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Shams Pathan

The German International University

Cairo

Egypt

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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“  Professor Dr. Mohammad Shams Tabrize Pathan is Full Professor of Finance at German International University (Cairo), with over two decades of international research and teaching leadership across the UK, Australia, and Asia. His work sits at the intersection of finance, ethics, and sustainability—focusing on responsible banking, climate-related financial risk, corporate governance, ESG integration, and digital transformation in financial systems. Author of 30+ peer-reviewed articles in leading journals, he has attracted over £215,000 in competitive research funding (including an ARC DECRA) and amassed 4,000+ citations (h-index 19). Guided by the principles of Curiosity, Conscience, and Commitment, his research seeks to reimagine finance as a force for equitable, resilient, and sustainable development.  ”

Scholarly Papers (33)

1.

Strong Boards, CEO Power and Bank Risk-Taking

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 33, No. 7, pp. 1340-1350
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 02 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 13 May 2009
Shams Pathan
The German International University
Downloads 2,258 (16,646)
Citation 77

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Bank risk-taking, Board of directors, CEO power, Bank governance, Bank holding companies

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Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions: A Data Envelopment Analysis

Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 16 May 2009 Last Revised: 04 Jan 2014
Mamiza Haq, Michael T. Skully and Shams Pathan
University of Queensland - Finance, Monash University - Department of Banking and Finance and The German International University
Downloads 1,875 (22,317)
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Africa, Asia, Data Envelopment Analysis, Efficiency, Latin America, Microfinance institutions

Does Board Structure in Banks Really Affect Their Performance?

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2012
Shams Pathan and Robert W. Faff
The German International University and Corvinus University Budapest
Downloads 1,370 (35,228)
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Board Structure, Board Independence, Gender Diversity, Bank Holding Companies, Endogeneity, System GMM, Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Crisis; Market Power

Does Board Structure in Banks Really Affect Their Performance?

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2012
Shams Pathan and Robert W. Faff
The German International University and Corvinus University Budapest
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Board Structure, Board Size, Board Independence, Gender Diversity, Bank Holding Companies, Endogeneity, System GMM, Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Financial Constraints and Dividend Policy

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 29 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2014
The German International University, Corvinus University Budapest, Oviedo University - School of Economics and Business and Independent
Downloads 836 (71,278)

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Dividends, Financial constraints, Seasoned equity issues

Financial Constraints and Dividend Policy

Australian Journal of Management, Vol. 41, No. 3, 2016
Posted: 30 Jul 2016
Corvinus University Budapest, Oviedo University - School of Economics and Business, Independent and The German International University

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Dividends, financial constraints, seasoned equity issues

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Endogenously Structured Boards of Directors in Banks

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 34, No. 7, pp. 1590-1606
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2012
Shams Pathan and Michael T. Skully
The German International University and Monash University - Department of Banking and Finance
Downloads 811 (75,476)
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Board of directors, Independent directors, CEO, CEO duality, Endogenous, Bank Holding Companies

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Board Size, Independence and Performance: An Analysis of Thai Banks

Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 211-227, September 2007
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2008
The German International University, Monash University - Department of Banking and Finance and Monash University - Department of Accounting
Downloads 784 (78,992)
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Board size, independent directors, Thailand, fixed-effects, panel data, commercial banks, performance

Managerial Incentives, Market Power and Bank Risk-Taking

Finance and Corporate Governance Conference 2010 Paper, Systemic Risk, Basel III, Financial Stability and Regulation 2011
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2011
Mamiza Haq, Barry Williams and Shams Pathan
University of Queensland - Finance, Department of Banking and Finance and The German International University
Downloads 383 (190,416)

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Bank risk-taking, Managerial incentives, Market power, CEO ownership, Charter value, Bank holding companies

