Sabur Mollah

Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield

Chair in Financial Management

Conduit Road

Sheffield, Sheffield S10 1FL

United Kingdom

Swansea Management School, Swansea University

Singleton Park

Singleton Park

Swansea , Wales SA2 8PP

United Kingdom

Hull University Business School

Professor of Finance

Cottingham Road

Hull, Great Britain HU6 7RX

United Kingdom

Hull University Business School

Professor of Finance

Cottingham Road

Hull, Hull HU6 7RX

United Kingdom

  • Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield

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1.

Shari’Ah Supervision, Corporate Governance and Performance: Conventional vs. Islamic Banks

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2015
Sabur Mollah and Mahbub Zaman
Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and Hull University Business School
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Shari’ah Supervision, Corporate Governance, Islamic Banks, Boards of Directors, Ethical Banking.

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The Governance, Risk-Taking, and Performance of Islamic Banks

Journal of Financial Services Research, 2016
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 17 Mar 2016
Sabur Mollah, M. Kabir Hassan, Omar Al Farooque, Mobarek Asma and Mobarek Asma
Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield, University of New Orleans - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and Finance, University of New England (Australia) and Stockholm Business SchoolStockholm Business School
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Corporate governance, Risk-taking, Firm performance, Islamic banks

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Ownership Structure, Corporate Governance, and Firm's Performance in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Bangaldesh

The International Journal of Finance Vol 19, No. 1, 2007
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 28 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 17 May 2015
Sabur Mollah and Bakhtear Talukdar
Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
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Strong Board and Risk-Taking in Islamic Banks

Review of Corporate Finance 1, 135-180
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 29 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 03 May 2021
Sabur Mollah, Michael T. Skully and Eva Liljeblom
Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield, Monash University - Department of Banking and Finance and Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration
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Strong Board, SSB, Religiosity, Risk-Taking, Islamic Banks, Conventional Banks

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Is Interactive Teaching Strategies Effective in Finance Education? Case of Financial Theory Teaching at Graduate School

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 26 Aug 2009
Sabur Mollah
Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield
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Finance Theory Education, and Interactive Teaching Strategies

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Political Connection and Bank In(Efficiency)

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 17 Mar 2017
Omneya Abdelsalam, Sabur Mollah and Emili Tortosa-Ausina
Durham University, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and Jaume I University - Department of Economics
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Banks, Efficiency, MENA Countries, Political Connections, Data Envelopment Analysis, Quantile Regression

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Financial Statement Comparability, Earnings Smoothing and Loan-Loss Provisioning in Banking

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 Jul 2020
Ahsan Habib, Mostafa Monzur Hasan, Sabur Mollah, Philip Molyneux and Philip Molyneux
Massey University - School of Accountancy, Macquarie University - Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and University of SharjahUniversity of Sharjah - College of Business Administration
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Financial Statement Comparability; Earnings Smoothing; Loan-Loss Provision; Global Financial Crisis

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A Cross-Country Analysis of Herd Behavior in Europe

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 Jun 2014
Mobarek Asma, Mobarek Asma, Sabur Mollah and Kevin Keasey
Stockholm Business SchoolStockholm Business School, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and University of Leeds - Division of Accounting and Finance
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Herding, Cross-sectional Dispersion of Returns, Global Financial Crisis, Eurozone Crisis

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Impact of Retained Ownership, CEO-Chair Duality, and Foreign Equity Participation on Auditor Choice of IPO Firms: Evidence from an Emerging Market

International Journal of Accounting and Information Management 21(2), pp. 148-169.
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 23 May 2010 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2014
A.K.M. Waresul Karim, Tony van Zijl and Sabur Mollah
Saint Mary's College of California - Graduate Business Programs, Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka - Faculty of Commerce and Administration and Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield
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Initial Public Offering, Ownership Structure, Auditor Choice

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Bank Corporate Governance and Future Earnings Predictability

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 May 2015 Last Revised: 29 Jul 2015
Sabur Mollah, Omar Al Farooque, Mobarek Asma, Mobarek Asma, Philip Molyneux and Philip Molyneux
Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield, University of New England (Australia) - UNE Business School, Stockholm Business SchoolStockholm Business School and University of SharjahUniversity of Sharjah - College of Business Administration
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Earnings Predictability, Corporate Governance, Bank, GAAP/IFRS

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Do Dividends Signal Future Earnings in the Nordic Stock Markets?

Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 2015, 44(3), 493-511.
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 04 May 2015
Eva Liljeblom, Sabur Mollah and Patrik Rotter
Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and FE Education First
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Dividend Signaling, Nordic Markets, VECM

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Testing Partial Adjustment Dividend Behavioral Models in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Pre- and Post-Market Reforms in Bangladesh

Global Journal of Business Research, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 1-14, 2009
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 27 Feb 2010
Sabur Mollah
Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield
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Do Emerging Market Firms Follow Different Dividend Policies? Empirical Investigation on the Pre and Post Reform Dividend Policy and Behaviour of Dhaka Stock Exchange Listed Firms

Studies in Economics and Finance, Vol. 28(2), pp. 118-135.
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 31 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2014
Sabur Mollah
Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield
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Pay-out Policy, Emerging Markets

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What Motivates CEO and CFO Trading – Contrarian Beliefs or Superior Information?

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 16 Nov 2016
Abu Zakir Md. Rasel Chowdhury, Sabur Mollah and Mir A. Zaman
Stockholm University, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and University of Northern Iowa - Department of Finance
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Insider Trading; CEO; CFO; Contrarian Beliefs; Superior Information; Opportunistic and Routine Trading

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In Search of Opportunistic Trades of Corporate Insiders: Evidence from the US Market

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 16 Dec 2019
Abu Zakir Md. Rasel Chowdhury, Sabur Mollah, Mir A. Zaman and Omar Al Farooque
Stockholm University, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield, University of Northern Iowa - Department of Finance and University of New England (Australia) - UNE Business School
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Opportunistic Trades; Core Insiders; Non-Core Insiders; Contrarian Beliefs; Superior Information

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Asset Securitization and Risk: Does Bank Type Matter?

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 16 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2018
Omneya Abdelsalam, Marwa Elnahass and Sabur Mollah
Durham University, Newcastle University Business School and Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield
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Securitisation, Islamic banks, Conventional banks, Bank Risk, Capitalization

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Asset Securitization and Bank Risk: Do Religiosity or Ownership Structure Matter?

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 18 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2019
Omneya Abdelsalam, Marwa Elnahass and Sabur Mollah
Durham University, Newcastle University Business School and Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield
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Securitisation, Islamic banks, Conventional banks, Bank Risk, Capitalization

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Price Reaction to Dividend Initiations and Omissions in Emerging Market: Evidence from Pre and Post Market Crisis in Bangladesh

The International Journal of Business and Finance Research, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp.51-68, 2007
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 18 Feb 2010
Sabur Mollah
Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield
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Female Chief Risk Officers (Cros) and Risk-Taking in Banks

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 05 Sep 2022
Ramshah Lone, Sabur Mollah and Shuxing Yin
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and University of Sheffield
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enterprise risk management, chief risk officer, board gender-diversity, risk committee, risktaking

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Governance and Bank Characteristics in the Credit and Sovereign Debt Crises – The Impact of CEO Power

Journal of Financial Stability, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2016
Sabur Mollah and Eva Liljeblom
Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration
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global banks, boards, non-performing loans, the credit and sovereign debt crises, distance to default, idiosyncratic risk

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Religiosity and Bank Asset Securitization

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2018
Omneya Abdelsalam, Marwa Elnahass and Sabur Mollah
Durham University, Newcastle University Business School and Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield
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Asset Securitization, Bank type, Religiosity, Bank Risk

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CEO Turnover in Large Banks: Does Tail Risk Matter?

Leeds University Business School Working Paper No. 18-01
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 11 May 2017
Abhishek Srivastav, Kevin Keasey, Sabur Mollah and Francesco Vallascas
University of Leeds - Division of Accounting and Finance, University of Leeds - Division of Accounting and Finance, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and Durham University
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G21, G28

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Does CyberTech Spending Matter for Bank Stability?

