Safieddine, Assem, Ph.D.
  
   Associate Professor
   AUB Start Date: September, 2003
 
Contact Information  
AUB Email: as57@aub.edu.lb
Other Email: as57@aub.edu.lb
Office Location: 457
Office Extension: 3949
   
   
   
  
 Office Hours

Wednesday : 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday : 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Thursday : 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM

 Recent Research/Intellectual Contributions
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Published Articles in Refereed Journals

1. Jamali, D, Safieddine, A and Nourddine, S  (2009)  'Corporate Governance and Intellectual Capital: evidence from an academic institution (forthcoming)',  Corporate Governance: An International Journal of Business in Society , -:-, -

2. Safieddine, A  (2009)  'Islamic Financial Institutions and Corporate Governance: New Insights for Agency Theory',  Corporate Governance: An International Review , 17:2, 142-158

3. Safieddine, A and Atwi, L  (2009)  'Is Governance a Prerequisite for Democracy? Insights from the Middle East (forthcoming)',  Middle East Policy , -:-, -

4. Safieddine, A, Jamali, D and Rabbath, M  (2008)  'CG and CSR: Synergies and inter-relationships',  Corporate Governance: An International Review

5. Safieddine, A and McLaughlin, R  (2007)  'Regulation and Information Asymmetry: Evidence from the Performance of Industrial and Utility Firms Issuing Seasoned Equity in the U.S.',  Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance

6. Safieddine, A and Chahine, S  (2007)  'Corporate governance and the external monitoring of banks in Lebanon',  Corporate Governance , 8

7. Safieddine, A and Sonti, R  (2007)  'Momentum and Industry Growth',  Review of Financial Economics , 16, 203-215

8. Jamali, D, Safieddine, A and Daouk, M  (2006)  'The Glass Ceiling: Some Postive Trends from the Lebanese Banking Sector',  Women in Management Review

9. Safieddine, A, Newman, M and Akhigbe, A  (2006)  'Market Expectations and The Valuation Effects of Equity Issuance',  The Journal of Financial Research , 29:2, 253-269

10. Jamali, D, Safieddine, A and Daouk, M  (2006)  'Corporate Governance and Women: An Empirical Study of Top and Middle Women Managers in The Lebanese Banking Sector',  Corporate Governance

11. Safieddine, A  (2005)  'Corporate Governance in Lebanon: An Empirical Investigation',  Journal of Corporate Ownership and Control, Forthcoming , 2:4, 17-28

12. Jamali, D, Sidani, Y and Safieddine, A  (2005)  'Constraints Facing Working Women in Lebanon: An Insider View',  Women in Management Review

13. Safieddine, A, Gibson, S and Sonti, R  (2004)  'Smart Investments by Smart Money: Evidence from Seasoned equity Offerings ',  Journal of Financial Economics , 72:3, 581-604

14. Safieddine, A and Gibson, S  (2003)  'Does Smart Money move Markets?',  Journal of Portfolio Management

15. Safieddine, A, Sheridan, T and Gibson, S  (2000)  'Tax-Motivated Momentum Trading and Price Pressure: An Analysis of Mutual Fund Holdings',  Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

16. Safieddine, A, McLaughlin, R and Vasudevan, G  (2000)  'Investment Banks and Their Role in Seasoned Equity Issues',  Financial Management

17. Safieddine, A, Petroni ,K and Ke, B  (2000)  'Executive Pay and Accounting Performance Measures: Evidence from Publicly and Privately-held Insurance Companies',  Journal of Accounting and Economics

18. Safieddine, A and Titman, S  (1999)  'Leverage and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Unsuccessful takeovers',  The Journal of Finance

19. Safieddine, A, McLaughlin, R and Vasudevan, G  (1998)  'Information Content of Corporate Security Offerings',  Financial Management

20. Safieddine, A, McLaughlin, R and Vasudevan, G  (1998)  'The Long-Run Performance of Convertible Equity Issuers',  Journal of Financial Research

21. Safieddine, A and Welhelm, W  (1996)  'An Empirical Investigation of Short-Selling Activity Prior to Seasoned Equity Offerings',  The Journal of Finance