Managerial Incentives, Market Power, and Bank Risk-Taking

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 31 Jul 2011
Mamiza Haq, Shams Pathan and Barry Williams
University of Queensland - Finance, The German International University and Department of Banking and Finance
Downloads 313 (238,517)
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Bank risk-taking, Managerial incentives, Market power, CEO ownership, Charter value, Bank holding companies

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Reforms in Thai Bank Governance: The Aftermath of the Asian Financial Crisis

International Review of Financial Analysis, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 345-365, March 2008
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2008
The German International University, Monash University - Department of Banking and Finance and Monash University - Department of Accounting
Downloads 599 (112,258)
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Corporate governance, board composition, Granger-causality, Asian financial crisis, Thailand

Overconfident Bank CEOs: Risk Amplification Amid Economic Policy Uncertainty?

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 24-31
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 03 May 2024 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2026
Kwabena A. Addo, Shams Pathan and Steven Ongena
ESSCA School of Management, The German International University and University of Zurich - Department Finance
Downloads 313 (238,517)

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Economic Policy Uncertainty, CEO overconfidence, banking risk, bank lending, banking performance

Overconfident Bank CEOS: Risk Amplification Amid Economic Policy Uncertainty?

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Sep 2024
Kwabena A. Addo, Shams Pathan and Steven Ongena
ESSCA School of Management, The German International University and University of Zurich - Department Finance
Downloads 89 (755,041)
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Economic Policy Uncertainty, CEO overconfidence, banking risk, bank lending, banking performance.

Overconfident Bank CEOS: Risk Amplification Amid Economic Policy Uncertainty?

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 02 Jan 2025
Kwabena A. Addo, Steven Ongena and Shams Pathan
ESSCA School of Management, University of Zurich - Department Finance and The German International University
Downloads 67 (912,349)

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Economic Policy Uncertainty, CEO overconfidence, banking risk, bank lending, banking performance

Overconfident Bank CEOS: Risk Amplification Amid Economic Policy Uncertainty?

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 08 Feb 2025
Kwabena A. Addo, Shams Pathan and Steven Ongena
ESSCA School of Management, The German International University and University of Zurich
Downloads 46 (1,144,483)

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Economic Policy Uncertainty, CEO overconfidence, banking risk, bank lending, banking performance.

Overconfident Bank CEOS: Risk Amplification Amid Economic Policy Uncertainty?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 04 Aug 2025
Kwabena A. Addo, Shams Pathan and Steven Ongena
ESSCA School of Management, The German International University and University of Zurich
Downloads 39 (1,224,220)

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CEO overconfidence, bank dividend policy, stock repurchases, banking crises, dividend change announcements

10.

New Evidence on National Culture and Bank Capital Structure

2016 Financial Markets and Corporate Governance, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2017
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 30 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2017
Mamiza Haq, Daniel Hu, Robert W. Faff and Shams Pathan
University of Queensland - Finance, University of Queensland, Corvinus University Budapest and The German International University
Downloads 360 (206,453)
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Bank leverage; National culture; Individualism; Power distance; Uncertainty avoidance; Long-term orientation; Endogeneity

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Female directors, audit effort and financial reporting quality

Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 23 Nov 2021
Carlos Fernandez and Shams Pathan
Oviedo University - School of Economics and Business and The German International University
Downloads 303 (251,365)

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Gender diversity, female directors, audit effort, financial reporting quality

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CEO Pay Gap and Bank Risk-taking

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 08 Dec 2019
University of Kansas School of Business, University of Queensland - Finance, affiliation not provided to SSRN and The German International University
Downloads 270 (281,617)
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bank risk-taking, CEO power, CEO pay gap, executive compensation, tournament incentive, discretionary loan loss provision, performance

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Transient Institutional Ownership, Costly External Finance, and Corporate Cash Holdings

Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Volume 52, Issue 2 [10.1111/jbfa.12840]
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 12 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2025
The University of Seoul, Sungkyunkwan University - SKK Business School, The German International University and Corvinus University Budapest
Downloads 261 (293,053)
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transient institutional ownership, cash holdings, debtholder-shareholder conflicts, stock price crash risk

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FinTech adoption in banks and their liquidity creation

British Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 13 Jan 2024
Zhuochen Wu, Shams Pathan and Chen Zheng
Curtin University, The German International University and Curtin University
Downloads 243 (315,246)
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How do ‘busy’ and ‘overlap’ directors relate to CEO pay structure and incentives?

