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Sadok El Ghoul

Sadok El Ghoul

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
50
Citations
16185
World Ranking
972
National Ranking
49

Economics and Finance

D-Index
50
Citations
16192
World Ranking
1358
National Ranking
35

Overview

Sadok El Ghoul is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and has a substantial record of research contributions primarily in Business, Management and Accounting, and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their work is focused on various subfields including Accounting, Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management, and Marketing.

Their research covers a number of interrelated topics, notably Corporate Finance and Governance, Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Banking stability, regulation, efficiency, Corporate Taxation and Avoidance, and Market Dynamics and Volatility.

Frequent co-authors of Sadok El Ghoul include:

  • Omrane Guedhami
  • Wolfgang Drobetz
  • Najah Attig
  • Ruiyuan Chen
  • Henning Schröder

The scientist has published extensively in several notable venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Corporate Finance
  • Journal of International Business Studies
  • Finance research letters
  • Journal of Banking & Finance

Among recent papers, notable publications include:

  • Does CSR matter in times of crisis? Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, Journal of Corporate Finance
  • Dividends and economic policy uncertainty: International evidence, 2020, Journal of Corporate Finance
  • Bank systemic risk around COVID-19: A cross-country analysis, 2021, Journal of Banking & Finance
  • Greenwashing and product market competition, 2021, Finance research letters
  • Board Reforms and Dividend Policy: International Evidence, 2020, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

Best Publications

  • Does Corporate Social Responsibility Affect the Cost of Capital

    Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Chuck C.Y. Kwok;Dev R. Mishra

  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Credit Ratings

    Najah Attig;Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Jungwon Suh

  • Country-level institutions, firm value, and the role of corporate social responsibility initiatives

    Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Yongtae Kim

  • Corporate Environmental Responsibility and the Cost of Capital: International Evidence

    Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Hakkon Kim;Kwangwoo Park

  • Does CSR matter in times of crisis? Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic

    Kee-Hong Bae;Sadok El Ghoul;Zhaoran Jason Gong;Omrane Guedhami

  • Do state and foreign ownership affect investment efficiency? Evidence from privatizations

    Ruiyuan Chen;Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Omrane Guedhami;He Wang

  • National culture and corporate debt maturity

    Xiaolan Zheng;Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Chuck C.Y. Kwok

  • Firm Internationalization and Corporate Social Responsibility

    Najah Attig;Narjess Boubakri;Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami

  • Policy uncertainty, investment, and the cost of capital

    Wolfgang Drobetz;Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Malte Janzen

  • Family control and corporate social responsibility

    Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;He Wang;Chuck C.Y. Kwok

  • Internationalization and Bank Risk

    Allen N. Berger;Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Raluca A. Roman

  • Trade credit provision and national culture

    Sadok El Ghoul;Xiaolan Zheng

  • Creditor rights and capital structure: Evidence from international data

    Seong-Soon Cho;Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Omrane Guedhami;Jungwon Suh

  • DO MULTIPLE LARGE SHAREHOLDERS PLAY A CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ROLE? EVIDENCE FROM EAST ASIA

    Najah Attig;Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami

  • Does corporate social responsibility affect mutual fund performance and flows

    Sadok El Ghoul;Aymen Karoui

  • Does Religion Matter to Equity Pricing

    Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Omrane Guedhami;Yang Ni;Jeffrey Pittman

  • Cross-listing and corporate social responsibility

    Narjess Boubakri;Sadok El Ghoul;He Wang;Omrane Guedhami

  • Collectivism and corruption in bank lending

    Xiaolan Zheng;Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Chuck C Y Kwok

  • Does Information Asymmetry Matter to Equity Pricing? Evidence from Firms’ Geographic Location*

    Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Yang Ni;Jeffrey Pittman

  • Dividends and economic policy uncertainty: International evidence

    Najah Attig;Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Xiaolan Zheng

  • Bank Systemic Risk around COVID-19: A Cross-Country Analysis.

    Yuejiao Duan;Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Haoran Li

  • International Diversification and Corporate Social Responsibility

    Najah Attig;Narjess Boubakri;Narjess Boubakri;Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami

  • Family Control and Corporate Social Responsibility

    Sadok El Ghoul;Omrane Guedhami;Chuck C.Y. Kwok;He Wang

  • CSR in Times of Crisis: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Kee-Hong Bae;Sadok El Ghoul;Jason Gong;Omrane Guedhami

Frequent Co-Authors

Omrane Guedhami
Omrane Guedhami University of South Carolina
Narjess Boubakri
Narjess Boubakri American University of Sharjah
Chuck C.Y. Kwok
Chuck C.Y. Kwok University of South Carolina
Allen N. Berger
Allen N. Berger University of South Carolina
Jeffrey Pittman
Jeffrey Pittman Memorial University of Newfoundland
Wolfgang Drobetz
Wolfgang Drobetz Universität Hamburg
Mohamed El Hedi Arouri
Mohamed El Hedi Arouri Université Côte d'Azur
Paul Brockman
Paul Brockman Lehigh University
William L. Megginson
William L. Megginson University of Oklahoma
Clive S. Lennox
Clive S. Lennox University of Southern California

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