Irfan Safdar

Widener University

Assistant Professor

Chester, PA 19013

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

10

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2,090

TOTAL CITATIONS

12

Scholarly Papers (10)

Dissecting Stock Price Momentum Using Financial Statement Analysis

Forthcoming in Accounting and Finance
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 01 Mar 2018
Anwer S. Ahmed and Irfan Safdar
Texas A&M University - Mays Business School and Widener University
Downloads 411 (153,101)

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Financial Statement Analysis, Fundamental Analysis, Stock Price Momentum

Dissecting Stock Price Momentum Using Financial Statement Analysis

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 04 Jul 2016
Irfan Safdar
Widener University
Downloads 94 (605,894)

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Momentum, Fundamental Analysis, Financial Statement Analysis

Why Does Operating Profitability Predict Returns? New Evidence on Risk versus Mispricing Explanations

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 29 Sep 2023
Anwer S. Ahmed, Michael Neel and Irfan Safdar
Texas A&M University - Mays Business School, University of North Texas - Department of Accounting and Widener University
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Profitability premium, Operating profitability, Stock Returns, Expected Crash Risk, Underreaction

Why Does Operating Profitability Predict Returns? New Evidence on Risk versus Mispricing Explanations

Accounting and Finance, Forthcoming
Posted: 17 Oct 2023
Anwer S. Ahmed, Michael Neel and Irfan Safdar
Texas A&M University - Mays Business School, University of North Texas - Department of Accounting and Widener University

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Profitability premium; Operating profitability; Stock Returns; Expected Crash Risk; Underreaction

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Earnings Volatility, Ambiguity, and Crisis-Period Stock Returns

University of Miami Business School Research Paper No. 3357232
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 Apr 2019
Texas A&M University - Mays Business School, University of Miami and Widener University
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earnings volatility, ambiguity, financial crisis, stock returns

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Evidence on the Presence of Representativeness Bias in Investor Interpretation of Consistency in Sales Growth

Mays Business School Research Paper No. 2608619
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 22 May 2015
Anwer S. Ahmed and Irfan Safdar
Texas A&M University - Mays Business School and Widener University
Downloads 226 (290,921)
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Representativeness, Behavioral Finance, Asset Pricing, Fundamental Analysis, Stock Return Predictability

Financial Statement Relevance, Representational Faithfulness, and Comparability

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 29 Sep 2023
Michael Neel and Irfan Safdar
University of North Texas - Department of Accounting and Widener University
Downloads 210 (310,644)
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FASB, Comparability, Relevance, Representational Faithfulness

Financial Statement Relevance, Representational Faithfulness, and Comparability

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 62 (2024): 309-339
Posted: 03 May 2024
Michael Neel and Irfan Safdar
University of North Texas - Department of Accounting and Widener University

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FASB, Comparability, Relevance, Representational Faithfulness

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The Information Content of Aggregate Profitability

The British Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 10 May 2018
Irfan Safdar
Widener University
Downloads 139 (447,758)
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Discount Rates, Aggregate Profitability, Aggregate Cost of Capital

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Stock Option Exercise, Earnings Management, and Abnormal Stock Returns

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 10 Apr 2019
Irfan Safdar
Widener University
Downloads 128 (478,405)
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Stock Option Exercise, Earnings Management

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Macroeconomic Effects of Investor Superstition

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 Nov 2024
Marius Mihai, Babatunde O Odusami and Irfan Safdar
John Carroll University - Boler School of Business, Widener University - School of Business Administration and Widener University
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investor superstition, spurious signals, incorrect beliefs, behavioral finance

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Why Has Idiosyncratic Volatility Increased?

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 18 Apr 2019
Irfan Safdar
Widener University
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Idiosyncratic Volatility

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Accounting Information and Left-tail Risk

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting 58 (2022): 1709-1740
Posted: 03 May 2024
Michael Neel, Babatunde O Odusami and Irfan Safdar
University of North Texas - Department of Accounting, Widener University - School of Business Administration and Widener University

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Left tail risk, Accounting Information, Financial Statement Analysis, Market Efficiency, Crash Risk