Dr Asma Mobarek
Senior Lecturer in Economics
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Asma Mobarek did her PhD from the University of Leeds, UK, on stock market efficiency and asset pricing. She taught at the University of Dhaka, University of Botswana and Stockholm University Business School in the past.
Her current research interest includes consequence of financial crisis on financial markets and investors' behavior during crisis, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility etc. She has completed several internally and externally funded research projects. She was a member of the project team in an EU funded project on Pro-MHI Micro-Health Insurance in Botswana University. She has also obtained approximately GBP175, 000 from Handelsbanken's Jan Wallanders Foundation, Nasdaq OMX Nordic Foundation and Vinnova foundation in Sweden.
Her recent papers are appeared in Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of Financial Services Research, and Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions, and Money, Review of Quantitative Finance & Accounting. She is currently working as a guest editor of open access Sustainability Journal (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/ESG_sus).
Publication
2023
- Mamatzakis, E., Alexakis, C., Yahyaee, K. A., Pappas, V., Mobarek, A. and Mollah, S. 2023. Does corporate governance affect the performance and stability of Islamic banks?. Corporate Governance (10.1108/CG-05-2022-0217)
- Ahmad, N., Mobarek, A. and Raid, M. 2023. Impact of global financial crisis on firm performance in UK: Moderating role of ESG, corporate governance and firm size. Cogent Business & Management 10(1), article number: 2167548. (10.1080/23311975.2023.2167548)
- Hagawe, H. M., Mobarek, A., Hanuk, A. and Jamal, A. 2023. A unique business model for microfinance institution: the case of Assadaqaat Community Finance (ACF). Cogent Business & Management 10(1), article number: 2135202. (10.1080/23311975.2022.2135202)
2022
- Bouslah, K., Li, Q. and Mobarek, A. 2022. Board gender diversity and the social performance of microfinance institutions. Working Papers In Responsible Banking & Finance 23(11), pp. 1-55.
2021
- Mollah, S., Liljeblom, E. and Mobarek, A. 2021. Heterogeneity in independent non-executive directors' attributes and risk-taking in large banks. Journal of Corporate Finance 70, article number: 102074. (10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.102074)
- Ahmed, N., Mobarek, A. and Nawazesh Roni, N. 2021. Revisiting the impact of ESG on financial performance of FTSE350 UK firms: Static and dynamic panel data analysis. Cogent Business & Management 8(1), article number: 1900500. (10.1080/23311975.2021.1900500)
2019
- Mollah, S., Al Farooque, O., Mobarek, A. and Molyneu, P. 2019. Bank corporate governance and future earnings predictability. Journal of Financial Services Research 56, pp. 369-394. (10.1007/s10693-019-00307-7)
2017
- Cai, C. X., Mobarek, A. and Zhang, Q. 2017. International stock market leadership and its determinants. Journal of Financial Stability 33, pp. 150-162. (10.1016/j.jfs.2016.10.002)
- Mollah, S., Hassan, M. K., Al Farooque, O. and Mobarek, A. 2017. The governance, risk-taking, and performance of Islamic banks. Journal of Financial Services Research 51, pp. 195-219. (10.1007/s10693-016-0245-2)
2016
- Mobarek, A., Muradoglub, G., Mollaha, S. and Jun Houa, A. 2016. Determinants of time varying co-movements among international stock markets during crisis and non-crisis periods. Journal of Financial Stability 24, pp. 1-11. (10.1016/j.jfs.2016.03.003)
2014
- Mobarek, A., Mollah, S. and Keasey, K. 2014. A cross-country analysis of herd behavior in Europe. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 32, pp. 107-127. (10.1016/j.intfin.2014.05.008)
- Mobarek, A. and Fiorante, A. 2014. The prospects of BRIC countries: Testing weak-form market efficiency. Research in International Business and Finance 30, pp. 217-232. (10.1016/j.ribaf.2013.06.004)
- Mobarek, A. and Kalonov, A. 2014. Comparative performance analysis between conventional and Islamic banks: empirical evidence from OIC countries. Applied Economics 46(3), pp. 253-270. (10.1080/00036846.2013.839863)
- Mobarek, A. and Li, M. 2014. Regional volatility: common or country-specific? Exploration of international stock market. Studies in Economics and Finance 31(4), pp. 406-425. (10.1108/SEF-04-2013-0051)
2009
- Mollah, S. and Mobarek, A. 2009. Market volatility across countries – evidence from international markets. Studies in Economics and Finance 26(4), pp. 257-274. (10.1108/10867370910995717)
2008
- Mobarek, A. 2008. Market efficiency and stock returns behaviour in emerging market: evidence from the Bangladesh stock market. Journal of Emerging Market Finance 7(1), pp. 17-41.
