Biography
Dr Pejman Abedifar took up the role of Honorary Lecturer in 2020, having been a Lecturer in Banking and Finance with the University of St Andrews School of Management from 2014 to 2020. He earned his PhD in Economics – specialising in money, finance and banking – from Université de Limoges, France in December 2013.
Pejman was co-supervisor of Dr Sara Al Balooshi, who graduated from the University of St Andrews in 2020.
Research areas
Pejman's current research projects include Islamic finance, stock price informativeness, trade credit, and resolution of failed banks. He has published articles in leading journals such as Review of Finance, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of Banking & Finance and Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
PhD supervision
- Yeliangzi Zheng
Selected publications
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Open access
Formalism versus purposivism in Islamic jurisprudence: the case of Islamic finance law
Abedifar, P., 1 Apr 2023, In: Religions. 14, 4, 13 p., 465.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Resilience of environmental and social stocks under stress: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Abedifar, P., Bouslah, K., Neumann, C. & Tarazi, A., 4 Apr 2023, In: Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments. 32, 2, p. 23-50 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How informative are stock prices of Islamic banks?
Abedifar, P., Bouslah, K. B. H., Hashem, S. Q. & Song, L., May 2020, In: Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money. 66, 17 p., 101203.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stock price synchronicity and price informativeness: evidence from a regulatory change in the U.S. banking industry
Abedifar, P., Bouslah, K. & Zheng, Y., 12 Aug 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Finance Research Letters. In press, 101678.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accounting regulations, enforcement, and stock price crash risk: global evidence in the banking industry
Abedifar, P., Li, M., Johnson, D., Song, L. & Xing, S., Dec 2019, In: Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics. 15, 3, 100164.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lending, the poor, and Islamic scripture: Islamic finance versus welfare Islam
Abedifar, P., Jun 2019, In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 87, 2, p. 460-482 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Non-interest income and bank lending
Abedifar, P., Molyneux, P. & Tarazi, A., Feb 2018, In: Journal of Banking & Finance. 87, p. 411-426Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Heterogeneous market structure and systemic risk: evidence from dual banking systems
Abedifar, P., Giudici, P. & Hashem, S. Q., Dec 2017, In: Journal of Financial Stability. 33, p. 96-119Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Finance-growth nexus and dual-banking systems: relative importance of Islamic banks
Abedifar, P., Hasan, I. & Tarazi, A., Dec 2016, In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 132, Supplement, p. 198-215Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Islamic banking and finance: recent empirical literature and directions for future research
Abedifar, P., Ebrahim, S., Molyneux, P. & Tarazi, A., Sept 2015, In: Journal of Economic Surveys. 29, 4, p. 637-670 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review