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Always supportive and understanding.
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Associate Professor Md Lutfur Rahman serves as Associate Professor of Finance and Deputy Head of School, Teaching & Learning (Undergraduate) at Newcastle Business School, University of Newcastle, Australia. He joined the Newcastle Business School as a Lecturer in Finance in June 2019, after serving as a Scholarly Teaching Fellow at the same school for two years. In his roles, Rahman has held positions including Head of the Accounting, Finance and Economics Discipline, Program Convener for the Master of Applied Finance, and Database and Finance Lab Coordinator. His academic background includes a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Newcastle, completed in 2016 with a thesis titled 'Return Predictability in South Asian Stock Markets,' an MBA in Finance from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and a BBA Honours degree in Finance and Banking from the University of Dhaka. Rahman's expertise extends to advanced econometric software such as EViews, Stata, and R, supporting his quantitative research approach in finance.
Rahman's research specializations include fintech, sustainable and climate change finance, energy finance, corporate finance, corporate governance, return predictability, asset pricing, corporate social responsibility, and financial contagion. He has made significant contributions through publications in prestigious journals. Key works include 'The COVID-19 outbreak and stock market reactions: Evidence from Australia' (Finance Research Letters, 2021), 'Cross-quantilogram-based correlation and dependence between renewable energy stock and other asset classes' (Energy Economics, 2019), 'Do firms' sustainability practices pay off during global crises? Evidence from Asia and the Pacific' (Business Strategy and the Environment, 2024), 'Risk network of global energy markets' (Energy Economics, 2023), 'Equity return predictability, its determinants, and profitable trading strategies' (Journal of Forecasting, 2020), and 'Mandatory CSR expenditure and firm performance' (Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, 2019). These publications address critical issues like market responses to pandemics, renewable energy dependencies, and sustainability impacts, demonstrating his influence in empirical finance research within the Asia-Pacific context and beyond. His scholarship underscores the interplay between financial markets, environmental factors, and corporate strategies.
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