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Dr. Amir Akbari

Associate Professor / Area Chair, Finance & Business Economics

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Department / Academic Area

Faculty, Finance And Business Economics

Email

akbara23@mcmaster.ca

Phone

DSB: 23625

Biography

Dr. Amir Akbari received his Ph.D. in Finance from McGill University. His main research interests include Empirical Asset Pricing, International Finance, Institutional Investing, and Financial Econometrics. His work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals such as The Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Empirical Finance.

Articles

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July 29, 2025 · AMIR AKBARI | ESG | SUSTAINABILITY

Putting a price on the environment

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February 13, 2023 · AMIR AKBARI | BLOCKCHAIN | FINANCE | FINANCE & BUSINESS ECONOMICS | RESEARCH | RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP

In the News: How are Pension Funds and Other Institutional Investors Approaching Investments in 2023?

December 7, 2022 · ADDISU LASHITEW | AMIR AKBARI | BANIYELME ZOOGAH | EDI | FINANCE AND BUSINESS ECONOMICS | HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT | HUMAN RESOURCES AND MANAGEMENT | PAUL SNOWDON | RESEARCH | S. AMY SOMMER | STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT | YOONTAE JEON

DeGroote Welcomes Six New Faculty Members

Publications

Journals

Dental Service Utilization And The Covid-19 Pandemic, A Micro-data Analysis

Amir Akbari    Mohammad reza Khami    Amine Beymouri    Solmaz Akbari

Journal     2024

Bmc Oral Health

Global Risk And Market Conditions

Amir Akbari    Francesca Carrieri

Journal     2023

International Review Of Economics & Finance

Covid?19 Pandemic And Periodontal Practice: The Immunological, Clinical, And Economic Points Of View

Meshkat naeimi Darestani    Amir Akbari    Siamak Yaghobee    Mina Taheri    Solmaz Akbari

Journal     2022

Biomed Research International

Can Cross-border Funding Frictions Explain Financial Integration Reversals?

Amir Akbari    Francesca Carrieri    Aytek Malkhozov

Journal     2021

Review Of Financial Studies

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Other

Global Risk And Market Conditions

Amir Akbari    Francesca Carrieri

2022

Firm Foreign Activity And The Geography Of Exchange Rate Risk

Amir Akbari    Francesca Carrieri

2021

Drivers Of Economic And Financial Integration: A Machine Learning Approach

Amir Akbari    Lilian k Ng    Bruno Solnik

2020

Government's Real Estate Interventions And The Stock Market

Amir Akbari    Karolina Krystyniak

2020

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