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Dr. Amir Fard

Clinical Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law

Email: Amirhossein.Fard@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2019
    Major: Business Administration
  • MBA, Texas A&M University-San Antonio, 2014
    Major: Business Administration

Licensures and Certifications

  • Teaching with AI, Harvard Business Publishing. (2025 - Present).
  • Teaching with Cases: Engage, Energize, and Challenge Your Students, Harvard Business Publishing. (2022 - Present).

Professional Memberships

  • Financial Management Association. (January 1, 2021 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Workshop, Teaching with AI, Harvard Business Publishing. Remote,NA,United States of America. (January 22, 2025).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • FINA 3770 - Finance, 1 course.
  • FINA 4300 - Financial Statement Analysis and Liquidity Management, 8 courses.
  • FINA 4500 - International Finance, 4 courses.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Fard, A., Chung, C.Y. (2024). Do Board‐Level Employee Representatives Increase Pay Equity in Firms?. Corporate Governance: An International Review. 32 (6) 1110-1132. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/corg.12608
  • Chung, C.Y., Choi, C., Fard, A. (2024). Self‐serving attribution and managerial investment decision. Other. 76 (3) 749-772. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/boer.12444
  • Chung, C.Y., Fard, A. (2024). The equity premium puzzle and two assets: GMM estimation. Applied Economics Letters. 31 (13) 1188-1194. Informa UK Limited. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2023.2177588
  • Kang, S., Chung, C.Y., Fard, A. (2023). Does geographic or market proximity matter? Evidence from institutional investor monitoring on earnings attributes in US cross-listed stocks. Wiley. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/boer.12433
  • Chung, C.Y., Fard, A., Sul, H.K. (2023). The effect of corporate annual report quality on the relationship between institutional blockholder monitoring and firm's information environment. International Review of Finance. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/irfi.12430
  • Oh, H., Chung, C.Y., Fard, A. (2023). Tacit vigilance in an emerging economy: An institution-based perspective of passive blockholder monitoring. Other. 64 101867. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2022.101867
  • Chung, C.Y., Fard, A. (2022). Institutional Investors and Earnings Management in the Korean Stock Market. Global Economic Review. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1226508X.2022.2151030
  • Kim, D.S., Chung, C.Y., Fard, A. (2022). Effects of 10-K readability on institutional blockholder monitoring of risk management. Applied Economics Letters. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13504851.2022.2103075
  • Fard, A., Siraj, I., Wang, B. (2022). Don't interfere with my rights! Employee rights violation and the cost of bank loans. Other. 31 (5) 239-258. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1111/fmii.12167
  • Fard, A., Javadi, S., Kim, I. (2020). Environmental regulation and the cost of bank loans: International evidence. Other. 51 100797. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2020.100797

Media Contributions

    Newspaper

  • "How the Texas Stock Exchange could reshape Dallas and the national stock market," Dallas Morning News. (June 6, 2024).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Fard, A. (Principal), Kim, I. (Co-Principal), "Summer Research Grant," sponsored by Dean's office, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2024).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Search committee for Clinical assistant professor of finance. (October 1, 2024 - Present).
  • Faculty Advisor, FIREL Undergraduate advisor. (January 1, 2024 - Present).
  • Faculty Advisor, FMA Student group. (January 1, 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Search for Senior Lecturer position in Finance. (November 1, 2024 - February 1, 2025).

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Financial Stability. NA, NA. (April 11, 2024 - June 16, 2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Financial Stability. (April 18, 2023 - July 4, 2023).