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Economics and Finance

D-Index
49
Citations
14001
World Ranking
1423
National Ranking
866

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Financial Management Association
  • Fellow of the Financial Management Association
  • Fellow of the Financial Management Association

Overview

Lemma W. Senbet is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance as well as Business, Management and Accounting. Within these broad areas, their work explores specific subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Strategy and Management, Finance, and Management Information Systems.

Senbet's scholarly output addresses a variety of topics, among which the following are notable:

  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Taxation and Compliance Studies
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
  • Banking, Crisis Management, COVID-19 Impact
  • Islamic Finance and Banking Studies

Recent papers by Senbet illustrate engagement with global economic issues and financial systems. Selected publications include:

  • The dark side of globalization: Evidence from the impact of COVID-19 on multinational companies, 2022, Journal of International Business Studies
  • Improving Access to Banking: Evidence from Kenya, 2020, European Finance Review
  • Taxes, institutions, and innovation: Theory and international evidence, 2020, Journal of International Business Studies
  • Economic impact of COVID-19 across national boundaries: The role of government responses, 2023, Journal of International Business Studies
  • The Dark Side of Globalization: Evidence from the Impact of COVID-19 on Multinational Companies, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Senbet has co-authored extensively with several researchers, indicating collaborative scholarly activity. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Omrane Guedhami
  • April M. Knill
  • William L. Megginson
  • Amar Gande
  • Rabah Arezki

Their publication venues reflect a focus on international business and finance, with frequent contributions to:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of International Business Studies
  • European Finance Review
  • Financial Analysts Journal
  • Revue d'économie financière

Senbet also has contributed to book literature, including the publication:

  • Transforming Finance in the Middle East and North Africa, World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks, 2020

Among recognitions, Senbet is noted as a Fellow of the Financial Management Association. This affiliation reflects engagement with the field's professional community.

Best Publications

  • Corporate governance and board effectiveness

    Kose John;Lemma W Senbet

  • A RATIONALE FOR DEBT MATURITY STRUCTURE AND CALL PROVISIONS IN THE AGENCY THEORETIC FRAMEWORK

    Amir Barnea;Robert A. Haugen;Lemma W. Senbet

  • THE INSIGNIFICANCE OF BANKRUPTCY COSTS TO THE THEORY OF OPTIMAL CAPITAL STRUCTURE

    Robert A. Haugen;Lemma W. Senbet

  • Resolving the Agency Problems of External Capital through Options

    Robert A. Haugen;Lemma W. Senbet

  • The Effects of International Operations on the Market Value of the Firm: Theory and Evidence

    Vihang R. Errunza;Lemma W. Senbet

  • A THEORY OF BANK REGULATION AND MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION

    Kose John;Anthony Saunders;Lemma W. Senbet

  • International Corporate Diversification, Market Valuation, and Size-Adjusted Evidence

    Vihang R. Errunza;Lemma W. Senbet

  • International Arbitrage Pricing Theory: An Empirical Investigation

    D. Chinhyung Cho;Cheol S. Eun;Lemma W. Senbet

  • Deposit Insurance and Financial Development

    Robert J. Cull;Lemma W. Senbet;Marco Sorge

  • The African financial development and financial inclusion gaps

    Franklin Allen;Elena Carletti;Robert Cull;Jun ‘Qj’ Qian;Jun ‘Qj’ Qian

  • African financial systems: A review

    Franklin Allen;Isaac Otchere;Lemma W. Senbet

  • Market Imperfections, Agency Problems, and Capital Structure: A Review

    Amir Barnea;Robert A. Haugen;Lemma W. Senbet

  • Bankruptcy and Agency Costs: Their Significance to the Theory of Optimal Capital Structure

    Robert A. Haugen;Lemma W. Senbet

  • Agency problems and financial contracting

    Dennis E. Logue;Amir Barnea;Robert A. Haugen;Lemma W. Senbet

  • The Effect of Taxes and Depreciation on Corporate Investment and Financial Leverage

    Robert M. Dammon;Lemma W. Senbet

  • The Effect of the Secondary Market on the Pricing of Initial Public Offerings: Theory and Evidence

    David C. Mauer;Lemma W. Senbet

  • An Equilibrium Analysis of Debt Financing under Costly Tax Arbitrage and Agency Problems

    Amir Barnea;Robert A. Haugen;Lemma W. Senbet

  • Risk-shifting incentives of depository institutions: A new perspective on federal deposit insurance reform

    Kose John;Teresa A. John;Lemma W. Senbet

  • Financial Inclusion and Innovation in Africa: An Overview

    Thorsten Beck;Thorsten Beck;Lemma Senbet;Witness Simbanegavi

  • Mutual fund performance and governance structure: The role of portfolio managers and boards of directors

    Robert H. Smith;We;Rich Evans;Christopher Faugere

  • Law, finance, and the international mobility of corporate governance

    Douglas Cumming;Igor Filatotchev;Igor Filatotchev;April Knill;David Mitchell Reeb

  • Valuation effects of global diversification

    Amar Gande;Christoph Schenzler;Lemma W Senbet

Frequent Co-Authors

Elena Carletti
Elena Carletti Bocconi University
Robert Cull
Robert Cull World Bank
Kose John
Kose John New York University
Franklin Allen
Franklin Allen Imperial College London
Rabah Arezki
Rabah Arezki Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Anthony Saunders
Anthony Saunders New York University
Igor Filatotchev
Igor Filatotchev King's College London
Vihang R. Errunza
Vihang R. Errunza McGill University
Hayne E. Leland
Hayne E. Leland University of California, Berkeley
Thorsten Beck
Thorsten Beck European University Institute

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