Finance and Accounting

• 24.01: Luca Picariello, University of Naples Federico II
• 27.01: Michał Dzieliński, Stockholm Business School
• 29.01: Yousef Kaddoura, University of Liverpool
• 06.03: Espen Sirnes, UiT the Arctic University of Norway
• 27.03: Lars Nordén, Stockholm Business School

Upcoming

• 18.09: Carmen Olsen, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
• 16.10: Adam Winegar, BI Norwegian Business School
• 06.11: Malgorzata (Gosia) Ryduchowska, BI Norwegian Business School
• 20.11: Kasper Meisner Nielsen, CBS
• 04.12: Patrick Schwarz, HEC Liège

Here is an overview of our previously held seminars.

2024

• 08.02: Gudrun Johnsen, Denmarks Nationalbank
• 07.03: Artashes Karapetyan, ESSEC Business School
• 25.04: Andre Lot, Sydney Business School
• 29.08: Steven Cahan, University of Auckland
• 19.09: Jens Kværner, Tilburg University
• 17.10: Carol Osler, Brandeis University
• 07.11: Bernt Arne Ødegaard, University of Stavanger
• 28.11: Jochen Pierk, Erasmus University Rotterdam

2023

• 20.04: Kyeong Hun Lee, Norwegian School of Economics
• 27.04: Guillaume Vuillemey; HEC Paris
• 15.06: Tobias Svanström, Umeå University
• 12.10: Alexander Schandlbauer, University of Southern Denmark Odense
• 30.11: Miguel de Jesus, CUNEF Madrid
• 14.12: Hooman Abdollahi, UiT the Arctic University of Norway

Here is an overview of publications members pf the Finance and Accounting Group have contributed to. Our members are marked with (FAG).

2025

• Biguri, Kizkitza (FAG), and Jörg R. Stahl. "Who pays a visit to Brussels? Firm value effects of cross-border political access to European Commissioners." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 60, no. 2 (2025): 948-973.

2024

• Biguri, Kizkitza (FAG), and Jörg R. Stahl. "Collateral requirements and corporate policy decisions." Journal of Financial Intermediation 60 (2024): 101104.
• Sundkvist, Charlotte Haugland, Limei Che (FAG), and Tonny Stenheim. "Ownership structure and earnings quality in private family firms." Forthcoming in Journal of International Accounting, Auditing, and Taxation. 
• Nygaard, Knut (FAG), and Lars Qvigstad Sørensen. "Betting on war? Oil prices, stock returns, and extreme geopolitical events." Energy Economics 136 (2024): 107659.
• Pandey, Rudresh (FAG), Xian He, and Dengjun Zhang. "Firms' gender composition, loan collateral, and sustainable finance." Global Finance Journal 63 (2024): 101051.
• Abdollahi, Hooman, Sturla L. Fjesme (FAG), and Espen Sirnes. "Measuring market volatility connectedness to media sentiment." The North American Journal of Economics and Finance 71 (2024): 102091.
• Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem (FAG), Ammar Ali Gull, and Tanveer Ahsan. "Sentry eyes? Women directors and corporate penalties." Journal of Cleaner Production 484 (2024): 144297.
• Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem (FAG), Ammar Ali Gull, Tanveer Ahsan, and Muhammad Ansar Majeed. "Do firms walk the talk when economic uncertainty is high?." Journal of Cleaner Production 436 (2024): 140617.
• Opsahl, André, Marie Viken (FAG), and Charlotte Haugland Sundkvist. "Offentlig regnskap. Kompetansebehov i norske kommuner og rollene til høyere utdanning og kurstilbydere." Magma 27, no. 4 (2024).
• Seip, Knut Lehre, and Dan Zhang (FAG). "Scoring six detrending methods on timing, lead-lag relations, and cycle periods: An empirical study of US and UK recessions 1977–2020." Computational Economics 64, no. 5 (2024): 3087-3116.
• Valseth, Siri (FAG). Påvirker Norges Banks kronekursen når den handler valuta på vegne av staten?. Samfunnsøkonomen, 1 (2024).

2023

• Biguri, Kizkitza (FAG). "How does access to the unsecured debt market affect investment?." Journal of Banking & Finance 152 (2023): 106856.
• Annelin, Alice, and Limei Che (FAG). "Audit team distance and audit quality threatening behavior." Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory 43, no. 1 (2024): 27-49.
• Carpena, Fenella, Laurens Swinkels, and Dan Zhang (FAG). "The effects of COVID‐19 policies on consumer spending in Norway." Contemporary Economic Policy 42, no. 1 (2024): 56-67.
• Fjesme, Sturla Lyngnes (FAG), Jin Roc Lv, and Chander Shekhar. "The world cup in football and the US IPO market." Journal of Corporate Finance 80 (2023): 102410.
• Fjesme, Sturla (FAG), Leslie Hannah, and Lyndon Moore. "Informed investors, screening, and sorting on the London capital market, 1891-1913." Explorations in Economic History 91 (2024): 101515.
• Seip, Knut Lehre, and Dan Zhang (FAG). "Scoring six detrending methods on timing, lead-lag relations, and cycle periods: An empirical study of US and UK recessions 1977–2020." Computational Economics 64, no. 5 (2024): 3087-3116.
• Zilja, Flladina, Gabriel RG Benito, Hamid Boustanifar, and Dan Zhang (FAG). "CEO wealth and cross-border acquisitions by SMEs." International Business Review 32, no. 6 (2023): 102192.
• Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem (FAG), Tanveer Ahsan, Ammar Ali Gull, and Zaghum Umar. "The impact of economic policy uncertainty on sustainability (ESG) performance: the role of the firm life cycle." International Journal of Managerial Finance 20, no. 4 (2023): 872-891.
• Gull, Ammar Ali, Tanveer Ahsan, Muhammad Azeem Qureshi (FAG), and Rizwan Mushtaq. "Striving to safeguard shareholders or maintain sustainability in periods of high uncertainty: A multi-country evidence." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 188 (2023): 122183.
• Ahsan, Tanveer, Bakr Al-Gamrh, Muhammad Azeem Qureshi (FAG), and Ammar Ali Gull. "Does eco-innovation foster or hinder environmental performance? Recent evidence from Europe." International Journal of Green Energy 21, no. 2 (2024): 205-215.
• Bin‐Feng, Chai, Sultan Sikandar Mirza, Tanveer Ahsan, and Muhammad Azeem Qureshi (FAG). "How uncertainty can determine corporate ESG performance?." Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management 31, no. 3 (2024): 2290-2310.
• Khan, Aima, and Muhammad Azeem Qureshi (FAG). "Policy analysis to maximize the firm value: performing firm valuation using system dynamics." Journal of Modelling in Management 18, no. 5 (2023): 1291-1312.