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 03 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2016
Karen L. Benson, Shams Pathan and Peh Hwa Wong
University of Queensland - Business School, The German International University and Independent
Downloads 204 (373,348)
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CEO pay; Incentives; Busy directors; Overlap directors; Delta; Vega; Boards; Endogeneity; Treatment effect; Propensity score matching.

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Does Skin in the Game Help? Bank Franchise Value, Managerial Incentives and ‘Going for Broke’

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Sep 2013
Mamiza Haq, Barry Williams and Shams Pathan
University of Queensland - Finance, Department of Banking and Finance and The German International University
Downloads 192 (395,523)
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Bank risk-taking, Managerial incentives, CEO ownership, Franchise value, Bank holding companies

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Competitive Valuation Effects of Australian IPOs

International Review of Financial Analysis, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Aug 2012
Andrew McGilvery, Robert W. Faff and Shams Pathan
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Corvinus University Budapest and The German International University
Downloads 192 (395,523)

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Initial public offerings, Corporate Governance, Board size, CEO ownership, Abnormal return, Information transfer

Do Private Equity Target Firms Exhibit Less Effectual Governance Structures?

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Oct 2013
Credit Suisse, University of Queensland - Business School and The German International University
Downloads 170 (441,429)

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Private equity, Corporate Governance, Inside ownership, Board size

Do Private Equity Target Firms Exhibit Less Effectual Governance Structures?

Australian Journal of Management, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2016
Posted: 04 May 2016
University of Queensland - Business School, The German International University and Credit Suisse

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Private Equity, Corporate Governance, Inside Ownership, Board Size

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Monitoring by Busy and Overlap Directors: An Examination of Executive Remuneration and Financial Reporting Quality

REFC – Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 18 Oct 2016
Oviedo University - School of Economics and Business, Universidad de Oviedo - Facultad de Economicas and The German International University
Downloads 159 (469,621)

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Board, Executive remuneration, Busy directors, Overlap directors, Audit opinion, earnings management

Banks and Financial Crises: Market Valuation of the Nobel Prize in Economic Science 2022

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 26 Jun 2024
Oviedo University - School of Economics and Business, Universidad de Oviedo - Facultad de Economicas and The German International University
Downloads 61 (966,800)

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Nobel Prize in Economic Science, bank bailouts, event study, bank risk, charter value

Banks and Financial Crises: Market Valuation of the Nobel Prize in Economic Science 2022

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 17 Sep 2024
Oviedo University - School of Economics and Business, Universidad de Oviedo - Facultad de Economicas and The German International University
Downloads 48 (1,107,422)

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Nobel Prize in Economic Science, bank bailouts, event study, bank risk, charter value.

Banks and Financial Crises: Market Valuation of the Nobel Prize in Economic Science 2022

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 10 Jul 2024
Oviedo University - School of Economics and Business, Universidad de Oviedo - Facultad de Economicas and The German International University
Downloads 35 (1,281,607)

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Nobel Prize in Economic Science, bank bailouts, event study, bank risk, charter value.

