Pedram Nourani

• Xiaoyu, W., Nourani, P., & Gurrib, I. (2026). Digital asset price bubbles and market sentiment in cryptocurrency and NFT markets. Studies in Economics and Finance (ahead-of-print).
• Liu, Y., Tong, A., & Nourani, P. (2026). FinTech adoption and credit risk dynamics: Evidence from China's A-share banking sector. Journal of Banking Regulation, 27(2).
• Bei, L., Nourani, M., Kweh, Q. L., Gurrib, I., & Asif, J. (2025). The influence of FinTech on the capital adequacy ratio of commercial banks in China. Asia-Pacific Financial Markets.
• Kweh, Q. L., Nourani, M., Lu, W.-M., & Ting, I. W. K. (2024). Board financial experience and efficiency-based earnings management in pre- and post-IFRS periods. The Singapore Economic Review.
• Mia, M. A., Rangel, G. J., Nourani, M., & Kumar, R. (2023). Institutional factors and efficiency performance in the global microfinance industry. Benchmarking: An International Journal, 30(2), 433–459.
• Kweh, Q. L., Lu, W.-M., Tone, K., & Nourani, M. (2022). Risk-adjusted banks’ resource-utilization and investment efficiencies: Does intellectual capital matter? Journal of Intellectual Capital, 23(3), 687–712.
• Banna, H., Mia, M. A., Nourani, M., & Yarovaya, L. (2022). FinTech-based financial inclusion and risk-taking of microfinance institutions. Finance Research Letters, 45.
• Nourani, M., Kweh, Q. L., Ting, I. W. K., Lu, W.-M., & Strutt, A. (2022). Evaluating traditional, dynamic and network business models: An efficiency-based study of Chinese insurance companies. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice, 47(4), 905–943.
• Lu, W.-M., Kweh, Q. L., Nourani, M., & Lin, C.-Y. (2021). Political governance, corruption perceptions index, and national energy efficiency. Journal of Cleaner Production, 295.
• Shamsabadi, H. A., Tebourbi, I., Nourani, M., & Min, B. S. (2021). Corporate governance and dividend reinvestment plans. Finance Research Letters, 41.
• Kweh, Q. L., Lu, W.-M., Nourani, M., & Ghazali, M. H. Z. (2018). Risk management and dynamic network performance: A dual banking system. Applied Economics, 50(30), 3285–3299.
• Lu, W.-M., Kweh, Q. L., Nourani, M., & Huang, F.-W. (2016). Evaluating the efficiency of dual-use technology development programs. Omega, 62, 82–92.

• Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (RM72,900), Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia — Co-researcher (2020–2023)
• Research University Grant (RM38,000), Universiti Sains Malaysia — Co-researcher (2019–2022)
• Incentive Grant (RM5,000), Universiti Sains Malaysia — Project Leader (2018–2019)

• Financial performance and efficiency analysis
• Banking, insurance, and microfinance institutions
• Corporate governance and earnings management
• FinTech, financial innovation, and financial inclusion
• Risk management and dynamic performance modelling

• Evaluating traditional, dynamic and network business models: An efficiency-based study of Chinese insurance companies, 23rd Malaysian Finance Association Conference, Penang, Malaysia, 2021.
• Impact of Institutional Factors on Performance of Microfinance Institutions: A Network Data Envelopment Analysis Framework, 22nd Malaysian Finance Association Conference, Penang, Malaysia, 2020.
• Nonlinear Impacts of Board Independence on Debt Financing: Contingent on the Shareholdings of the Largest Shareholder, 21st Malaysian Finance Association Conference, Penang, Malaysia, 2019.
• The Performance and Earnings Management of ASEAN Banks in the Liberalization Era, Postgraduate Conference on Economics, Public Administration and Business, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2015.

• Lu, W.-M., Kweh, Q. L., Nourani, M., & Wang, H.-F. (2021). Using network DEA and grey prediction model for big data analysis: An application in the global airline efficiency. In Data-Enabled Analytics: DEA for Big Data (pp. 327–356). Springer.

• Active peer reviewer for leading international journals, including Finance Research Letters, Applied Economics, Omega, Accounting & Finance, Benchmarking: An International Journal, Managerial and Decision Economics, and Emerging Markets Review (75+ completed reviews).

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