Articles
- Mamatzakis, E., Alexakis, C., Yahyaee, K. A., Pappas, V., Mobarek, A. and Mollah, S. 2023. Does corporate governance affect the performance and stability of Islamic banks?. Corporate Governance (10.1108/CG-05-2022-0217)
- Ahmad, N., Mobarek, A. and Raid, M. 2023. Impact of global financial crisis on firm performance in UK: Moderating role of ESG, corporate governance and firm size. Cogent Business & Management 10(1), article number: 2167548. (10.1080/23311975.2023.2167548)
- Hagawe, H. M., Mobarek, A., Hanuk, A. and Jamal, A. 2023. A unique business model for microfinance institution: the case of Assadaqaat Community Finance (ACF). Cogent Business & Management 10(1), article number: 2135202. (10.1080/23311975.2022.2135202)
- Bouslah, K., Li, Q. and Mobarek, A. 2022. Board gender diversity and the social performance of microfinance institutions. Working Papers In Responsible Banking & Finance 23(11), pp. 1-55.
- Mollah, S., Liljeblom, E. and Mobarek, A. 2021. Heterogeneity in independent non-executive directors' attributes and risk-taking in large banks. Journal of Corporate Finance 70, article number: 102074. (10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2021.102074)
- Ahmed, N., Mobarek, A. and Nawazesh Roni, N. 2021. Revisiting the impact of ESG on financial performance of FTSE350 UK firms: Static and dynamic panel data analysis. Cogent Business & Management 8(1), article number: 1900500. (10.1080/23311975.2021.1900500)
- Mollah, S., Al Farooque, O., Mobarek, A. and Molyneu, P. 2019. Bank corporate governance and future earnings predictability. Journal of Financial Services Research 56, pp. 369-394. (10.1007/s10693-019-00307-7)
- Cai, C. X., Mobarek, A. and Zhang, Q. 2017. International stock market leadership and its determinants. Journal of Financial Stability 33, pp. 150-162. (10.1016/j.jfs.2016.10.002)
- Mollah, S., Hassan, M. K., Al Farooque, O. and Mobarek, A. 2017. The governance, risk-taking, and performance of Islamic banks. Journal of Financial Services Research 51, pp. 195-219. (10.1007/s10693-016-0245-2)
- Mobarek, A., Muradoglub, G., Mollaha, S. and Jun Houa, A. 2016. Determinants of time varying co-movements among international stock markets during crisis and non-crisis periods. Journal of Financial Stability 24, pp. 1-11. (10.1016/j.jfs.2016.03.003)
- Mobarek, A., Mollah, S. and Keasey, K. 2014. A cross-country analysis of herd behavior in Europe. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money 32, pp. 107-127. (10.1016/j.intfin.2014.05.008)
- Mobarek, A. and Fiorante, A. 2014. The prospects of BRIC countries: Testing weak-form market efficiency. Research in International Business and Finance 30, pp. 217-232. (10.1016/j.ribaf.2013.06.004)
- Mobarek, A. and Kalonov, A. 2014. Comparative performance analysis between conventional and Islamic banks: empirical evidence from OIC countries. Applied Economics 46(3), pp. 253-270. (10.1080/00036846.2013.839863)
- Mobarek, A. and Li, M. 2014. Regional volatility: common or country-specific? Exploration of international stock market. Studies in Economics and Finance 31(4), pp. 406-425. (10.1108/SEF-04-2013-0051)
- Mollah, S. and Mobarek, A. 2009. Market volatility across countries – evidence from international markets. Studies in Economics and Finance 26(4), pp. 257-274. (10.1108/10867370910995717)
- Mobarek, A. 2008. Market efficiency and stock returns behaviour in emerging market: evidence from the Bangladesh stock market. Journal of Emerging Market Finance 7(1), pp. 17-41.
Teaching
Teaching commitments
- International Finance
- International Banking
Supervisions
Current supervision
Huda Mohammad Hagawe Hagawe
Contact Details
MobarekA@cardiff.ac.uk
+44 29208 74256
Aberconway Building, Room F06, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
+44 29208 74256
Aberconway Building, Room F06, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU