Mirza Nawazish

Associate Professor of Finance & Deputy Program Director MBA(Global) & MGB
Education
- PhD in Finance (Specialization in Financial Markets) from University of Paris Dauphine, France
- MS Finance (Research Orientation) from University of Paris Dauphine, France
- MS Banking and Finance (Professional Orientation) from ESA Lille, France
Subject Taught/ Student Project Mentor
- Corporate Valuation
- Financial Risk Management
- Financial Markets
- Derivatives
Experience
Academic experience
- Associate Professor and Group Head Faculty of Finance at Lahore School of Economics, Lahore Pakistan
- Undergraduate Instructor at University of Paris Dauphine, France
Consulting experience
- IFS Securities, Atlanta, United States
- The Biogerontology Research Foundation, London, United Kingdom
- JCR VIS Credit Ratings Company, Pakistan
Research & Publications
Research & publications
- Business Dynamics, Efficiency, Asset Quality and Stability: The Case of Financial Intermediaries in Pakistan, Economic Modelling, April 2015, DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2015.02.006 [Thomson Reuters JCR Impact Factor 0.82]
- Inflation Volatility: An Asian Perspective, Economic Research, Sep 2014. 27(1), 280 – 303. DOI:10.1080/1331677X.2014.952090 [Thomson Reuters JCR Impact Factor 0.43]
- Choice of Anchor Currencies and Dynamic Preferences for Exchange Rate Pegging in Asia, The Lahore Journal of Economics, 2013, 18(2), 37 – 49.
- The Dynamics of Exchange Rate Regime in Saudi Arabia, Actual Problems in Economics, 2013, 9 (147), 430 - 437
- The Pricing of Size, Book to Market and Financial Leverage in Euro Stocks, Economic Research, 2013, Vol 26(2), 177 – 190. [Thomson Reuters JCR Impact Factor 0.43]
- Intertemporal Asset Pricing: Preliminary Evidence from an Emerging Economy, The Lahore Journal of Business, 2013, Vol 1(2), 27 – 41.
- Evaluating the Impact of Recent Advances in Biomedical Sciences and the Possible Mortality Decreases on the Future of Healthcare and Social Security in the United States, Pensions: An International Journal, Vol 17(4), 241 – 251.
- Interest Rate Spreads in an Emerging Economy: The Case of Pakistan’s Commercial Banking Sector, Economic Research, 2012, Vol 25(4), 987 – 1004. [Thomson Reuters JCR Impact Factor 0.43]
- Size, Diversification and Risk: Preliminary Evidence from Commercial Banks in Pakistan, Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences, 2012, Vol 6(2). 282 – 296.
- Some Preliminary Evidence on Stock Price Bubbles in an Emerging Market, The Romanian Economic Journal, 2012, XV(44), 55 -86.
- Volatility Dynamics in an Emerging Economy: The Case of Karachi Stock Exchange, Economic Research, 2011, Vol 24(4), 51 – 64. [Thomson Reuters JCR Impact Factor 0.43]
- Market Discipline in Commercial Banking: Evidence from Market for Bank Equity, The Lahore Journal of Economics, 2011, Vol 16(SE), 233 – 254.
- Size and Value Premium in International Portfolios: Evidence from 15 European Countries, Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2011, Vol 16(2), 173 – 190. [Thomson Reuters JCR Impact Factor 0.34]
- Mutual Fund Performance Evaluation in an Emerging Economy: Case of Pakistan, The Lahore Journal of Economics, 2011, Vol 16(SE), 301 – 316.
- A Note on the Pricing of Liquidity in Stock Returns, The Lahore Journal of Economics, 2010, Vol 15(2), 135 – 147.
- Size and Value Premium in Karachi Stock Exchange, The Lahore Journal of Economics, 2008, Vol 13(2), 1 – 26.
- The Death of CAPM: A Critical Review, The Lahore Journal of Economics, 2005, Vol 10(2), 35 – 54.
- Comparative Systematic Risk Analysis: Evidence on the Banking Sector in the United States, Western Europe and South East Asia, The Lahore Journal of Economics, 2004, Vol 9 (1), 149 – 173.
Conference presentations
- An Anatomy of Sell Side Analysts’ Target Price Forecasting Ability: The Case of Pakistan, 2nd Annual Conference on Managing Business in Pakistan, Lahore School of Economics, Lahore, Pakistan. May 2014.
- The Informational Content of Credit Ratings Announcements in Pakistan, 2nd Annual Conference on Managing Business in Pakistan, Lahore School of Economics, Lahore, Pakistan. May 2014.
- Business Dynamics, Efficiency, Asset Quality and Stability: The Case of Financial Intermediaries in Pakistan, 1st Annual Conference on Managing Business in Pakistan, Lahore School of Economics, Lahore, Pakistan. December 2012.
- Market Discipline in Commercial Banking: Evidence from Market for Bank Equity, 8th Conference on Management of Pakistan Economy, Lahore School of Economics, Lahore, Pakistan, May 2011.
- Mutual Fund Performance Evaluation in an Emerging Economy: Case of Pakistan, 8th Conference on Management of Pakistan Economy, Lahore School of Economics, Lahore, Pakistan, May 2011.
- Speculative Bubbles in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from Karachi Stock Exchange, 3rd Euro-African Conference in Finance and Economics, Paris, France, June 2010.
- Size, Value and Asset Quality Premium in European Banking Stocks, 26th International Symposium of Money Banking & Finance, Orléans, France. June 2009
Additional Information
Journal reviewer panel member
- Journal of Banking and Finance
- Pacific Basin Finance Journal
- Economic Modelling
- Economic Research
Research grants/awards
- Recipient of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Competitive Research Grant 2013 to propose policy recommendations for developing a Vibrant Financial System in Pakistan. The research grant was awarded to 1% of the applicants after an exhaustive peer review and verbal deliberations by Research and Advisory Committee of US AID.