22. Safieddine, A, Mclaughlin, R and Vasudevan, G  (1996)  'The Operating Performance of Seasoned Equity Issuers: Free Cash Flow and Post-Issue Performance',  Financial Management


Other Intellectual Contributions
Refereed Conference Presentations

1. Safieddine, A, Balsam, S and Asku, M  (2004)  'An Analysis and Value Reference of Stock Based Compensation Costs”', paper presented at the Multinational Finance Society  July, Turkey

2. Safieddine, A  (2004)  'Corporate Governance in the Lebanon: An Empirical Investigation', paper presented at the Multinational Finance Society  July, Turkey

Non-Refereed Conference Presentations

3. Safieddine, A  (2004)  'Corporate Governance in the Banking Sector', paper presented at the Second Middle East and North African Forum on Corporate Governance  June, Lebanon

Articles in Practice-Oriented Journals

4. Safieddine, A and Fawaz, T  (2003)  'Privatization plan is key to national recovery',  Daily Star

5. Safieddine, A and Fawaz, T  (2003)  'Road to Privatization needs paving',  Daily Star

6. Safieddine, A and Daouk, M  (2003)  'Bad governance and Lebanon’s grim future',  Daily Star

7. Safieddine, A and Ghanem, R  (2002)  'Paris II provides route away from dangers of dollarization',  Daily Star

8. Safieddine, A and El-Hamoui, T  (2002)  'Eurobond issue set to be costly',  Daily Star

9. Safieddine, A  (2002)  'More fiscal reform needed in face of latest credit downgrade',  Daily Star

10. Safieddine, A and Ghanem, R  (2002)  'Is dollarization the answer to Lebanon’s economic woes? ',  Daily Star

11. Safieddine, A  (2002)  'Political bickering is measured in billions of dollars',  Daily Star

12. Safieddine, A and Balhas, Z  (2001)  'Effective Privatization needs consumer protection groups',  Daily Star

13. Safieddine, A and El-Hamoui, T  (2001)  'Devaluating may carry with unacceptable social costs',  Daily Star

14. Safieddine, A and El-Hamoui, T  (2001)  'Implications of devaluation',  Daily Star

15. Safieddine, A and Balhas, Z  (2001)  'Effective Privatization needs consumer protection groups',  Daily Star

16. Safieddine, A  (2001)  'Privatization – Dos and don’ts: The UK and Russian examples',  Daily Star

17. Safieddine, A and Balhas, Z  (2001)  'Privatizing MEA: The Government has little choice',  Daily Star

18. Safieddine, A  (2001)  'Tele-Liban must make radical decisions to ensure its Survival',  Daily Star

19. Safieddine, A and Balhas, Z  (2001)  'Privatization – Process that creates problems, not solutions',  Daily Star

20. Safieddine, A  (2001)  'Privatization – Learn from the experience of others',  Daily Star

21. Safieddine, A  (2001)  'Make use of window of opportunity',  Daily Star

22. Safieddine, A  (2001)  'Privatization – The success will lie in the implementation',  Daily Star

23. Safieddine, A  (2001)  'Privatization – Choosing appropriate approach is guts of issue',  Daily Star

24. Safieddine, A  (2001)  'VAT: A closer look at a regressive tax',  Daily Star

25. Safieddine, A, Jamali, D and Daouk, M  (2004)  'Brain-drain paradox: Sometimes leaving is better for everyone',  Daily Star

26. Safieddine, A, Jamali, D and Daouk, M  (2004)  'Exploiting expatriate human capital by turning brain drain into a brain gain',  Daily Star

27. Safieddine, A, Jamali, D and Daouk, M  (2004)  'Brain drain or brain gain? A nation and its diaspora',  Daily Star

28. Safieddine, A, Jamali, D and Daouk, M  (2004)  'Brain drain or brain gain? A Lebanese perspective',  Daily Star

29. Safieddine, A  (2004)  'State of the Union Report on Corporate Governance',  State of the Union Report on Corporate Governance

Research in Progress
Submitted, Awaiting Approval

1.  Safieddine, A and Chahine, S  (2005)  'Lebanese Corporate Governance System ',