Dr. Seyed Mehdian, Professor of Finance
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PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS: 

"The Relative Influence of the East and the West on Middle Eastern Emerging Stock Markets: An Empirical Investigation" (with Richard Ajayi and Mark Perry), forthcoming in  Applied Financial Economics.

"An Analysis of Investors’ Behavior in the Romanian Equity Market", (with Anamaria Ciobanu and Mark Perry), Journal of Accounting and Information Systems, 2008 

"Efficiency Change, Technological Progress and Productivity Growth of Private, Public and Foreign Banks in India: Evidence from the Post-Liberalization Era" (With Rasoul Rezvanian and Narendar Rao), Applied Financial Economics. 2008. 

"An Examination of Investor Reaction to Unexpected Political and Economic Events in an Emerging Market: The Case of Turkey,"(with Mark Perry and Tevifk Nas), Global Finance Journal. 2007. 

"Cost Efficiency, Technological Progress and Productivity Growth of Banks in GCC Countries," (with Rima Turk and Rasoul Rezvanian). International Journal of Business, 12(4), 2007.  

"The Effect of Globalization on Efficiency Change, Technological Progress and the Productivity Growth of U.S. Small and Large Bank," (with Mark Perry and Rasoul Rezvanian". North American Journal of Finance and Banking Research, 1, (1), 2007.

"A Test of U.S. Equity Market Surprises in an Era of High Trading Volume,"( with R. Ajayi and M. Perry),  Applied Financial Economics, 2006.

"The Empirical Relation Between Price Changes and Trading Volumes: Further Evidence from European Stock Markets,"(with Richard Ajayi and Mbodja Mougoue) Alliance Journal of Business Research, 2005 .

"An Analysis of the Day-of-the-Week Effects in the Egyptian Stock Market", (with Hassan Aly and M. Perry), Journal of International Business, 2004.

"The Day -of-the-week effect in Stock Returns: Further Evidence from Eastern European Emerging Markets," (with Richard Ajayi and M. Perry). Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. 2004.

"The Day-of-the-Week Effect in Futures Markets," (with Raj Aggarwal and M. Perry), American Business Review, 2003.

"Production Economies of Foreign-Owned and Domestic-Owned Banks in Hong Kong," (With Rasoul Rezvanian and Abdul Rasheed). American Business Review. 2003. 

"Efficiency Change, Technological Progress and Productivity Growth in Thrift Institutions: The Case of US Cooperative Banks,"(with E. Elyasiani and R. Rezvanian). Research in Banking and Finance, 2003.

 

"Executive Compensation and Efficiency: A Study of Large Bank Holding Companies in the United States,” (with W. Bosworth and T. Vogel).  American Business Review, XXI, 1, 2003.  

 "An Examination of Cost Structure and Production Performance of Commercial Banks in Singapore," (with Rasoul Rezvanian). Journal of Banking and Finance, 26, 2002.

"Anomalies in US Equity Markets: Reexamining January Effect"with M. Perry). Applied Financial Economics. 12, 2002.  

 "Market Efficiency and the Reversal of the Monday Effect: New Evidence from U.S. Equity Markets," (with M. Perry). Journal of Business Finance and Accounting. Vol. 28 (7) & (8), Sept./Oct. 2001.

"An Analysis of Stock Market Anomalies: Evidence from International Equity Markets," (with M. Perry). Journal of Research in Finance. Vol. 2, No.2, Winter 1999.

"On the Relationship Between Stock Returns and Exchange Rates: Tests of Granger Causality," (with R. Ajayi and J. Friedman). Global Finance Journal.Vol.9, No.2, 1998.

"Production Economies of Small Depository Institutions in Post FIRREA Era: Evidence from Cooperative Banks", (with R. Rezvanian). Applied Economics. Vol.30, No.3, 1998.

"Asset Prices, Exchange Rates, and Economic Exposure," (with R. Ajayi). International Journal of Finance. Vol.9, No.3, 1997.

"A Non-parametric Frontier Model for Foreign and Domestic Owned Banks Cost Structure," (with E. Elyasiani). International Journal of Finance. Vol.9, No.1, 1997.

