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Emdad Islam

Monash University

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Clayton, Victoria 3168

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1.

Inventor CEOs

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming, 31st Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2018
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 30 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2019
Emdad Islam and Jason Zein
Monash University and UNSW Business School
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Inventor CEOs, CEO Style, Innovation, Human Capital

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Eyes on the Prize: Do Industry Tournament Incentives Shape the Structure of Executive Compensation?

Forthcoming, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 19 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2020
Emdad Islam, Lubna Rahman, Rik Sen and Jason Zein
Monash University, Monash University, University of Georgia and UNSW Business School
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Tournament Incentives, Executive Compensation Design, Risk-Taking Incentives, Executive Mobility

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Geographic Diversification, Climate Risk, and Bank Lending: Evidence from Farm Loans

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 28 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 22 May 2025
Emdad Islam and Mandeep Singh
Monash University and The University of Sydney - Discipline of Finance
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Small Farm Loans, Abnormal Temperature, Market-Level Information, Branch Network, Climate Adaptation.

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Powerful CEOs and Corporate Governance

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 10 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2021
Mark Humphery-Jenner, Mark Humphery-Jenner, Emdad Islam, Lubna Rahman, Jo-Ann Suchard and Jo-Ann Suchard
University of New South Wales (UNSW)UNSW Business School, Monash University, Monash University and UNSW Business SchoolFinancial Research Network (FIRN)
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Powerful CEOs, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Compliant firms, Non-Compliant Firms, R&D, Innovation, Empire Building, CAPX, PPE, Dividend, Corporate Governance

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Mobility Restrictions and Risk-Related Agency Conflicts

European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 665/2020
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 03 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2022
Emdad Islam, Ronald W. Masulis and Lubna Rahman
Monash University, University of New South Wales, Sydney and Monash University
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Career Concerns, Risk-Related Agency Conflicts, Leverage, Acquisitions

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Death by Troll: How Opportunistic Patent Enforcement Stifles Green Innovation

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 30 Nov 2023
Piers Herring, Emdad Islam, Wenquan Li and Suman Neupane
University of Queensland Business School, Monash University, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) - International Business School Suzhou and University of Queensland
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Climate finance, Green corporate innovation, Opportunistic NPE litigation, Climate change mitigation

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De-risking the C-suite? Regulatory Risk Related to Climate Change and the Design of Incentive Compensation Contracts

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 29 Aug 2024 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2025
Xueyan Bai, Hasibul Chowdhury, Emdad Islam and Lubna Rahman
University of Queensland, University of Queensland - Business School, Monash University and Monash University
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Risk-taking incentives, Climate Change, Regulatory risk, Executive compensation, Institutional investors

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Litigation Risk and Managerial Contracting: Evidence from Universal Demand Laws

UNSW Business School Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 07 May 2020 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2022
Mark Humphery-Jenner, Mark Humphery-Jenner, Emdad Islam, Vikram K. Nanda and Lubna Rahman
University of New South Wales (UNSW)UNSW Business School, Monash University, University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management - Department of Finance & Managerial Economics and Monash University
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Universal Demand Law, Compensation, Litigation, Corporate Governance

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Incentive Contracting in the Shadow of Litigation Risk: Evidence from Universal Demand Laws

UNSW Business School Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 29 Nov 2023
Mark Humphery-Jenner, Mark Humphery-Jenner, Emdad Islam, Vikram K. Nanda and Lubna Rahman
University of New South Wales (UNSW)UNSW Business School, Monash University, University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management - Department of Finance & Managerial Economics and Monash University
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Litigation Risk, Universal Demand Laws, Compensation, Governance

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Do Lenders Pay Attention to Climate Risk? Evidence from Farm Loans

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 23 Aug 2024
Mandeep Singh and Emdad Islam
The University of Sydney - Discipline of Finance and Monash University
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Small Farm Loans, Abnormal Temperature, Market-Level Information, Branch Network, Climate Adaptation

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The Impact of Product Market Competition on Workplace Safety

Journal of Corporate Finance, volume 93, 2025[10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2025.102778]
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 17 Sep 2025
Emdad Islam, Blake Loriot and Lubna Rahman
Monash University, Monash University and Monash University
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Product Market Competition, Workplace Safety, Cost-Cutting, Product Differentiation

12.

Politics to People: Establishment-Level Evidence on Non-Market Responses to Noncompliance Risk

Number of pages: 61
Emdad Islam, Lubna Rahman and Cara Vansteenkiste
Monash University, Monash University and Business School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2000
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JEL Classification: M14, G38, D64, D72, G32 political connections, non-market mechanisms, noncompliance risk, social capital, corporate philanthropy, corporate misconduct, labor law enforcement

13.

Leveraging Populism

Posted: 02 Oct 2025
Emdad Islam, Abdullah-Al Masum and Jian Xu
Monash University, Johnson C. Smith University and Fort Hays State University

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Tailoring Compensation Contracts to Moderate the Effect of CEOs’ Behavioral Attributes on Corporate Outcomes

UNSW Business School Research Paper Forthcoming
Posted: 10 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2024
Mark Humphery-Jenner, Mark Humphery-Jenner, Emdad Islam, Lubna Rahman, Jo-Ann Suchard and Jo-Ann Suchard
University of New South Wales (UNSW)UNSW Business School, Monash University, Monash University and UNSW Business SchoolFinancial Research Network (FIRN)

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Compensation, Corporate Governance

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Politicians’ Pet: Political Connections and Abusive Workplace Culture

Posted: 01 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2022
Emdad Islam, Blake Loriot and Lubna Rahman
Monash University, Monash University and Monash University

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Abusive workplace culture, Political connections, Lobbying, Politically connected directors