Dr. Mohsen Saad | American University of Sharjah
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College / Department

School of Business Administration
Department of Finance

Teaching areas

Banking, Valuation, Financial Management

Research areas

Capital Market Efficiency, Risk Pricing, and Banking

Education

MBA, Business Administration/finance, The University of Delaware, United States, 2003
PhD, Financial Economics, The University of Delaware, United States, 2003
BS, Biological Sciences, The American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 1996

Professional experience

Professor, Finance, American University of Sharjah, 2019 - Present
Board Member, CFA Emirates, - Select state / province -, United Arab Emirates, 2021 - 2023
Associate Professor, Finance, American University of Sharjah, 2012 - 2019
Assistant Professor, Finance, American University of Sharjah, 2004 - 2012

Memberships

CFA Institute, CFA, International, September 2009
CFA Society Emirates, National, September 2009

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2325

Dr. Mohsen Saad

Professor
PhD, The University of Delaware, United States

Mohsen Saad's dissertation was in the area of micro-structure of finance. Prior to joining AUS, he worked at the American University in Dubai. Dr. Saad has been published in many reputable journals including, The Journal of Financial Economics, The Journal of Banking and Finance, The Journal of Empirical Finance and The Journal of Financial Research. Dr. Saad is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Banking Accounting and Finance. His research interests include market trading, market efficiency and banking.

Publications

Abed Abdallah, Wissam Abdallah, Youssef Bassam, Ullas Rao And Mohsen Saad. Pandemic market dynamics: analyzing global price informativeness during COVID-19, Journal Of Financial Reporting And Accounting
Hasan Dinçer, Ahmad El-assadi, Mohsen Saad And Serhat Yüksel. Influential mapping of SDG disclosures based on innovation and knowledge using an integrated decision-making approach., Journal Of Innovation & Knowledge
Narjess Boubakri, Ali Mirzaei And Mohsen Saad. Bank lending during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparison of Islamic and conventional banks, Journal Of International Financial Markets, Institutions And Money, 10 February 2023
Ali Mirzaei, Mohsen Saad And Ali Emrouznejad. Bank stock performance during the COVID-19 crisis: does efficiency explain why Islamic banks fared relatively better?, Annals Of Operations Research
Abed Al Nasser Abdallah, Wissam Abdallah And Mohsen Saad. The impact of national culture on the synchronicity of cross-listed firms, Finance Research Letters
Mohsen Saad And Anis Samet. Collectivism and Commonality in Liquidity, Journal Of Business Research
Mohamed Belkhir, Mohsen Saad And Anis Samet. Stock extreme illiquidity and the cost of capital, Journal Of Banking And Finance, 12 March 2020
Abed Alnasser Abdallah, Wissam Abdallah And Mohsen Saad. Do Institutional Characteristics of Developing Economies Influence Investment Sensitivity to Cash Flow and Tobin’s q? The Case of the MENA Region, International Finance, 3 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020
Jorg Bley, Mohsen Saad And Anis Samet. Auditor choice and bank risk taking, International Review Of Financial Analysis, 15 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
Mohsen Saad And Anis Samet. Liquidity and the implied cost of equity capital, Journal Of International Financial Markets, Institutions And Money, December 2017
Ali Termos And Mohsen Saad. Do Mortgage Loans Respond Perversely to Monetary Policy?, Journal Of Real Estate Research, 2016
Jorg Bley And Mohsen Saad. Idiosyncratic volatility forecasting in the stock market of Saudi Arabia, Emerging Markets Finance And Trade, 2015
Mohsen Saad And Anis Samet. Pricing, dynamics, and determinants of illiquidity risks: International evidence, Emerging Markets Review, 25 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015
Mohsen Saad And Zaher Zantout. Over-investment in corporate R&D, risk, and stock returns, Journal Of Economics And Finance, 2014
Jeffrey Harris And Mohsen Saad. The sound of silence, Financial Review, 2014
Jorg Bley And Mohsen Saad. Idiosyncratic risk and expected returns in frontier markets: Evidence from GCC, Journal Of International Financial Markets, Institutions And Money, 2012
Abed Abdallah, Wissam Abdallah And Mohsen Saad. The effect of cross-listing on trading volume: reducing segmentation versus signaling investor protection, Journal Of Financial Research, 2011
Jorg Bley And Mohsen Saad. The effect of financial liberalization on stock-return volatility in GCC markets, Journal Of International Financial Markets, Institutions And Money, 2011
Jorg Bley And Mohsen Saad. Cross-cultural differences in seasonality, International Review Of Financial Analysis, 2010
Mohsen Saad And Zaher Zantout. Stock price and systematic risk effects of discontinuation of corporate R&D programs, Journal Of Empirical Finance, 2009
Mohsen Saad And Ali Darrat. Intraday pattern in liquidity covariation: evidence from NYSE listed firms, Applied Financial Economics, 2007
Mohsen Saad. Do common variations in liquidity exhibit a U-shaped pattern across weekdays?, Applied Financial Economics Letters, 2006
Mohsen Saad. Floor information and common variations in liquidity, Applied Financial Economics Letters, 2006
Osamah Al-khazali, Ali Darrat And Mohsen Saad. Intra-regional integration of the GCC stock markets: the role of market liberalization, Applied Financial Economics, 2006
Mohsen Saad, Bassam Abual-foul And Ali Darrat. On the Roots of Inflation in MENA: Recent Evidence from the Monetarist Model, Savings And Development, 2006
Jay Squalli And Mohsen Saad. Accidents, Airline safety perceptions and consumer demand, Journal Of Economics And Finance, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2006
Stacic Beck, Jeffrey Miller And Mohsen Saad. High inflation episode of 1996--97 and the Bulgarian currency board, International Journal Of Development Issues, 2005
Jay Coughenour And Mohsen Saad. Common market makers and commonality in liquidity, Journal Of Financial Economics, 2004

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Liquidity tail risk and the implied cost of equity capital, American University of Sharjah
Grant, Short-termism and liquidity commonality risk, American Univeristy of Sharjah

Awards and Honors

Sabbatical, Fall 2013, The award is for a sabbatical at Western University, Ontario where I spent only one semester., 1 September 2013

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