Hasan, Iftekhar
Cary L. Wellington Professor of Finance, Director of the International Center for Financial Research, co-Director of the Ph.D. Program, Area Coordinator of Accounting and Finance
hasan@rpi.edu 518-276-2525
Areas: Accounting, Finance and Economics
Education: Ph.D. and M.A., University of Houston; B.S.S., University of Dhaka
Areas of Instruction: Professor Hasan teaches corporate finance, financial institutions and markets, and empirical issues in research. He brings a unique perspective to the classroom, having held visiting faculty positions in several European and American universities including the University of Rome, Robert Schuman University at Strasbourg, EPFL at Lausanne, Carlos III at Madrid, Cheng Chi University in Taipei, and Stern School of Business in New York. He has been a consultant for the World Bank, United Nations, Italian Deposit Insurance Corporation and a number of other foreign central banks and regulatory authorities.
Research & Publications: Professor Hasan focuses his research on international banking issues, the economics of stock exchanges, privatizations in emerging markets, and new ventures. In addition to his research contributions to the field, Professor Hasan plays an active role in several research institutions in the United States and abroad. He is a scientific advisor at the Central Bank of Finland at Helsinki; a research associate at the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies of the Stern School of Business in New York; and a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, in Georgia.
He has over 175 publications in print including 98 academic journal articles in reputed finance, accounting and economics journals, such as the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Business, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Money Credit and Banking, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Intermediation and European Finance Review. Professor Hasan is a co-author of several books and edited volumes, including the widely-cited book Quantitative Methods for Finance and Investment. Professor Hasan serves on the editorial boards of a number of journals such as the Journal of Money Credit and Banking, the Journal of Banking and Finance, and the Journal of International Money and Finance. He also serves as the Editor of the Journal of Financial Stability.
Hosted Conferences: Rising Stars Conference