Shahbaz Sheikh
Professor
PhD, International Economics and Finance, International Business School, Brandeis University, USA
Office: SSC 4416
Phone: 519-661-2111 x82294
Email: ssheik2@uwo.ca
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BIOGRAPHY
Shahbaz Sheikh is Professor of Finance at the DAN department of Management and Organizational Studies and a Senior Fellow, Network for Economic and Social Trends (NEST), Faculty of Social Science, Western University. He also serves on Western’s Joint Pension Board. Before joining Western in 2005, he taught at International Business School and the Department of Economics at Brandeis University, USA. His research interests are in the areas of Corporate Finance, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Corporate Governance. His research has been published in prestigious Finance journals like Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Review, International Review of Financial Analysis, Corporate Governance: An International Review, International Journal of Managerial Finance, Global Finance Journal, International Journal of Finance & Economics, Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Research in International Business and Finance, Journal of Economics and Business, Review of Accounting and Finance, and Quarterly Journal of Finance and Accounting. Dr. Sheikh teaches courses in Corporate Finance, Derivatives and Risk Management. He is an award-winning professor and has received multiple teaching awards including the CMA Teaching Award (three times), University Student Council (USC) Teaching Honour Roll, and the top Faculty of Social Science Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
TEACHING INTERESTS:
Corporate Finance, Derivatives and Risk Management
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Institutional Economics
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Sheikh, S. 2024. CEO power, corporate governance and firm leverage. Journal of Economic Analysis, 3 (3), 207-226. https://doi.org/10.58567/jea03030012
Sheikh, S. 2024. Corporate social responsibility and the likelihood of external financing. Journal of Economic Analysis, 3 (2), 65-80. https://doi.org/10.58567/jea03020005
Gao, L, Sheikh S, & Zhou, H. 2023. Executive compensation linked to corporate social responsibility and firm risk. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 19 (2), 269-290. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMF-10-2021-0511
Sheikh, S. 2022. CEO power and the likelihood of paying dividends: Effect of profitability and cash flow volatility. Journal of Corporate Finance (forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2022.102186
Sheikh, S. 2022. Corporate social responsibility and corporate payout policy: the impact of product market competition. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 18 (1), 49-74. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMF-09-2020-0465
Sheikh, S. 2021. CEO inside debt, market structure, and payout policy. International Review of Financial Analysis (forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2021.101755
Sheikh, S. 2020. CEO inside debt and corporate social responsibility. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 16 (4), 525-546. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMF-10-2019-0397
Sheikh, S. 2020. Corporate social responsibility, innovation, and firm value. International Journal of Business, Governance and Ethics, 14(3), 271-297. DOI: 10.1504/IJBGE.2020.10025378
Chakraborty, A., Gau, L., & Sheikh, S. 2019. Corporate governance and risk in cross-listed and Canadian only companies. Management Decision, 57 (10), 2740-2757. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-10-2017-1052
Sheikh, S. 2019. CEO power and corporate risk: The impact of market competition and corporate governance. Corporate Governance: An international Review, 27(5), 358-377. https://doi.org/10.1111/corg.12285
Sheikh, S. 2019. CEO inside debt, market competition and corporate risk taking. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 15 (4), 636-657. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMF-06-2018-0182
Sheikh, S. 2019. An examination of the dimensions of CEO power and corporate social responsibility. Review of Accounting and Finance, 19 (2), 221-244. https://doi.org/10.1108/RAF-01-2018-0034
Sheikh, S. 2019. Corporate social responsibility and firm leverage: The impact of market competition. Research in International Business and Finance, 48, 496-510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2018.11.002
Chakraborty, A., Gau, L., & Sheikh, S. 2019. Managerial risk taking incentives, corporate social responsibility and firm risk. Journal of Economics and Business, 101, 58-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconbus.2018.07.004
Chakraborty, A., Gau, L., & Sheikh, S. 2019. Does size affect the relationship between option compensation and managerial risk taking? Evidence from Canadian listed companies. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 24, 20-32. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.1646
Sheikh, S. 2018. Is corporate social responsibility a value increasing investment? Evidence from antitakeover provisions. Global Finance Journal, 38, 1-12. Lead article. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2017.08.002
Sheikh, S. 2018. CEO power, product market competition and firm value. Research in International Business and Finance, 46 373-386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2018.04.009
Sheikh, S. 2018. Corporate social responsibility, product market competition and firm value. Journal of Economics and Business, 98, 40-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconbus.2018.07.001
Sheikh, S. 2018. The impact of competition on the relation between CEO power and firm innovation. Journal of Multinational Financial Management, 44, 36-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mulfin.2018.01.003
Sheikh, S. 2017. Threat of termination and firm innovation. Annals of Finance, 13 (1), 75-95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10436-016-0290-8
Sheikh, S. 2017. Peer group benchmarking in CEO compensation and firm innovation: Evidence from patents and citations. International Journal of Accounting and Finance, 7(2), 163-184. https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJAF.2017.10006180
Sheikh, S. 2017. Relative compensation and CEO turnover. Frontiers in Finance and Economics, 14(1), 1-28. Lead article. https://ffejournal.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/shahbaz-sheikh.pdf