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Ego versus Environment? How Overconfident Bank CEOs Delay Joining the Green Club That Would Have Them as a Member

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 25-20
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Feb 2025 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2025
Kwabena A. Addo, Shams Pathan and Steven Ongena
ESSCA School of Management, The German International University and University of Zurich - Department Finance
Downloads 143 (514,995)

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CEO overconfidence, green bank alliances, green finance, duration model

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Climate Transition Risks and Bank Liquidity Creation: Adapting to Regulatory Shocks

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 25-75
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 23 Sep 2025 Last Revised: 13 May 2026
Universidad de Oviedo, NTNU Business School, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, University of Zurich - Department Finance and The German International University
Downloads 138 (530,816)

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Climate transition risk, Bank liquidity creation, Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) Budget Trading Program (NBP), Climate regulation, Ownership structure, Bank competition

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The Valuation Impact of Gender Quotas in the Boardroom: Evidence from the European Markets

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 03 Nov 2022
Carlos Fernandez and Shams Pathan
Oviedo University - School of Economics and Business and The German International University
Downloads 122 (588,531)

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Women directors, Board gender diversity, Gender quotas

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Monitoring Capabilities of Busy and Overlap Directors: Evidence from Australia

Méndez, C. F., Pathan, S., & García, R. A. (2015). Monitoring capabilities of busy and overlap directors: Evidence from Australia. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 35, 444-469.
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 02 Feb 2016
Oviedo University - School of Economics and Business, The German International University and Universidad de Oviedo - Facultad de Economicas
Downloads 118 (604,538)

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Board, Executive remuneration, Busy directors, Overlap directors, Audit fees, Audit opinion, Pay-performance sensitivity, CEO turnover

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Institutional Investors’ Horizons and Bank Transparency

Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Forthcoming.
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 27 Jan 2024
University of Queensland - Finance, The German International University, Oviedo University - School of Economics and Business and University of Houston - C.T. Bauer College of Business
Downloads 112 (630,858)
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The Past is Never Dead: Famine-CEOs and Corporate Social Performance

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 12 Sep 2022
Curtin University, Curtin University - Department of Finance and Banking, Curtin University - Department of Finance and Banking, The German International University and Jinan University
Downloads 97 (715,072)

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CEO early-life disaster, Great Chinese Famine, Egoism, Imprinting theory, Corporate Social Performance

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Thriving in Crisis: The Power of Managerial Ability During Covid-19

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 29 Apr 2024
Ella Gorringe, Chen Zheng and Shams Pathan
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Curtin University and The German International University
Downloads 86 (765,566)

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managerial ability, COVID-19, firm performance, financial constraints, information asymmetry

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Pay Gap Matters: Evidence from Bank Liquidity Creation

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 13 Dec 2024
The German International University, Curtin University, Newcastle University Business School and City University of Macau
Downloads 69 (883,195)

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Artificial Intelligence Innovation and the Cost of Bank Loans

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 24 Mar 2026
Texas Lutheran University, Edith Cowan University, Qatar University and The German International University
Downloads 38 (1,209,354)

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AI innovation, loan spreads, cost of debt, intangible assets, agency problems

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Competition, Managerial Slack, and Investment Efficiency: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in China

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 03 Sep 2025
Anhui University, Curtin University, Curtin University - Department of Finance and Banking, Curtin University - Department of Finance and Banking and The German International University
Downloads 33 (1,290,922)

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Local competition, Managerial slack, Quiet life, Investment efficiency

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AI meets banks: the key to reducing risk

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 24 Apr 2026
Edith Cowan University, Curtin University, The University of Western Australia and The German International University
Downloads 30 (1,318,317)

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artificial intelligence, machine learning, bank risk-taking, risk management, California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, operational efficiency, competition

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Artificial intelligence innovation and the cost of bank loans

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 May 2026
Texas Lutheran University, Edith Cowan University, Qatar University and The German International University
Downloads 12 (1,534,404)

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AI innovation, loan spreads, Cost of debt, intangible assets, agency problems

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Does Skin in the Game Help? Bank Franchise Value, Managerial Incentives and 'Going for Broke'

Australian Journal of Management, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2016
Posted: 04 May 2016
Shams Pathan, Mamiza Haq and Barry Williams
The German International University, University of Queensland - Finance and Department of Banking and Finance

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Bank Holding Companies, Bank Risk-Taking, CEO Ownership, Franchise Value, Managerial Incentives