Ahmad Etebari
Ph.D., Professor of Finance, Chair Accounting and Finance Department, Whittemore School of Bus & Econ Dept, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA
Ahmad Etebari joined the Whittemore School faculty in 1980, and has been chair of the School's Accounting and Finance Department since 1994. He has held visiting positions at Bond University in Australia, University of Otago and University of Waikato in New Zealand, University of Massachusetts and University of Tehran. Ahmad is Executive Director and Past President of Northeast Business & Economics Association.
Ahmad's teaching and research interests are in corporate finance and investments. He won the 1992 Whittemore School Teaching Excellence Award and has published in national and international professional journals. His current research involves insider trading, valuation and faith-based investing. Presently, Ahmad is on the editorial boards of The Journal of Northeast Business & Economic Studies and Petroleum Accounting and Financial Management and serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for several finance journals. He is a member of the Whittemore School's Executive Committee.
Ahmad lives in Durham with his wife, Mahnaz. His primary avocation is playing and refereeing soccer.
Education: Ph.D., North Texas (1979); B.A., Tehran Business College (1973).
Presently, Ahmad is on the editorial boards of The Journal of Northeast Business & Economic Studies, Investment Management and Financial Innovation, and Petroleum Accounting and Financial Management and serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for several finance journals.
RECENT RESEARCH
"Analyst Forecasts in New Zealand," (with Stephen J. Ciccone) Investment Management and Financial Innovation, Volume 3, Issue 2, 2007.
"Disclosure Regulations and the Profitability of Insider Trading: Evidence from New Zealand," (with A. Tourani-Rad and A. Gilbert) Pacific Basin Finance Journal, v. 12/5, pp 479-502, 2004.
"Analyst Earnings Forecast Trends in Pacific Rim Countries," (with Stephen Ciccone) Managerial Finance, v. 30, n. 7, 2004.
"Profitability of Insider Trading: New Zealand Evidence," (with A. Tourani-Rad and A. Gilbert) The University of Auckland Business Review, v. 5, n. 2, 2003.
"Monthly and Daily Seasonality in Stock Prices: New Zealand Evidence," (with D. Lont) The New Zealand Investment Analyst, Issue 22, October 21, 2001; 2nd prizewinner of the Journal's 2001 competitions.
"Implications of the Trend and Performance of Business Diversification: An Empirical Investigation," (with M. Singh et al.) Journal of Business & Economic Studies, v. 7, n. 2, Fall 2001.
"Seasonality in Monthly Returns: New Zealand Evidence," (with D. Lont) Proceedings of the Global Business and Technology Association Conference, April 1999.
"The Efficacy of Insider Trading Laws: New Zealand Evidence," The New Zealand Investment Analyst, Issue 18, 1997. It appeared in "Study Findings Adds Fuel to Discontent," a front-page page column of Sunday Star Times, New Zealand's leading newspaper, March 22, 1998.
"European Union Equity Market Reactions to the 1992-93 ERM Crisis," (with F. Kaen) Global Structure of Financial Markets, Routledge Publishing, 1997.
"A Note on Risk Reduction under Markowitz' Portfolio Theory," (with A. Tourani Rad) Research in International Business and Finance, v. 12, JAI Press, 1995.
"Financial Ratio Criteria: A Hypothesis and Empirical Test," (with C. Craycraft and J. Horrigan) Journal of Financial Management and Analysis, Fall 1995.
"Market's Reaction to Announcements of Joint Ventures between U.S. Firms and Eastern and Central European Countries: Early Evidence," Global Finance Journal, v. 4, n. 2, 1993.
"The Relationship Between Arbitrage Pricing Theory Risk Measures and Accounting Variables: An Empirical Investigation," (with C. McGowan and J. Horrigan) Midwestern Journal of Business and Economics, Winter 1991.
