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Profile
College / Department
Teaching areas
Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial Management, Financial Statement Analysis
Research areas
Corporate Governance, Privatization, Corporate Finance, International Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Legal and Political Institutions, Lobbying, Earnings Management
Education
PhD, Finance, Laval University, Canada, 2000
Professional experience
Professor Of Finance, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2010 - Present
Associate Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2007 - 2010
Associate Professor, HEC Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1998 - 2007
Contact
+971 6 515 2587
Dr. Narjess Boubakri
Professor
PhD, Laval University, Canada
Narjess Boubakri has taught at Laval University and HEC Montreal School of Business (affiliated with the University of Montreal). She has taught undergraduate as well as graduate classes in, among other things, corporate finance, financial decision making, and mergers and acquisitions. Her research interests include privatization, corporate governance and transparency, Islamic finance, cost of capital, firm valuation and mergers and acquisitions. Her research in these areas has been widely published.
Publications
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
Irma Martinez Garcia, Rodrigo Basco, Silvia Gomez-anson And Narjess Boubakri. Ownership concentration in the Gulf Cooperation Council, International Journal Of Emerging Markets
Narjess Boubakri. Post-privatization state ownership and bank risk-taking: Cross-country evidence, Journal Of Corporate Finance, 8 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2020
Narjess Boubakri. A Review of the Empirical Literature, The Oxford Handbook Of Banking, 31 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2019
Narjess Boubakri. Liquidity creation performance and financial stability consequences of Islamic banking: Evidence from a multinational study, Journal Of Financial Stability, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2019
Narjess Boubakri. The Stock Liquidity of Banks: A Comparison between Islamic and Conventional Banks in Emerging Economies, Emerging Markets Review, 1 June 2019
Narjess Boubakri. Is privatization a socially responsible reform?, Journal Of Corporate Finance, 1 June 2019
Narjess Boubakri. State Ownership and Debt Choice: Evidence from Privatization, Journal Of Financial And Quantitative Analysis, 13 May 2019
Narjess Boubakri. State Ownership and Stock Liquidity: Evidence from Privatization, Ssrn, 14 February 2019
Narjess Boubakri And Jocelyn Grira. Models of corporate socially responsible banks: financial cooperatives, Islamic banks, and microfinance institutions, Research Handbook Of Investing In The Triple Bottom Line, 2018
Sabri Boubaker, Narjess Boubakri, Jocelyn Grira And Asma Guizani. Sovereign wealth funds and equity pricing: Evidence from implied cost of equity of publicly traded targets, Journal Of Corporate Finance, 1 December 2018
Narjess Boubakri, El Ghoul, Sadok, Omrane Guedhami And William Megginson. The market value of government ownership, Journal Of Corporate Finance, 1 June 2018
Anis Samet, Narjess Boubakri And Sabri Boubaker. Does public-private status affect bank risk taking? Worldwide evidence, Journal Of International Financial Markets, Institutions And Money, 1 March 2018
Narjess Boubakri And Robert Nash. Foreword, Journal Of Corporate Finance, 2017
Mohamed Belkhir, Narjess Boubakri And Jocelyn Grira. Political risk and the cost of capital in the MENA region, Emerging Markets Review, 2017
Narjess Boubakri, Jean-claude Cosset And Jocelyn Grira. Sovereign wealth funds investment effects on target firms' competitors, Emerging Markets Review, 2017
Narjess Boubakri, Jean-claude Cosset And Walid Saffar. The constraints on full privatization: International evidence, Journal Of Corporate Finance, 2017
Houcem Smaoui, Narjess Boubakri And Jean-claude Cosset. The Politics of Sovereign Credit Spreads, Emerging Markets Finance And Trade, 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
Narjess Boubakri, Jean-claude Cosset And Dev Mishra. LARGE SHAREHOLDERS AND TARGET RETURNS: INTERNATIONAL EVIDENCE, Global Corporate Governance, 30 March 2017
Narjess Boubakri And Lobna Bouslimi. Directors' and officers' liability insurance and analyst forecast properties, Finance Research Letters, 2016
Najah Attig, Narjess Boubakri, El Ghoul, Sadok And Omrane Guedhami. Firm Internationalization and Corporate Social Responsibility, Journal Of Business Ethics, 2016
Narjess Boubakri, Omrane Guedhami And Walid Saffar. Geographic location, foreign ownership, and cost of equity capital: Evidence from privatization, Journal Of Corporate Finance, 2016
Narjess Boubakri, Omrane Guedhami, Kwok, Chuck C. Y. And Walid Saffar. National culture and privatization: The relationship between collectivism and residual state ownership, Journal Of International Business Studies, 2016
Narjess Boubakri, Jean-claude Cosset And Jocelyn Grira. Sovereign wealth funds targets selection: A comparison with pension funds, Journal Of International Financial Markets Institutions & Money, 2016
Najah Attig, Narjess Boubakri, El Ghoul, Sadok And Omrane Guedhami. The Global Financial Crisis, Family Control, and Dividend Policy, Financial Management, 2016
Narjess Boubakri And Walid Saffar. Culture and externally financed firm growth, Journal Of Corporate Finance, 1 December 2016
Narjess Boubakri, El Ghoul, Sadok, He Wang, Omrane Guedhami And Kwok, Chuck C. Y.. Cross-listing and corporate social responsibility, Journal Of Corporate Finance, 1 December 2016
Narjess Boubakri, El Ghoul, Sadok, Omrane Guedhami And Anis Samet. THE EFFECTS OF ANALYST FORECAST PROPERTIES AND COUNTRY-LEVEL INSTITUTIONS ON THE COST OF DEBT, Journal Of Financial Research, 2015
Hamdi Ben-nasr, Narjess Boubakri And Jean-claude Cosset. Earnings quality in privatized firms: The role of state and foreign owners, Journal Of Accounting And Public Policy, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2015
Narjess Boubakri, El Ghoul, Sadok And Walid Saffar. Firm growth and political institutions, Journal Of Multinational Financial Management, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2015
Narjess Boubakri, El Ghoul, Sadok And Walid Saffar. Political rights and equity pricing, Journal Of Corporate Finance, 2014
Narjess Boubakri, Jean-claude Cosset And Anis Samet. International Cross-Listings and Subsequent Security-Market Choices: Evidence from ADRs, Financial Review, 2013
Abdelaziz Chazi, Narjess Boubakri And Fernando Zanella. Corporate dividend policy in practice: Evidence from an emerging market with a tax-free environment, Pacific Basin Finance Journal, 1 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2011
Narjess Boubakri, Abdelaziz Chazi And Ashraf Khallaf. Targets Performance in Terminated Bids: An Empirical Examination, Quarterly Journal Of Finance And Accounting, 2010
Narjess Boubakri, Jean-claude Cosset And Anis Samet. The choice of ADRs, Journal Of Banking And Finance, 2010
Grants and sponsorships
Grant, FRG2019, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2019 - 31 May 2022
Awards and Honors
Best Young Researcher, HEC Montreal
Research Fellow, ERF
Best Paper Award, Global Finance Conference, 1 April 2014
Best Paper Award, AIB (UK_Ireland Chapter), 31 May 2012
