• Corporate Finance
• Financial Investment
• Business Finance

• PhD, Hanken School of Economics
• MS, Illinois Institute of Technology
• BS, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology

- Aktaruzzaman, K., & Farooq, O. (2023). Does gender diversity affect nonperforming loans? International evidence from microfinance institutions. Borsa Istanbul Review.

- Farooq, O., & Ahmed, N. (2023). Determinants of advertising expenditures: Role of stock prices in an emerging market. Acta Oeconomica, 73(3), 469-480.

- Isayev, M. & Farooq, O. (2023) The moderating role of shadow banking on the finance-growth nexus, Applied Economics Letters, DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2023.2298422

- Farooq, O., & Bakhadirov, M. (2022). Access to an Educated Workforce and the Performance of Private Firms during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Borsa Istanbul Review, 22(6), 1209-1220.

- Shehata, N., Nathan, S., Farooq, O., & Dahawy, K. (2023). External audit and tax evasion: evidence from India. Applied Economics, 55(34), 4023-4036.

- Farooq, O., & Ahmed, N. (2022). Shariah compliance and stock price synchronicity: evidence from India. International Journal of Emerging Markets.

- Farooq, O., Satt, H., & Bendriouch, F. (2021). Effect of advertising expenditures on analyst coverage: evidence from an emerging market. International Journal of Emerging Markets. 

- Farooq, O. and Ahmed, N., (2018). Does Inflation Affect Sensitivity of Investment to Stock Prices? Evidence from Emerging Markets. Finance Research Letters, 25, pp. 160-164;

- Farooq, O., Shehata, N., and Nathan, S., (2018). Earnings Response Coefficient in the MENA Region. Applied Economics Letters, 25(16), pp. 1147-1152;

- Farooq, O., Shehata, N., and Nathan, S., (2017). Dividend Policy and Informativeness of Reported Earnings: Evidence from the MENA Region. International Review of Finance, 18(1), pp. 113-121;

- Farooq, O., Asgarov, Z., Guliyev, A., Islam, T., Kalinina, Y., and Pashayev, Z., (2017). Capital Structure and Value of Reported Earnings: Evidence from an Emerging Market. Applied Economics Letters, 24(10), pp. 690-694;

- Farooq, O., (2017). What Determines the Value of Recommendation Change? A Preliminary Analysis. Applied Economics, 49(16), pp. 1557-1570;

- Farooq, O. and Hamouda, M., (2016). Stock Price Synchronicity and Information Disclosure: Evidence from an Emerging Market. Finance Research Letters, 18, pp. 250-254;

- Douch, M., Farooq, O., and Bouaddi, M., (2015). Stock Price Synchronicity and Tails of Return Distribution. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 37, pp. 1-11.