Birjees RAHAT

Birjees RAHAT Research Active Faculty - Assistant Professor
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    • Department
      Finance Department
    • Languages
      English, Urdu, Punjabi
    • Teaching specialisations
      Corporate Finance, Fundamentals of accounting, International Finance, Investment Analysis, Financial Markets
    • Areas of research
      Green Finance - ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance criteria), Financial intermediation and Sustainable Development Goals, Climate risk (Physical and transitional), Resource scarcity, Blue finance
    • Campus
      La Rochelle

    Biography

    Dr. Birjees Rahat is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Excelia Business School. She holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Montpellier, specializing in ESG and Sustainable Finance. She is also a European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies Certified ESG Analyst® (CESGA). At Excelia she teaches courses in Corporate Finance, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Sustainable Finance, and Financial Markets, amongst others.

    Dr. Rahat brings extensive professional experience in credit ratings, risk assessment, and investment management, having worked in portfolio management and advisory roles before transitioning to academia. She has also been awarded research grants from prestigious organizations such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Islamic Development Bank.

    Her research focuses on sustainable finance, ESG-related issues, financial intermediation, responsible investments, and blue finance. She also explores the efficiency and stability of financial intermediaries, particularly factors influencing asset quality and financial performance. Her work has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals, including Energy Economics, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Environmental Management, Resources Policy, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, and Journal of Asset Management.

  • 2024

    PhD in Management Sciences, Université de Montpellier

    2014

    MBA Banking and Finance, Lahore Schools of Economics, Pakistan

    2013

    BSc Honors, Double Majors Economics and Finance, Lahore Schools of Economics, Pakistan

  • 2023

    Research Active Faculty - Assistant Professor, Excelia, La Rochelle, France

    2019-2023

    Adjunct Faculty

    2016-2018

    Consultant Risk Management, Tawasul Insurance Services, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    2014-2015

    Assistant Manager Ratings and Criteria, Japanese Credit Rating Agency, Lahore, Pakistan

  • Journal articles

    RIZVI, S. K. A., RAHAT, B., NAQVI, B., UMAR, M. (2024). Revolutionizing finance: The synergy of fintech, digital adoption, and innovation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 200, 123112. doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2023.123112.
    WANG, X., XU, Z., NIU, R., SKARE, M., RAHAT, B. (2024). The convergence in per capita natural resources in the perspective of resource curse. Resources Policy, 90, 104753. doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.104753.
    RAHAT, B., NGUYEN, P. (2024). The impact of ESG profile on Firm's valuation in emerging markets. International Review of Financial Analysis, 95, 103361. doi:10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103361.
    HOROBET, A., RAHAT, B., FLOREA, A.-M., BELASCU, L. (2024). Green banks, golden returns? Unraveling the ESG–Financial performance nexus in European banking. Review of Accounting and Finance. doi:10.1108/JBIM-06-2024-0453.
    RAHAT, B., NGUYEN, P. (2023). Does ESG performance impact credit portfolios? Evidence from lending to mineral resource firms in emerging markets. Resources Policy, 85, 104052. doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.104052.
    RAHAT, B., NGUYEN, P. (2022). Risk-adjusted investment performance of green and black portfolios and impact of toxic divestments in emerging markets. Energy Economics, 116, 106423. doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106423.
    UMAR, M., JI, X., ELAHI, M. N., RAHAT, B. (2021). The impact of resource curse on banking efficiency: Evidence from twelve oil producing countries. Resources Policy, 72, 102080. doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102080.
    ZHENG, F., ZHOU, X., RAHAT, B., RUBBANIY, G. (2021). Carbon neutrality target for leading exporting countries: On the role of economic complexity index and renewable energy electricity. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management , 299, pp. 113558.
    UMAR, M., JI, X., ELAHI, M. N., RAHAT, B. (2021). The impact of resource curse on banking efficiency: Evidence from twelve oil producing countries. Resources Policy, 72, 102080. doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102080.
    ELAHI, M. N., HASNAOUI, A., RAHAT, B. (2020). Credit Quality and Stock Returns of Commercial Banks. Economics Bulletin, 40 (1), 1-17.
    RIZVI, S. K. A., ELAHI, M. N., NAQVI, B., RAHAT, B. (2020). Covid-19 and asset management in EU: a preliminary assessment of performance and investment styles. Journal of Asset Management. doi:10.1057/s41260-020-00172-3.
    ELAHI, M. N., NAQVI, B., RAHAT, B., RIZVI, S. K. A. (2020). Price reaction, volatility timing and funds’ performance during Covid-19. Finance Research Letters, 36, 101657. doi:10.1016/j.frl.2020.101657.
    LI, J. -P., ELAHI, M. N., RAHAT, B., XIONG, D. (2020). Machine learning and credit ratings prediction in the age of fourth industrial revolution. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 161, 120309. doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120309.
    ELAHI, M. N., RAHAT, B., NAQVI, B., RIZVI, S. K. A. (2020). Impact of Covid-19 on corporate solvency and possible policy responses in the EU. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. doi:10.1016/j.qref.2020.09.002.
    ELAHI, M. N., RAHAT, B., REDDY, K. (2016). Financial leverage and stock returns: evidence from an emerging economy. Economic Research - Ekonomska Istrazivanja, 29 (1), pp. 85-100.
    ELAHI, M. N., RAHAT, B., REDDY, K. (2015). Business Dynamics, Efficiency, Asset Quality and Stability: The Case of Financial Intermediaries in Pakistan. Economic Modelling, 46, 358-363. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2015.02.006.
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