Profile
College / Department
Teaching areas
Financial and managerial accounting, and accounting for governments and not-for-profit organizations, for both undergraduate and MBA/EMBA
Research areas
Managerial accounting, financial accounting, international listing of shares, financial disclosure, corporate governance, earnings management, Islamic versus conventional institutions, and financial analysts' activities
Education
PhD, Lancaster University, UK, 2004
MSc Accounting and Finance, Essex University, UK, 2000
Professional experience
Assistant Professor, American University of Sharjah, UAE, 2006-2011
Visiting Research Fellow, Lancaster University, UK, 2006-2008
Assistant Professor, University of Bath, UK, 2004-2006
Lancaster University, UK, 2002-2004
Editorial board member, International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance: www.inderscience.com/ijbaf
Memberships
British Accounting Association (BAA), 2004-Current
Contact
+971 6 515 2594
Dr. Abed Al-Nasser Abdallah
Professor | Head of Department
PhD in Accounting and Finance, University of Lancaster, UK
Abed Al-Nasser Abdallah has worked at the University of Bath School of Management, UK, and taught in Executive MBA programs in the UK, Greece and Oman. He has been published in journals such as the Journal of Financial Research, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Management Accounting Quarterly Journal and the Review of Accounting and Finance Journal. His research interests include international listing of shares, information disclosure, corporate governance, earnings management, mergers and acquisitions, auditor independence, risk disclosure, Islamic versus conventional banks, analyst following and management accounting.
Publications
Abed ALNasser Abdallah, Ahmad K. Ismail. "Corporate Governance Practices, Ownership Structure, and Corporate Performance in the GCC Countries." Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: AUGUST, 2016. FORTHCOMING]
Abdallah, Abed AL-Nasser, Hassan Mostafa K., and McClelland Patrick L.. "Islamic Financial Institutions, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Risk Disclosure in Gulf Cooperation Council Countries." Journal of Multinational Financial Management 31 (April, 2015): 63-82. [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: FEBRUARY, 2015. AS OF MAY 1, 2015, THE ARTICLE WAS LISTED ON THE JOURNAL WEBSITE AS NUMBER 6 OUT OF 25 MOST DOWNLOADABLE ARTICLES.]
Abdallah, Abed AL-Nasser, Abdallah, Wissam. "Is it really a bonding, an avoidance, or a characteristics choice? An analysis of foreign listing on low versus high investor protection markets." Corporate Ownership and Control 12, no. 1 (December, 2014): 820-835. [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: DECEMBER, 2014. ]
Abed AL-Nasser, Abdallah, Darayseh, Musa, and Elain Waples. "Incomplete Contract, Agency Theory, and Ethical Performance: A Synthesis of the Factors Affecting Owners’ and Contractors’ Performance in the Bidding Construction Process." Journal of General Management 38, no. 4 (September, 2013): [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: JULY, 2013. ]
Ahmed Ismail, Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah. "Acquirer’s return and the choice of acquisition targets. Does acquisition experience matter?" Applied Economics 45, no. 26 (January, 2013): 3770-3777. [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: NOVEMBER, 2012. ]
Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah, Wissam Abdallah and Ahmed Ismail. "Do Accounting Standards Matter to Financial Analysts? An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of Cross-listing from Different Accounting Standards Regimes on Analyst Following and Forecast Error." International Journal of Accounting 47 (March, 2012): 168–197. [Comment: ACCEPTANCE DATE: JANUARY, 2011. ]
Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah, Wissam Abdallah and Mohsen Saad. "The Effect of Cross-Listing on Trading Volume: Reducing Segmentation Versus Signaling Investor Protection." Journal of Financial Research XXXIV, no. 4 (December, 2011): 589–616.
Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah, and Christos Ioannidis. "Why do firms cross-list? International evidence from the US market." Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance (May, 2010): 50 (2), 202-213.
Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah, Wissam Abdallah and Yu Zu. "The Market Reaction to Banks’ Overseas Listing: Evidence from American Depositary Receipts." The Journal of Financial Decision Making (December, 2009): 5 (2).
Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah. "Do Regulations Matter? The Effects of Cross-Listing on Analysts’ Coverage and Forecast Errors: A Comparative Analysis." Review of Accounting and Finance (July, 2008): 7 (3), 285-307.
Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah, and We Lie. "Why did ABC fail in the Bank of China?" Management Accounting Quarterly Journal (April, 2008): Spring, 7-14.
Conference Presentations
Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah, Ahmed Ismail. "Corporate Governance Practices, Ownership Structure, and Corporate Performance in the GCC Countries." Paper presented at the 7th Annual Research Symposium in Business and Economics (RSBE), Wednesday the 13th of May, 2015, AUS, UAE, May 13, 2015.
Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah, Ahmed Ismail. "Corporate Governance Practices, Ownership Structure, and Corporate Performance in the GCC Countries." Paper presented at the 4th European Business Research Conference, Imperial College, London, April 9-10, 2015.
Wissam Abdallah, Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah. "Does Cross-listing mitigate sub-Optimal Corporate Investment?" Paper presented at the Fourth Biennial Global Accounting and Organizational Change Conference November 17?20, 2014, Sharjah, UAE, November 17-20, 2014.
