Doctor Selim Akhter

Doctor Selim Akhter

LECTURER,
Economics & Finance (SoBus)

Personal

Qualifications

  • DPHIL University of Western Sydney
  • MCom University of Sydney
  • MCom University of Rajshahi (Bangladesh)
  • BCom University of Rajshahi (Bangladesh)

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Economics & Finance (SoBus)

Contact

Email:S.Akhter@uws.edu.au
Extension:3210
Mobile:0433751708
Location:11.G.20
Campbelltown
Website:

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Biography

Selim received a PhD degree in Finance from the University of Western Sydney. He obtained two Master of Commerce degrees majoring in Finance ? one from the University of Rajshahi and the other from the University of Sydney. Prior to joining the UWS, Selim lectured in the Department of Finance and Banking at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh for about 12 years. He also worked as a sessional lecturer/tutor with the University of Sydney, Central Queensland University at Sydney and the UWS.

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Publications

Journal Articles

  • Akhter, S., Kabir, R. and Sarkar, A. (2013), 'Risk Disparity among Conglomerates and Single Entities in The Dhaka Stock Exchange', International Journal of Business and Management, .
  • Akhter, S. (2013), 'Risk disparity among conglomerates and single entities in the Dhaka Stock Exchange', International Journal of Business and Management, 13.
  • Akhter, S., Liu, Y. and Daly, K. (2010), 'Cross Country Evidence on the Linkages between Financial Development and Poverty', International Journal of Business and Management, 17.
  • Daly, K. and Akhter, S. (2009), 'Indicators of Financial Soundness: Can They Forewarn us of Impending Crisis?', International Review of Business Research Papers, 24.
  • Akhter, S. and Daly, K. (2009), 'Finance and poverty: Evidence from fixed effect vector decomposition', Emerging Markets Review, 16.
  • Daly, K. and Akhter, S. (2009), 'Bank health in varying macroeconomic conditions: A panel study', International Review of Financial Analysis, 9.

Conference Papers

  • Akhter, S. and Daly, K. (2009), 'Finance And Poverty:An Empirical Study Using Panel Data', Asian Finance Association International Conference 2009, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Daly, K. and Akhter, S. (2008), 'Indicators of Financial Soundness: Can They Forwarn Us of Impending Crisis', 9th International Business Research Conference, Novotel Hotel, 270 Collins Street, Melbourne.
  • Akhter, S. and Daly, K. (2007), 'Finance and Poverty: Evidence from Panel Study', Sixth Hawaii International Conference on Social Science, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

Supervision

Doctor Akhter is available to co-supervise doctoral projects

Current Supervision

Title:China's Inward/Outward Foreign Direct Investment- Challenges and Consequences for China's Global Economic Expansion
Field of Research:
Title:Valuation of Companies in Emerging Market: The Case of Vietnam.
Field of Research:

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