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Campuses Closed on Sunday, January 19, and Monday, January 20, Due to Weather

Due to the winter weather forecast, all classes and activities at Kean’s main campus in Union, Kean Ocean and Kean Skylands are canceled on Sunday, January 19, and Monday, January 20. Normal operations are expected to resume on Tuesday, January 21. Only personnel who are essential during weather emergencies should report to work as required on Sunday and Monday. Employees with questions about their status should consult their supervisors. Keanu’s Kitchen will be open for on-campus residents from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday and 9 a.m. to midnight on Monday.

Ahmed W. Alam, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Office Location
Hynes Hall 404C
Email
aalam@kean.edu
Phone
(908) 737-4225
Ahmed Alam

Dr. Ahmed W. Alam is an Assistant Professor of Finance in the Department of Accounting and Finance at Kean University. He received his Ph.D. in Financial Economics and M.S. in Finance from the University of New Orleans. He also holds an M.S. in Finance from the University of North Texas. His research primarily focuses on empirical corporate finance. He has published in well reputed finance and economics journals such as Energy Economics, Economics Letters, Journal of Environmental Management, Finance Research Letters, Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, Journal of Economics and Finance, and Research in International Business and Finance.

Education

  • Ph.D., University of New Orleans
  • M.S., University of New Orleans
  • M.S., University of North Texas

Courses Taught

  • Corporate Finance I
  • Corporate Finance II 
  • Entrepreneurial Finance

Research Interests

  • Corporate Finance
  • Political Economy
  • Banks
  • ESG/CSR

Selected Publications

Alam, A. W., Farjana, A., & Houston, R. (2024). Geopolitical risk, CEO power, and corporate lobbying: Do powerful CEOs lobby more? Finance Research Letters (ABDC: A, Scimago: Q1), Accepted.

 

Nguyen, M. N., Pham, H. M., Phan, A., Alam, A. W., Tran, D. V. (2024). BHC brilliance in the fog of uncertainty: Illuminating trends in bank performance. Journal of Economics and Finance (ABDC: B), Accepted.

 

Alam, A., Banna, H., Alam, A. W., Bhuiyan, B., & Mokhtar, N. B. (2024). Climate change and geopolitical conflicts: The role of ESG readiness. Journal of Environmental Management (ABDC: A, Scimago: Q1), 353, 120284. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120284.

 

Alam, A. W., Hassan, M. K., & Banna, H. (2024). An empirical investigation of banks’ sustainability performance under economic policy uncertainty. Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment (Scimago: Q1), 1-24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20430795.2024.2309499.

 

Alam, A. W., Farjana, A., & Houston, R. (2023). Firm investment steering through state-level policy uncertainty. Finance Research Letters (ABDC: A, Scimago: Q1), 104470. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.104470.

 

Banna, H., Alam, A., Chen, X. H., & Alam, A. W. (2023). Energy security and economic stability: The role of inflation and war. Energy Economics (ABDC: A*, Scimago: Q1), 106949. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106949.

 

Alam, A. W., Houston, R., & Farjana, A. (2023). Geopolitical risk and corporate investment: How do politically connected firms respond? Finance Research Letters (ABDC: A, Scimago: Q1), 103681. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.103681.

 

Alam, A. W., Farjana, A., & Houston, R. (2023). State-level economic policy uncertainty and firm financial stability: Is there any political insurance? Economics Letters (ABDC: A, Scimago: Q2), 111027. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111027.

 

Tran, D. V., Hassan, M. K., Alam, A. W., & Dau, N. (2022). Banks’ financial soundness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Economics and Finance (ABDC: B), 46, 713-735. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12197-022-09591-x.

 

Tran, D. V., Hassan, M. K., Alam, A. W., Pezzo, L., & Abdul-Majid, M. (2021). Economic policy uncertainty, agency problem, and funding structure: Evidence from U.S. banking industry. Research in International Business and Finance (ABDC: B, Scimago: Q1), 58, 101470. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2021.101470.