Iftekhar Hasan

Iftekhar Hasan is an American economist and finance scholar. He is a Professor at Fordham University, where he serves as the E. Gerald Corrigan Chair in Finance at the Gabelli School of Business.

He is known for his work in corporate finance, financial institutions, capital markets, and emerging economies, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary research and public policy.

Education He earned his Ph.D. in Economics (along with an M.A.) from the University of Houston. Before that, he completed his undergraduate honors degree in economics (Bachelor of Social Science) from the University of Dhaka. He also serves as a scientific advisor at the Central Bank of Finland and holds visiting appointments at institutions including the University of Sydney and the IWH Halle Institute for Economic Research in Germany. Hasan is one of the founding editors and the managing editor of the Journal of Financial Stability and co-editor of Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments.

He is also a recipient of the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Scholar" in China. He has received honorary doctorate degrees "Doctor Honoris Causa" awards from the Romanian American University in Bucharest, Romania and the University of Vaasa in Finland. Over his career, Hasan has held faculty or visiting positions at University of Cambridge, the University of Rome, Carlos III University of Madrid, the University of Strasbourg, University of Limoges, Charles University of Prague, National Taiwan University, EPFL at Lausanne , Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of International Business Studies, Strategic Management Journal

A prominent theme in Hasan's research is the interdisciplinary study of economic and financial behavior. In "And Forgive Us Our Debts": Do Christian Moralities Influence Overindebtedness of Individuals?, he and co-authors examine how differing Christian doctrines affect household financial distress.

In "The Effect of Board Directors from Countries with Different Genetic Diversity Levels on Corporate Performance", Hasan and colleagues link the genetic diversity of board members' countries of origin to corporate performance.

Another study, "Corporate Moral Values", analyzes linguistic features in corporate earnings calls to identify the moral values guiding managerial decision-making.

Selected publications