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 27 Oct 2020
Md Hamid Uddin, Sabur Mollah and Md Hakim Ali
The University of Southampton - Malaysia Campus, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and Taylor's University
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Bank Stability, Risk-taking, CyberTech, Cybersecurity, FinTech

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Are CEOs More Informative than the CFOs? Empirical Evidence from Contrarian Beliefs and Superior Information

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 18 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2015
Abu Zakir Md. Rasel Chowdhury, Sabur Mollah and Mir A. Zaman
Stockholm University, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and University of Northern Iowa - Department of Finance
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Informativeness, CEO, CFO, Contrarian Beliefs, Superior Information, Opportunistic and Routine Trading

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Determinants of Time Varying Co-Movements Among International Stock Markets During Crisis and Non-Crisis Periods

Journal of Financial Stability, 2016
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 14 Mar 2016
Mobarek Asma, Mobarek Asma, Yaz Gulnur Muradoglu, Sabur Mollah and Ai Jun Hou
Stockholm Business SchoolStockholm Business School, University of Illinois Springfield, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and Stockholm University
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Stock market Co-movement, Advanced and Emerging markets, Crisis, Transmission mechanisms.

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The role of peer effects in corporate employee welfare policies

British Journal of Management
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 05 May 2021
Asad Ali-Rind, Saeed Akbar, Sabri Boubaker, Souad Lajili Jarjir and Sabur Mollah
South Champagne Business School, Hull University Business School (HUBS), Ecole de Management de Normandie, Institut de Recherche en Gestion Université Paris Est and Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield
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Peer effects; Nonwage Labour Costs and Benefits; Employee Welfare; Employee Well-being; Behavioural Finance

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Independent Directors' Connectedness and Bank Risk-Taking

Journal of Financial Stability (Forthcoming) 
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 01 Oct 2024
Abu S. Amin, Yang Zhao, Sabur Mollah, Syed M Kamal and Rasim Simsek
Central Michigan University, Newcastle University, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield, Department of Finance and Bilecik Seyh Edebali University
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risk-taking, network centrality, independent directors' connectedness

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Conditional Heteroskedasticity in Long Memory Model 'FIMACH' for Return Volatilities in BRICS Equity Markets

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Aug 2015
Sabur Mollah and AMM Quoreshi
Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and Blekinge Tekniska Högskola
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Long Memory Conditional Heteroskedastic Model, Return Volatility, BRICS

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Independent Non-Executive Directors (Ineds) Heterogeneity and Bank Misconduct

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 18 Dec 2024
Ramshah Rashid Lone, Sabur Mollah and Shuxing Yin
Anglia Ruskin University, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and University of Sheffield
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Misconduct, Independent non-executive director (INED), Attributes heterogeneity, Banks, Regulation, Information Asymmetry

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Differences in Bank and Microfinance Business Models an Analysis of the Loan Monitoring Systems and Funding Sources

Posted: 23 Sep 2022
Md Hamid Uddin, Shabiha Akter, Sabur Mollah and Masnun Al Mahi
The University of Southampton - Malaysia Campus, East West University, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB)

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Microfinance institutions; Banks; Business models; Financial intermediation; Core functions; Comparative analysis

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Does the Impact of Board Independence on Large Bank Risks Change after the Global Financial Crisis?

Journal of Corporate Finance, 2017
Posted: 24 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2017
Francesco Vallascas, Sabur Mollah and Kevin Keasey
Durham University, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and University of Leeds - Division of Accounting and Finance

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Bank Risk, Bank Governance, Board Independence, Regulation

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Insider Trading, Earnings Management and Information Asymmetry

British Accounting Review, Forthcoming
Posted: 18 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2017
Abu Zakir Md. Rasel Chowdhury, Sabur Mollah and Omar Al Farooque
Stockholm University, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and University of New England (Australia) - UNE Business School

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insider trading, earnings management, earnings quality, information asymmetry, opportunistic and routine trading

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Panel on Islamic Banking and Finance

Midwest Finance Association 2012 Annual Meetings Paper
Posted: 17 Jan 2012
M. Kabir Hassan, Saeed Bin Manfouz, Sabur Mollah and Karen Hunt Ahmed
University of New Orleans - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and Finance, Durham University, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield and DePaul University

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Ownership Structure, Board Characteristics and Financial Performance: Evidence from the Botswana Stock Market

Studies in Economics and Finance 29(4), 301-319
Posted: 07 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2014
Sabur Mollah, Omar Al Farooque and A.K.M. Waresul Karim
Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield, University of New England (Australia) and Saint Mary's College of California - Graduate Business Programs

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Corporate Governance, Ownership Structure, Financial Performance, Emerging Market, Botswana

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Testing Weak-Form Market Efficiency in Emerging Market: Evidence from Botswana Stock Exchange

International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance, Vol. 10, No. 6, 2007
Posted: 13 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2012
Sabur Mollah
Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield

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Weak-form market efficiency, emerging market