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College / Department

School of Business Administration

Department of Finance

Teaching areas

Banking, International Finance, Corporate Finance

Research areas

Bank regulations, risk and return; finance and economic performance; and Islamic banking

Education

PhD, Banking And Finance, Brunel University London, United Kingdom, 2013

MS, Economic Systems Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran, 2003

BS, Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Iran, 2001

Professional experience

Assistant Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2014 - Present

Memberships

European Financial Management Association, EFMA, International, 01 January 2018

International Finance and Banking Society, IFBS, International, 01 January 2017

European Economic Association, EEA, International, 01 January 2010

Middle East Economic Association, MEEA, International, 01 January 2010

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 4645

Dr. Ali Mirzaei

Associate Professor

PhD, Brunel University London, United Kingdom

Ali Mirzaei joined AUS in 2014. His research interests are banking performance, financial regulations, finance and growth, and Islamic finance. Dr. Mirzaei has published several papers in key finance and economics journals, such as the'Journal of Banking and Finance,'Journal of Financial Stability'and'Economica.'He also has professional experience in a development bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the United National Development Organization (UNIDO).

Publications

Abdelaziz Chazi, Ali Mirzaei And Zaher Zantout. Are Islamic banks really resilient to crises: New evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic, Research In International Business And Finance

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

Deniz Igan, Ali Mirzaei And Tomoe Moore. A shot in the arm: Economic support packages and firm performance during COVID-19, Journal Of Corporate Finance, 14 December 2022

Ali Mirzaei And Anis Samet. Effectiveness of macroprudential policies: Do stringent bank regulation and supervision matter?, International Review Of Economics & Finance, 1 March 2022

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

Ali Mirzaei, Deniz Igan And Tomoe Moore. Does macroprudential policy alleviate the adverse impact of COVID-19 on the resilience of banks?, Journal Of Banking & Finance

Ali Mirzaei And Tomoe Moore. Does bank efficiency enhance industry growth in developing countries?, Inclusive Financial Development, 19 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2021

Ali Mirzaei, Fotios Pasiouras And Anis Samet. State ownership, macroprudential policies, and bank lending, Journal Of International Money And Finance, 30 June 2021

Osamah Alkhazali, Hooi Lean, Ali Mirzaei And Taisier Zoubi. A comparison of the gold-oil portfolio and oil portfolio: A stochastic dominance approach, Finance Research Letters, 1 May 2021

Abdelaziz Chazi, Ali Mirzaei And Zaher Zantout. Does the size of Islamic banking matter for industry growth: International Evidence, Applied Economics, 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

Ali Mirzaei And Tomoe Moore. Do macro‐prudential policies jeopardize banking competition?, International Review Of Finance, 3 September 2020

Deniz Igan And Ali Mirzaei. Does going tough on banks make the going get tough? Bank liquidity regulations, capital requirements, and sectoral activity, Journal Of Economic Behavior & Organization, 21 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2020

Deniz Igan, Ali Mirzaei And Ali Kutan. The real effects of capital inflows in emerging markets, Journal Of Banking & Finance, 15 August 2020

Ali Mirzaei And Roert Grosse. The interaction of quantity and quality of finance: Did it make industries more resilient to the recent global financial crisis?, International Review Of Economics And Finance, 1 November 2019

Ali Mirzaei And Tomoe Moore. Real effect of bank efficiency: Evidence from disaggregated manufacturing sectors, Economica, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019

Ali Mirzaei. Market power among UAE banks: The 2008 financial crisis and its impact, The Quarterly Review Of Economics And Finance, 5 June 2018

Osamah Alkhazali And Ali Mirzaei. Stock market anomalies, market efficiency and the adaptive market hypothesis: Evidence from Islamic stock indices, Journal Of International Financial Markets, Institutions And Money, 26 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2017

Osamah Al-khazali And Ali Mirzaei. The impact of oil price movements on bank non-performing loans: Global evidence from oil-exporting countries, Emerging Markets Review, 4 May 2017

Narjess Boubakri, Ali Mirzaei And Anis Samet. National culture and bank performance: Evidence from the recent financial crisis, Journal Of Financial Stability, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2017

Tomoe Moore And Ali Mirzaei. The impact of the global financial crisis on industry growth, The Manchester School, March 2016

Ali Mirzaei And Ritab Al-khouri. The resilience of oil-rich economies to the global financial crisis: Evidence from Kuwaiti financial and real sectors, Economic Systems, March 2016

Ali Mirzaei And Ali Kutan. Does bank diversification improve output growth? Evidence from the recent global crisis, International Review Of Finance, 23 February 2016

Ali Mirzaei And Tomoe Moore. Banking performance and industry growth in an oil-rich economy: Evidence from Qatar, The Quarterly Review Of Economics And Finance, 28 June 2015

Ali Mirzaei And Tomoe Moore. What are the driving forces of bank competition across different income groups of countries?, Journal Of International Financial Markets, Institutions And Money, 2 June 2014

Guy Liu, Ali Mirzaei And Sotiris Vandoros. The impact of bank competition and concentration on industrial growth, Economics Letters, 24 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2014

John Beirne, Christian Beulen, Guy Liu And Ali Mirzaei. Global oil prices and the impact of China, China Economic Review, 24 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2013

Ali Mirzaei, Tomoe Moore And Guy Liu. Does market structure matter on banks’ profitability and stability? Emerging vs. advanced economies, Journal Of Banking & Finance, 6 May 2013

Conference Presentations

Capital Inflows and Growth in Developing Countries, International Istanbul Economics Research Conference, 24 November 2022

Macroprudential policies and bank lending: Do institution and bank ownership structure matter?, Euro-asia Forum In Politics, Economics And Business, 12 July 2019

Stringent bank liquidity and capital requirements and sectoral activity, 9th International Conference Of Financial Engineering And Banking Society, 30 May 2019

Stringent bank liquidity and capital requirements and sectoral activity, 5th Forum For Research In Economics & Finance, 18 April 2019

Stringent bank liquidity and capital requirements and sectoral activity, 2018 Annual Meetings, European Financial Management Association, 27 June 2018

Impact of the recent financial regulations on banking performance, 25th Ebes Conference, 23 May 2018

Islamic banking, financial constraints, and industry growth: International evidence, 3rd International Conference On Islamic Perspective Of Accounting, Finance, Economics And Management, Istanbul, Turkey, 23 November 2017

Do regulations of entry and credit access affect industry competition? International evidence, 21th Ebes Conference - Budapest, 12 January 2017

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, FRG20, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2020 - 31 May 2022

Grant, FRG2019, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2019 - 31 May 2022

Grant, Banking Ownership Structure and the Effectiveness of Micro-prudential and Macro-prudential Policies, American University of Sharjah, May 2018 - May 2020

Grant, New Faculty Research Grant, American University of Sharjah, 20 April 2018 - 20 April 2018

Grant, Summer Research Grant, American University of Sharjah, 1 January 2015 - 1 January 2015

Grant, School of Social Sciences Grants, Brunel University London, 3 September 2012 - 3 September 2012

Grant, Academic Excellence Fund, Brunel University London, January 2011 - January 2011

Awards and Honors

Academic Excellence Fund, Brunel University London, 1 September 2011

First Class for PhD Modules, Brunel University London, 20 December 2010