"Economies of Scale and Scope in Small Depository Institutions: Evidence From US Cooperative Banks," (with R. Rezvanian). Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. Vol.36,No.1, 1996, pp. 39-54.

"Stock Return Differentials as Predictors of Exchange Rates: A Notes," (with R. Ajayi and Y. Shachmurove). Journal of Business and Economics Studies. Vol.3, No.1, 1996, pp. 45-53.

"The Comparative Efficiency Performance of Small and Large Commercial Banks in the Pre and Post Deregulation Eras," (with E. Elyasiani). Applied Economics. Vol. 27, 1995, pp.1069-1079.

"Global Reaction of Security Prices to the Major US-Induced Surprises: An Empirical Investigation," (with R. Ajayi). Applied Financial Economics. Vol.5, 1995, pp. 203-218.

"The U.S., Japan and the Emerging Stock Markets of the Pacific Basin: A Test of Regional and Intertemporal Stability and "Bloc" Effect," (with R. Ajayi and J. Choi). Advances in Pacific Basin Business, Economics, and Finance, Vol. 1 1995, pp. 321-335.

"Tests of Investors' Reaction to Major Surprises: The Case of Emerging Markets," (with R. Ajayi). Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Vol. 4(1/2), 1995 pp. 115-128.

"Rational Investors' Reaction to Uncertainty: Evidence from the World's Major Markets," (with R. Ajayi). Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Vol. 21(4), 1994, pp. 533-545 .

"The Adverse Impacts of Local Historic Designation on the Value of Investment Properties: The Case of Small Apartment in Philadelphia," (with P. Asabere and F. Huffman). Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Vol.8, 1994, pp.225 - 234.

"An Empirical Test of Association Between Production and Financial Performance: The Case of the Commercial Banking Industry," (with E. Elyasiani and R. Rezvanian), Applied Financial Economics, Vol.4, 1993, pp.55-59.

"Measuring Technical and Scale Inefficiencies in the Beer Industry: Non-parametric Parametric Evidence," (with E. Elyasiani). Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol.33(4), 1993, pp.383-408.

"Mispricing and Optimal Time on the Market," (with P. Asabere and F. Huffman). Journal of Real Estate Research, Vol. 8(1), 1993, pp. 149-156.

"The Comparative Efficiency Performance of Minority and Non- minority Owned Banks: A Linear Programming Approach," (with E. Elyasiani), Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol.16, 1992, pp. 933-948.

"The Price Effects of Cash Versus Mortgage Transactions," (with P. Asabere and F. Huffman), AREUEA's journal, Real Estate Economics, Vol.20, 1992, pp. 141-150.

"A Non-parametric Approach to the Measurement of Efficiency and Technological Change: The Case of Large U.S. Commercial Banks," (with E. Elyasiani). Journal of Financial Services Research, Vol.4, 1990, pp.157-168.

"Efficiency in the Commercial Banking Industry: A Production Frontier Approach," (with E. Elyasiani). Applied Economics, Vol. 22, 1990, pp. 539-551.

"Efficiency of the Railroad Industry: A Frontier Approach," (with R. Grabowski). Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics, Vol. 29(2), 1990, pp.26-42.

"A Comparison of the Rate of Technological Change Between FHA and Non-FHA Farmers ," (with R. Grabowski). Journal of Productivity Analysis, Vol.1, 1989, pp. 155-163.

"A Reply to a Comment," (with R. Grabowski, S. Kraft, and C. Pasurka). Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol.3, 1989, pp. 249-253.

"Toward an Appraisal of FHA Credit Program: A Case Study of the Efficiency of Borrowers in Southern Illinois," (with W. Herr, P. Eberle, and R. Grabowski). Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, December, 1988, pp. 93-99.

"Technological Change in Illinois Agriculture," (with R. Grabowski, S. Kraft, and C. Pasurka). Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol.2, 1988, pp.303-318.

"Elasticity Estimation and Product Pricing Decisions: An Analysis of U.S. Alcoholic Beverage Demand," (with J. Beaulieu). Journal of the Southwestern Society of Economists, Vol. 14(1), 1987, pp. 263-270.

