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Overview

Aigbe Akhigbe is affiliated with the University of Akron in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within economics, finance, and business management, with significant contributions to the study of financial markets, corporate finance, and healthcare management.

Their main fields of study include Economics, Econometrics and Finance as well as Business, Management and Accounting. Within these fields, their subfields cover Finance, Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Transplantation, and General Health Professions.

The primary topics in Akhigbe's work consist of:

  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
  • Sports Analytics and Performance
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes

Akhigbe has published in several academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • American Journal of Business
  • Health Economics Review
  • The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
  • Journal of Sports Economics

Some recent significant papers authored by Akhigbe are:

  • Exchange Traded Funds and the likelihood of closure (2020), published in American Journal of Business
  • Kidney transplant cases in US: study of determinants of variance in hospital charges and inpatient care (2024), published in Health Economics Review
  • Russell index reconstitutions and short interest (2020), published in The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
  • Is There a Differential Market Size Effect in U.S. Free Agent Signings? Evidence From Localized Sentiment Trading (2021), published in Journal of Sports Economics
  • Localized sentiment trading in heterogeneous labor markets: evidence from free agent signings (2021), published in Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting

Collaboration is an important aspect of Akhigbe's academic output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Melinda Newman
  • Ann Marie Whyte
  • Bhanu Balasubramnian
  • Ravi Chinta
  • Anna D. Martin

Akhigbe's research reflects a broad interdisciplinary approach, combining quantitative finance methods with aspects of health economics and sports analytics. Their work on healthcare topics notably addresses hospital charge variances and outcomes related to renal transplantation. In the finance domain, attention to market behavior, such as ETF closures and index reconstitutions, also features prominently.

Best Publications

  • The profit efficiency of small US commercial banks

    Aigbe Akhigbe;James E. McNulty

  • Valuation impact of Sarbanes¿Oxley: Evidence from disclosure and governance within the financial services industry

    Aigbe Akhigbe;Anna D. Martin

  • The Financial Impact of Boycotts and Threats of Boycott

    Paul Sergius Koku;Aigbe Akhigbe;Thomas M. Springer

  • Influence of disclosure and governance on risk of US financial services firms following Sarbanes-Oxley ☆

    Aigbe Akhigbe;Anna D. Martin

  • THE GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT OF 1999: RISK IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY

    Aigbe Akhigbe;Ann Marie Whyte

  • Oil price shocks and transportation firm asset prices

    Raj Aggarwal;Aigbe Akhigbe;Sunil K. Mohanty

  • Changes in market assessments of bank risk following the Riegle–Neal Act of 1994

    Aigbe Akhigbe;Ann Marie Whyte

  • Dividend Policy and Corporate Performance

    Aigbe Akhigbe;Jeff Madura

  • INTRA‐INDUSTRY EFFECTS OF BOND RATING ADJUSTMENTS

    Aigbe Akhigbe;Jeff Madura;Ann Marie Whyte

  • Partial Anticipation and the Gains to Bank Merger Targets

    Aigbe Akhigbe;Jeff Madura;Ann Marie Whyte

  • Information-signaling and competitive effects of foreign acquisitions in the US

    Aigbe Akhigbe;Anna D. Martin

  • Small bank loan quality in a deregulated environment: the information advantage hypothesis

    James E McNulty;Aigbe O Akhigbe;James A Verbrugge

  • Profit Efficiency Sources and Differences among Small and Large U.S. Commercial Banks

    Aigbe Akhigbe;James McNulty

  • Dividend Policy and Signaling by Insurance Companies

    Aigbe Akhigbe;Stephen F. Borde;Jeff Madura

  • Why are some corporate earnings restatements more damaging

    Aigbe Akhigbe;Ronald J. Kudla;Jeff Madura

  • Why do contagion effects vary among bank failures

    Aigbe Akhigbe;Jeff Madura

  • The Market's Assessment of the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999

    Aigbe Akhigbe;Ann Marie Whyte

  • Does an Industry Effect Exist for Initial Public Offerings

    Aigbe Akhigbe;Stephen F. Borde;and Ann Marie Whyte

  • Oil and stock market activity when prices go up and down: the case of the oil and gas industry

    Sunil K. Mohanty;Aigbe Akhigbe;Tawfeek A. Al-Khyal;Turki Bugshan

  • INTRA-INDUSTRY SIGNALS RESULTING FROM INSURANCE COMPANY MERGERS

    Aigbe Akhigbe;Jeff Madura

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeff Madura
Jeff Madura Florida Atlantic University
Raj Aggarwal
Raj Aggarwal University of Akron

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