Dr Samsul Alam

PhD

Management School

Associate Professor

m.alam@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3387

C091, Sheffield University Management School

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Dr Samsul Alam
Management School
C091
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
S10 1FL

Profile

Dr Samsul Alam is an Associate Professor in Accounting and Financial Management at Sheffield University Management School.

He is a leading expert with experience in creating real-world impact around his research areas: Corporate Governance, Environmental Disclosure, Climate Finance, Tourism Finance and Sustainability. His research has received an amazing response across academic and general public forums. One of his recent research papers has been featured in 50+ global news outlets, including Forbes, Yahoo News!, The Guardian and The Telegraph. He has extensively published in top-tier journals, including JCF, ATR, JBE, EE, JFS, IRFA, and RQFA. Samsul received numerous competitive research grants from the UK (including ESRC), Australia, Japan and Bangladesh.

Before joining Sheffield, Samsul was an Associate Professor at De Montfort University. He also held leadership positions such as Associate Head of the Department and Faculty Lead for Research-led Knowledge Transfer.

Research interests

Corporate politics
Environmental sustainability
Auditing
Corporate governance

Publications

Journal articles

Malik IA, Chowdhury H & Alam MS (2022) Equity market response to natural disasters: Does firm's corporate social responsibility make difference?. Global Finance Journal, 100801-100801.
Safiullah M, Alam MS & Islam MS (2022) Do all institutional investors care about corporate carbon emissions?. Energy Economics, 115, 106376-106376.
Islam MS, Alam MS, Bin Hasan S & Mollah S (2022) Firm-level political risk and distance-to-default. Journal of Financial Stability, 63, 101082-101082.
Alam MS, Safiullah M & Islam MS (2022) Cash-rich firms and carbon emissions. International Review of Financial Analysis, 81, 102106-102106.
Hasan SB, Alam MS, Paramati SR & Islam MS (2022) Does firm-level political risk affect cash holdings?. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 59(1), 311-337.
Shafiullah M, Miah MD, Alam MS & Atif M (2021) Does economic policy uncertainty affect renewable energy consumption?. Renewable Energy, 179, 1500-1521.
Alam MS, Islam MS, Shahzad SJH & Bilal S (2021) Rapid rise of life expectancy in Bangladesh: Does financial development matter?. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 26(4), 4918-4931.
Alam MS, Apergis N, Paramati SR & Fang J (2021) The impacts of R&D investment and stock markets on clean‐energy consumption and CO ₂ emissions in OECD economies. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 26(4), 4979-4992.
Alam MS, Ali S, Khraief N & Shahzad SJH (2021) Time‐varying causal nexuses between economic growth and CO ₂ emissions in G‐7 countries: A bootstrap rolling window approach over 1820–2015. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 26(4), 6128-6148.
Paramati SR, Alam MS, Hammoudeh S & Hafeez K (2021) Long‐run relationship between R&D investment and environmental sustainability: Evidence from the European Union member countries. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 26(4), 5775-5792.
Atif M, Hossain M, Alam MS & Goergen M (2021) Does board gender diversity affect renewable energy consumption?. Journal of Corporate Finance, 66, 101665-101665.
Atif M, Alam MS & Hossain M (2020) Firm sustainable investment: Are female directors greener?. Business Strategy and the Environment, 29(8), 3449-3469.
Alam MS, Shahzad SJH & Ferrer R (2019) Causal flows between oil and forex markets using high-frequency data: Asymmetries from good and bad volatility. Energy Economics, 84, 104513-104513.
Alam MS, Atif M, Chien-Chi C & Soytaş U (2019) Does corporate R&D investment affect firm environmental performance? Evidence from G-6 countries. Energy Economics, 78, 401-411.
Alam MS, Selvanathan EAS, Selvanathan S & Hossain M (2019) Causal relationship between apparel exports and macroeconomic factors. Applied Economics, 51(25), 2687-2702.
Alam MS, Selvanathan EA, Selvanathan S & Hossain M (2019) The apparel industry in the post-Multifiber Arrangement environment: A review. Review of Development Economics, 23(1), 454-474.
Hossain M, Islam MT, Momin MA, Nahar S & Alam MS (2019) Understanding Communication of Sustainability Reporting: Application of Symbolic Convergence Theory (SCT). Journal of Business Ethics, 160(2), 563-586.
Alam MS, Miah MD, Hammoudeh S & Tiwari AK (2018) The nexus between access to electricity and labour productivity in developing countries. Energy Policy, 122, 715-726.
Paramati SR, Alam MS & Lau CKM (2018) The effect of tourism investment on tourism development and CO₂ emissions: empirical evidence from the EU nations. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 26(9), 1587-1607.
Paramati SR, Alam MS & Apergis N (2018) The role of stock markets on environmental degradation: A comparative study of developed and emerging market economies across the globe. Emerging Markets Review, 35, 19-30.
Paramati SR, Alam MS & Chen C-F (2017) The Effects of Tourism on Economic Growth and CO₂Emissions: A Comparison between Developed and Developing Economies. Journal of Travel Research, 56(6), 712-724.
Alam MS, Paramati SR, Shahbaz M & Bhattacharya M (2017) Natural gas, trade and sustainable growth: empirical evidence from the top gas consumers of the developing world. Applied Economics, 49(7), 635-649.
Alam MS & Paramati SR (2016) The impact of tourism on income inequality in developing economies: Does Kuznets curve hypothesis exist?. Annals of Tourism Research, 61, 111-126.
Alam MS & Natsuda K (2016) The competitive factors of the Bangladeshi garment industry in the post-MFA era. Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement, 37(3), 316-336.
Alam MS, Raza SA, Shahbaz M & Abbas Q (2016) Accounting for Contribution of Trade Openness and Foreign Direct Investment in Life Expectancy: The Long-Run and Short-Run Analysis in Pakistan. Social Indicators Research, 129(3), 1155-1170.
Alam MS, Shahbaz M & Paramati SR (2016) The Role of Financial Development and Economic Misery on Life Expectancy: Evidence from Post Financial Reforms in India. Social Indicators Research, 128(2), 481-497.
Alam MS & Paramati SR (2015) Do oil consumption and economic growth intensify environmental degradation? Evidence from developing economies. Applied Economics, 47(48), 5186-5203.
Atif M, Alam MS & Islam MS () Firm‐level energy and carbon performance: Does sustainable investment matter?. Business Strategy and the Environment.
Tawiah V, Nadarajah S, Alam MS & Allen T () Do partisan politics influence domestic credit?. Journal of Institutional Economics, 1-22.
Islam S, Zobair KM, Chu C, Smart JCR & Alam MS () Do Political Economy Factors Influence Funding Allocations for Disaster Risk Reduction?. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 14(2), 85-85.

PhD Supervision

Corporate politics
Environmental sustainability
Auditing
Corporate governance