SELECTED ABSTRACTS:

"Efficiency of the Railroad Industry: A Frontier Approach," (with R. Grabowski). Journal of Economics Literature, 1989, pp. 1045.

PRESENTATIONS:

"A Cross-Industry Analysis of Investors' Reaction to Unexpected Market Surprises: Evidence from NASDAQ Sector-Indices"( (with Peter Bush and Marl Perry), International Conference on Globalization and Higher Education in Economics and Business Administration, Iasi, Romania, 2009.

"Cost Efficiency, Technological Progress and Productivity Growth of Public, Private, and Foreign Banks in People's Republic of China: Evidence from Pre and Post WTO Accession"(with Rima Turk and Rasoul Rezvanian), Financial Management Association, Dallas, Texas ,  2008 

"An Analysis of Investors' Behavior in the Romanian Equity Market", (with Anamaria Ciobanu and Mark Perry), the 3rd International Conference on Accounting and Management Information Systems( AMIS), 2008, Bucharest, Romania. 

"Cost Efficiency, Technological Progress and Productivity Growth of Public, Private, and Foreign Banks in People's Republic of China: Evidence from Pre and Post WTO Accession" (with Rima Turk and Rasoul Rezvanian), Midwest Finance Association, 2008.

"A Time Series Analysis of Operational Efficiency and Financial Performance: Evidence From the U.S. Airline Industry", (with Richard Ajayi) Second International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, June 2006, Cesme, Izmir, Turkey.

Efficiency Change, Technological Progress and Productivity Growth of Private, Public and Foreign Banks in India: Evidence from the Post-Liberalization Era," with Rasoul Rezvanian and Narendar Rao), the 18th Annual Australasian Finance and Banking Conference , December 2005, Sydney, Australia.

"An Examination of Investor Reaction to Unexpected Political and Economic Events in an Emerging Market: The Case of Turkey",(with Mark Perry and Tevifk Nas), the First International Conference on Business, Management and Economics, June 2005, Cesme, Izmir,  Turkey.

"A Test of U.S. Equity Market Surprises in an Era High Volatility,"( with R. Ajayi and Mark Perry). The Inaugural International Conference on Business, Banking and Finance, April 27-29, 2004, Port of Spain, Trinidad.

"An Analysis of Day-of-the-Week Effects in the Egyptian Stock Market", (with Hassan Aly and Mark Perry). Financial Developments in Arab Countries, March 31- April 2, 2003, Abu-Dhabi, UAE.

"The Individual Investor Sentiment and the Monday Seasonal in NASDAQ Stocks" (with V. Gondhalekar). Midwest Finance Association, March, 2002.

"Production Economies of Foreign-Owned and Domestic-Owned Banks in Hong Kong," (With Rasoul Rezvanian and Abdul Rasheed). Midwest Finance Association, March, 2001.

"Executive Compensation and Efficiency: A Study of Large Bank Holding Companies in the United States," ( W. Bosworth and T. Vogel). Financial Management Association Meetings, October 2000.

"Efficiency Change, Technological Progress and Productivity Growth in Thrift Institutions: The Case of US Cooperative Banks," (with E. Elyasiani and R. Rezvanian). Financial Management Association Meetings, October 2000.

"An Examination of Cost Structure and Production Performance of Commercial Banks in Singapore," (with Rasoul Rezvanian). Midwest Finance Association, March 2000.

"An Examination of Cost Structure and Production Performance of Commercial Banks in Singapore," (with Rasoul Rezvanian). Taipei International Conference on Efficiency and Productivity Growth, 1999.

"An Analysis of Stock Market Anomalies: Evidence from International Equity Markets," (with M.Perry). Eastern Finance Association, 1999.

"Market Efficiency and the Reversal of the Monday Effect: New Evidence from U.S. Equity Markets ”Equity Market," (with M. Perry). Midwest Finance Association, 1999.

"Production Economies of Small Depository Institutions in Post FIRREA Era: Evidence from Cooperative Banks", (with R. Rezvanian). Financial Management Association, 1997.

"The Relative Influence of U.S. and Japan on the Asian Emerging Stock Markets: Tests of Information Transmission and Bloc Effects," (with R. Ajayi and J. Choi), Financial Management Association, 1995.

