Professor Sabur Mollah
Gettysburg College, University of Leeds
Research areas: Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Finance · Corporate Finance and Governance · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
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About
Sabur Mollah holds a Visiting Professor of Finance position at Gettysburg College, and an Honorary Professor of Finance at the University of Sheffield.
He worked as a Professor of Accounting and Finance at Swansea University and as Professor of Finance at the University of Hull before joining Getting College.
He previously held academic positions at Bournemouth University, Stockholm University, University of Botswana, University of Dhaka, and University of Leeds.
Sabur held several administrative roles in the past, including Member of Senate, Head of School, Director of Research etc.
Sabur obtained his BCOM (Honours in Finance, 1st Class) and MCOM (Finance, 1st Class) from University of Dhaka, PhD in Corporate Finance from University of Leeds, and Docent in Business Administration (specialization in Corporate Finance) from Stockholm University.
He has published extensively on issues surrounding corporate governance, market reactions to dividend policy, and market condition and investor behaviour.
Sabur has raised around £500,000 in external grants from Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse Tore Browaldhs Foundation, NASDAQ-OMX Nordic Foundation, VINNOVA Foundation.
His papers have appeared in world-leading and internationally excellent journals, including the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Journal of Corporate Finance, the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Journal of Financial Stability etc.
He is serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Sustainable Finance & Accounting. He has been serving the Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Services Research, Journal of Financial Stability, and Journal of Business Ethics an ad hoc reviewer. He is also serving as the President of the Academy of Sustainable Finance, Accounting, Accountability & Governance [ASFAAG].
Employment
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Gettysburg College Visiting Professor of Finance2025 - Present
Education
- 1998 - 2002
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (74)
- Climate risk governance, green transformation initiatives, and carbon mitigation performance Save
- Climate-Related Disclosure and Bank Performance: Does Bank Type Matter? Save
- Is donation funding a dilemma for microfinance institutions? Save
- Risk culture, board gender-diversity and bank risk Save
- Corporate Climate Risk Governance and Environmental Innovation Save
- Co-Opted Boards and Anti-Takeover Provisions in Us Firms: Do Better Financial Outcomes and Dynamic Governance Matter? Save
- Cybersecurity Risk Management Disclosure and Bank Value in the Era of Digitalization: Cross-Country Evidence from the Global Banking Sector Save
- Do political connections matter for bank efficiency in times of crisis? Save
- Does a CEO turnover lead to a CFO turnover? Evidence from voluntary and forced turnover Save
- Gender, Expertise, and Debt: Unpacking the Influence of Female Cfos and Financial Expertise of Boards on Corporate Borrowing Save
- Why do microfinance institutions charge higher interest rates than banks? The role of operating costs Save
- Corporate governance structure and climate-related financial disclosure: Conventional banks versus Islamic banks Save
- Corrigendum to “Does digital transformation matter for operational risk exposure?” [Technol. Forecast. Soc. Change 197 (2023) 122919] (Technological Forecasting & Social Change (2023) 197, (S0040162523006042), (10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122919)) Save
- Independent Directors' Connectedness and Bank Risk-Taking Save
- Independent Non-Executive Directors (Ineds) Heterogeneity and Bank Misconduct Save
- Independent directors’ connectedness and bank risk-taking Save
- The role of finance, accounting and governance in sustainability and sustainable development Save
- The role of independent directors’ tenure and network in controlling real-earnings management practices Save
- Does corporate governance affect the performance and stability of Islamic banks? Save
- Does cost-inefficiency in Islamic banking matter for earnings uncertainty? Save