Khalil Jebran

Personal Information
DOB: August 14th, 1990 Location: Malakand
Religion: Islam Nationality: Pakistani
Contact No: 0092345-9517844 Email address: khaliljebranuom@gmail.com
Permanent Address: Village and P.0. Malakand, Tehsil Batkhela, District Malakand,
khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Current Address: Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, 217, Jianshen Street,
Shahekou District, Dalian, 116025, China.

Email: khaliljebranuom@gmail.com
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0594-4775
Phone No. +86-17866548542

Objective:
To be a good researcher in the field of Finance.

Educational Background:
Doctor of Philosophy in Financial Management (2016-2019)
Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, China.

Master of Science in Finance (2014) (Distinction)

Mohammad Ali Jinnah University Islamabad Pakistan.

Major subjects studied were; Research Methods in Finance, Advance Research Methods,
Behavioral Finance, Corporate Governance, Advance Portfolio Management and Advance
Strategic Finance.
CGPA, 3.6/4.

Bachelor of Business Administration BBA (HONS) (2008-2012)

University of Malakand chakdara, Dir Lower, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Pakistan.
Major subjects studied were Accounting, Financial Management, Cost Accounting, Financial
Statement Analysis, Islamic Banking System and Business Finance.
Percentage, 76/100.

Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) (2008)

Federal Government College Batkhela, District Malakand, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Pakistan.
Percentage, 72/100.

Secondary School Certificate (SSC) (2006)

Ever Green public high school Dheri, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Pakistan.
Percentage, 75/100.

Research Interests:

Corporate Governance, International Finance, Capital markets analyses, Foreign

Exchange Markets, Behavioral Finance, Stock Market Volatility Spillover, etc.

List of Research Publications:

1) Jebran K. (2018) Volatility spillover between stock and foreign exchange market of
China. Evidence from Asian financial crises. Journal of Asia Business Studies, 13(2),
220-232. (EMERALD ESCI).
2) Jebran K, Iqbal, A., Rao, Z. U., Ali, A. (2018). Effects of terms of trade on economic
growth of Pakistan. Foreign Trade Review, 53(1), 1-11. (SAGE)
3) Jebran K, & Abdullah., Elbahaqq, M. M., Ali, A. (2017). Income and price elasticities of
crude oil demand in Pakistan. Global Business Review18(6), 1-11. (SAGE, ESCI)
4) Rahman, Z., Jebran K., Ali. A., Batool, S., Ahmad, W., Ali, N. (2016). Financial
performance of Pakistani banks: Pre and post analysis of mergers and acquisitions.
Journal of Islamic and Business Management, 6(2), 115-133. (HEC Y category)
5) Jebran, K., & Iqbal, A. (2016) Dynamics of Volatility spillover between stock market
and foreign exchange market: Evidence from Asian countries. Financial Innovation, 2(3)
1-20. DOI:10.1186/s40854-016-0021-1 (Springer link, ESCI)
6) Jebran K., & Iqbal A. (2016) Examining volatility Spillover between Asian countries
stock markets. China Finance and Economic Review, 4(6), 1-13. DOI 10.1186/s40589-
016-0031-1 (Springer link, ESCI)
7) Jebran K, Abdullah, Iqbal, A, & Ullah, I. (2016) Effect of Remittances on per capita
Economic Growth in Pakistan. Pakistan Business Review, 18(1)1-18. (HEC X category)
8) Jebran, K, Ali, A., Hayat, U., & Iqbal, A. (2016) Public debt and economic growth in
Pakistan: A reassessment. Pakistan Business Review, 18(2) 271-288. (HEC X category).
9) Nadeem, A., Ullah, I., Jebran K., Khan, A. (2016) Impact of interest rate on private
sector credit: Evidence of Pakistan. Jinnah Business Review, 4(1), 47-52. (HEC Z
category).
10) Iqbal, A. Zhang, X. Jebran, K (2015). Corporate governance and Earnings Management:
A case of listed companies on Karachi stock exchange. Indian Journal of Corporate
Governance. 8: 103-118, doi:10.1177/0974686215602367 (SAGE)
11) Abdullah, Zhou, D., Khan, S. A., Jebran K.,& Ali, A. (2015) Agricultural Credit in
Pakistan: Past Trends and Future Prospects. Journal of Applied Environment and
Biological Science, 5(12)178-188, (ISI Master List)
12) Jan, W., & Jebran K. (2015). Empirical analyses of volatility spillover from G5 countries
stock markets to Karachi Stock Exchange. Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social
science, 9(3) 928-939. (HEC Y category)
13) Jebran, K., Iqbal, A., Bhat, K., Khan, M. A., Hayat, M. (2018). Determinants of
corporate cash holdings in tranquil and turbulent period. Evidence from an emerging
economy. Financial Innovation, 4(1) (Springer Link, ESCI)
14) Hayat, M., Yu, Y., Man, W., Jebran, K. (2018). Impact of Managerial and Institutional
Ownership on Capital Structure: A Comparison Between China & USA. European
Journal of Business and Management, 10(24), 69-80.
15) Jebran K, Iqbal, A, Bhatt, K., Ali, A. (2018) Effects of terms of trade on economic
growth of China. Emerging Economy Studies, 4(2), 1-14. (SAGE).
16) Bhat, K., Yan, Chen, Jebran, K, Bhat, N. (2018). Corporate governance and firm value.
A comparative analysis of state and non state corporations in the context of Pakistan.
Corporate Governance, The international Journal of Business Society (Emerald,
ESCI).
17) Rashid, S. H., Sadaqat, M., Jebran K., Memon, Z. A. (2018). Size premium, value
premium, and market timing. Evidence from an emerging economy. Journal of
Economics Finance and Administrative Sciences (Emerald)
18) Gul, Habib., Usman, M., Hussain, S. & Jebran, K. (2018). The Moderating Effect of
Power Distance between Person-Environment Fit and Job Satisfaction Leading to Job
Performance: A Comparative Study between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Future Business
Journal (Science Direct, ESCI)
19) Rahman, Z., Ali. A., Jebran K. (2017). Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions on Stock
Price Behavior in Banking Sector of Pakistan. The Journal of Finance and Data Science
(Science Direct)
20) Tauni, M. Z., Majeed, M. A. Mirza, S. S., Yousaf, S., Jebran, K. (2018). Moderating
Influence of Advisor Personality on the association between Financial Advice and
Investor Stock Trading Behavior. International Journal of Bank Marketing, 34(3)
(Emerald SSCI IF 2.4).
21) Tauni, M. Z., Rao, Z. Fang, H., Mirza, S. S., Memon, Z. A., Jebran, K. (2017). Do
investor’s Big Five personality traits influence the association between information
 acquisition and stock trading behavior? China Finance Review International (Emerald,
ESCI).
22) Jebran, K, Chen, S., ULLAH, I., Mirza, S. S. (2017). Does volatility spillover among
stock markets varies from normal to turbulent periods? Evidence from emerging markets
of Asia. Journal of Finance and Data Science, 2(1), 1-11. (Science Direct)
23) Mirza; S. S., Jebran, K. Yan, Y., & Iqbal, A. (2017). Financing behavior of firms in
normal and turbulent periods: Evidence from China. Cogent Economics and Finance,
59(1), 1339770. (Taylor and Francis, ESCI)
24) Jebran K. Chen, S. Tauni, M. Z. (2017). Islamic and conventional equity index co-
movement and volatility transmission: Evidence from Pakistan. Future Business
Journal, 3 (2) (Science Direct, ESCI)
25) ULLAH, I., Awais, M., Jebran, K., Abidy M. M. (2017). Overconfidence Behaviour
and Managerial Decision. Evidence from Pakistan. Research Journal of Finance and
Accounting, 8(3), 28-35.
26) Jebran K, Chen, S., Saeed, G., & Zeb, A., (2017). Dynamics of oil price shocks and
stock market behavior in Pakistan. Evidence from pre and post financial crises.
Financial Innovation 3:1. (Springer Link, ESCI)
27) Jebran K, and Chen, S. (2017). Examining Anomalies in Islamic Equity Market in
Pakistan. Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, 7(2), 1-16. (Taylor and
Francis, ESCI)
28) Iqbal, A., Rao, Z R., Tauni, M, Z., Jebran, K. (2017). Modeling product market
competition and reporting quality: The transitional economy of China. Managerial
Finance, 43(2). (Emerald, ESCI)
29) AbdULLAH, Dayi Z., Shah, T., Jebran, K., Ali, A., Ali, A. (2017). Acceptance and
willingness to pay for solar home system: Survey evidence from northern area of
Pakistan. Energy Reports, 3(1), 54 -60. (Science Direct, ESCI)
In Review

