liability, Director Compensation, and Incentives, European Finance Association, 2010

Awards and Honors

Best Student of the Year award, Suffolk University [2007]
Highest Honors and Best Thesis Award, HEC [2005]
Highest Honors and Best Thesis Award, HEC [2007]
The Fulbright Scholarship [2005]
University of Texas at San Antonio Fellowship [2007-2013]

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