Abed AL-Nasser, Abdallah, Mostafa Hassan. "The Determinants of Corporate Risk Disclosure in the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) Countries." Paper presented at the BAFA 2014 Annual Conference, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, April 14-16, 2014.
Abed AL-Nasser, Abdallah, Wissam Abdallah. "Institutional Characteristics, external finance, and corporate investment in MENA Region." Paper presented at the Accounting and Finance Research Seminar, AUS, October 29, 2013.
Abed AL-Nasser, Abdallah, Ahmed Ismail. "Corporate Governance Practices, Shareholders? Rights and Corporate Performance in the GCC Countries." Paper presented at the The 14th workshop on corporate governance and investment, 24-25 September, 2013, American University of Sharjah, UAE, September 24-25, 2013.
Abed AL-Nasser, Abdallah, Ahmed Ismail. "Corporate Governance Practices, Shareholders? Rights and Corporate Performance in the GCC Countries." Paper presented at the 5th annual research symposium in business and economics, May 2, 2013, American University of Sharjah, UAE, May 2, 2013.
Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah, Mostafa Hassan. "The effects of firm characteristics and level of corporate governance on corporate risk disclosure: The case of the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) countries." Paper presented at the 13th Workshop on Corporate Governance and Investment, 12 - 13 October 2012, October 12-13, 2012.
Ahmed Ismail, Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah. "Corporate Governance Practices, Shareholders? Rights and Corporate Performance in the GCC Countries." Paper presented at the the 10th international conference on corporate governance ? ?Corporate Governance and Universal Acceptance: Taking Stock of Progress and Indicators of Future Trends? to be held on Thursday, 25th June 2012., June 25, 2012.
Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah, Wissam Abdallah. "The Market Reaction to the Adoption of IFRS in the European Insurance Industry." Paper presented at the the 48th BAFA ANNUAL CONFERENCE, TUESDAY 17 APRIL TO THURSDAY 19 APRIL 2012, HILTON METROPOLE HOTEL, BRIGHTON, April 17-19, 2012.
Abdelaziz Chazi, Musa Darayseh and Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah. "A Financial Crisis Buffer: the Case of Islamic Banking." Paper presented at the The 5th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, 4-7 April, 2012, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece, April 4-7, 2012.
Abdelaziz Chazi, Musa Darayseh and Abed Al-Nasser Abdallah. "A Financial Crisis Buffer: the Case of Islamic Banking." Paper presented at the First Annual Symposium: Analytical and Empirical Research in Islamic Finance, Management, Economics and Law, 3-4 December, 2011, El Shaarani Centre for Islamic Business and Finance, Aston University, December 3-4, 2011.
Ahmed Ismail, Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah. "Do acquirers really learn from their acquisition experience? The UK evidence." Paper presented at the BAFA annual conference 2011, 12-14 April, Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK, April, 2011.
Abdelaziz Chazi, Musa Darayseh and Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah. "The sustainability growth rate in Islamic financial institutions in light of the recent financial crisis." Paper presented at the The 47th annual MBAA international conference, March 23-25, 2011, The Adrke Hotel, Chicago, IL, March, 2011.
Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah, Wissam Abdallah, and Yue Liu. "The market reaction to the adoption of IFRS in UK insurance industry." Paper presented at the Eurasia Business and Economics Society conference, Istanbul, Turkey, May, 2010.
Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah, Wissam Abdallah, and Ahmed Ismail. "Do Accounting standards matter to financial analysts? An empirical analysis for the effect of cross-listing from different accounting standards regimes on analyst following and forecast error." Paper presented at the Frach Finance Association, 2010 Annual meeting, France, ST Malo, May, 2010.
Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah, and Wissam Abdallah, and Mohsen Saad. "The Effect of Cross-Listing on Trading Volume: Reducing Segmentation versus Signaling Investor Protection." Paper presented at the International Conference on Business and Economic Research, Malaysia, March, 2010.
Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah, and Wissam Abdallah. "Characteristics of Foreign Firms Listing on Low versus High Investor Protection Markets." Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Finance, Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, July, 2009.
Ahmed Ismail, and Abed AL-Nasser Abdallah. "Do acquirers really learn from their acquisition experience? The UK evidence." Paper presented at the 18th European Financial Management Association (EFMA) conference, Bocconi University, June, 2009.
Awards and Honors
AUS Faculty Research Grant, FRG, AED 30,000 ($8152); Project: The sustainability of Islamic banks in the light of recent crisis, with Dr. Musa Darayseh, and Dr. Abdelaziz Chazi. 2010-2011
AUS Faculty Research Grant, FRG, AED 30,000 ($8152); Project: Cross-listing and mergers and acquisitions in Europe, with Dr. Musa Darayseh, and Dr. Wissam Abdallah. 2010-2011
AUS Faculty Research Grant, FRG, AED 5,000 ($1359); Project: corporate governance and stock performance in the GCC market, with Ahmed Ismail (UAE university), and Mohsen Saad. 2008-2009
AUS faculty research grant, AED 28,710 ($7800); Project: The Effect of Cross-Listing on Trading Volume: Reducing Segmentation versus Signaling Investor, with Wissam Abdallah, and Mohsen Saad 2008-2009
AUS faculty research grant, AED 17,600 ($4783). 2007-2008