"Information Arrival and Stock Return Volatility: Evidence on Influence of the U.S. and Japan on the Pacific Basin Emerging Markets," (with R. Ajayi and J. Choi), ASSA/NAEFA Meeting, 1995.

"Global Reaction of Security Prices to U.S.-induced Surprises: An Empirical Investigation," (with R. Ajayi). Financial Management Association Meeting, 1994.

"Stock Returns, Exchange Rates, and Economic Exposure," (with R. Ajayi) Annual Conference on Multinational Financial Issues, 1994.

"On the Relationship Between Stock Returns and Exchange Rates: Tests of Granger Causality," (with R. Ajayi). Midwest Finance Association Meeting, 1994.

"Is There a Yen or Dollar Bloc Effect in the Asian-Pacific Capital Markets?" (with R. Ajayi and J.Choi). ASSA/NAEFA Meeting, 1994.

"The United States, Japan, and the Emerging Stock Markets of the Pacific Basin: A Test of Regional and Intertemporal Stability," (with R. Ajayi and J. Choi) Conference on Pacific Basin Business, Economics, and Finance, 1993.

"Test of Investors' Reaction to Major Surprises: The Case of Emerging Markets," (with R. Ajayi). Academy of International Business Meeting, Brussels, 1992.

"A Non-parametric Frontier Model for Foreign and Domestic Owned Banks Cost Structure," (with E. Elyasiani). Financial Management Association Meeting, 1992.

"Rational Investors' Reaction to Uncertainty: Evidence from the World's Major Markets," (with R. Ajayi). Financial Management Association Meeting, 1992.

"Stock Return Differentials as Predictors of Exchange Rates: Evidence for Advanced and Emerging Markets," (with R. Ajayi). Eastern Finance Association Meeting, 1992.

"An Empirical Test of Association Between Production and Financial Performance: The Case of the Commercial Banking Industry," (with E. Elyasiani and R. Razvanian). Midwest Finance Association Meeting, 1992.

"The Comparative Efficiency Performance of Small and Large Commercial Banks in the Pre and Post Deregulation Eras," (with E. Elyasiani). Midwest Finance Association Meeting, 1992.

"The U.S., Japan, and the Emerging Markets of the Pacific Basin: An Intertemporal Stock Market Analysis," (with R. Ajayi and J. Choi). International Trade and Finance Conference, Larado, Texas, 1992.

"The Price Effects of Cash versus Mortgage Transactions," (with P. Asabere and F. Huffman). Allied Social Science Association Meeting, 1992.

"A Non-parametric Frontier Model for Foreign and Domestic Owned Banks Cost Structure," (with E. Elyasiani). Financial Management Association Meeting, 1992.

"The Comparative Efficiency Performance of Minority and Non-minority Owned Banks: A Linear Programming Approach," (with E.Elyasiani). Midwest Finance Association Meeting, 1991.

"A Non-parametric Approach to the Measurement of Efficiency and Technological Change: The Case of Large U.S. Commercial Banks," (with E. Elyasiani). Midwest Finance Association Meeting, 1990.

"Efficiency in the Commercial Banking Industry: A Production Frontier Approach," (with E. Elyasiani). Midwest Finance Association Meeting, 1989.

"An Examination of the Relationship Between Financial Ratios and Efficiency of the Firm Proceedings", American Accounting Association, Mid-Atlantic Regional Meetings, 1988.

"An Examination of the Relationship Between Financial Ratios and Efficiency of the Firm," American Accounting Association, Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, 1988.

"Elasticity Estimation and Product Pricing Decisions: An Analysis of U.S. Alcoholic Beverage Demand," (with J. Beaulieu). SWFAD Meeting, 1987.

AWARDS AND GRANTS:

  • J. William Fulbright  Scholarship Award, the Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, 2008.
  • J. William Fulbright Scholarship Award, the Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania,2007.
  • University of Michigan-Flint Faculty Scholarly and Creative Achievement Award,2001.
  • Member of Beta Gamma Sigma, inducted: 2000
  • Grants from Temple University (1993) and the Ohio State University (1993,1994 and 1995).

 



 

 

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