Conference papers
Iqbal, A., & Jebran, K., (2016). Principal-principal agency conflicts and corporate payout policy.
Evidence from China. 11th International Conference on Asia Pacific Financial Markets at Seoul
South Korea.
Jebran, K., & Chen, S., (2018). Corporate governance, ultimate owner and target cash holdings:
Evidence from China. International Academic Conference on Management, Economics,
Business and Marketing in Budapest, Hungary.
Ocassional reviewer of the Journals

1. Pakistan Business Review

2. Foreign Trade Review
3. International Journal of emerging markets
4. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management
 5. International Journal of Managerial Finance
6. Cogent Business and Management

Work Experience:

Current Employment: Visiting Lecturer at University of Malakand Chakdara Pakistan.

Duration: September 2014, August 2016.
Courses Taught: Financial Management, Business Finance, Investment and Portfolio
Management, Financial Statement Analysis, Corporate Governance, Accounting and Finance.

Past Experience:
Worked as Internee at United Bank Limited Chakdara Branch, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa
Pakistan. Duration: 1st August 2012 to 12th September 2012.

Econometrics Experience:
Software’s:
STATA, EVIEWs, SPSS, Microsoft Office.
Techniques:
Simple Regression, Multiple Regression, Panel Data Analyses, GMM
(Generalized Method of Moments) model, GARCH (Generalized Autoregressive Conditional
Heteroskedasticity) models, (ARCH, EGARCH, GJRGARCH, TGARCH, PARCH),
Cointegration Techniques, VAR (Vector Autoregressive) models, VECM (Vector Error
Correction) models, Causality Models like Granger Causality, ARDL (Auto Regressive
Distributed Lag) Model, Logit, Probit, Tobit.

Languages:
 English (Fluent)
 Urdu (Fluent)
 Pashto (Native)
 Chinese (Basic)

Hobbies:
Badminton and Football.