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Dr. Syed Ali Raza

Director Academics
Iqra University
dr.aliraza@iqra.edu.pk

Education

PhD in Finance

MBA in Finance from Iqra University

ACMA from UK

Research Interests

  • Impact of Financial Development, Economic Growth and Energy Consumption on Environmental Degradation: Evidence from Pakistan (2016), International Conference on the State of Pakistan’s Economy, 27-28 September, Karachi, Pakistan.
  • Factors affecting intention to use Islamic personal financing in Pakistan: Evidence from the modified TRA model (2016), International Conference on Innovation and Emerging Trends in Business Management, 4-5 June, Karachi, Pakistan.
  • The Impact of Working Capital Management on Firms Profitability in Different Business Cycles: Evidence from Pakistan (2016), International Conference on Innovation and Emerging Trends in Business Management, 4-5 June, Karachi, Pakistan.
  • Islamic Banking as Innovation: A case of developing country (2016), National Research Conference of Business Management, 6-7 March, Karachi, Pakistan.
  • Role of Students’ Attitude, Awareness and Multidimensional Self-Efficacy on E-Book reading in Pakistan: The Modified Diffusion Innovation Theory (2016), National Research Conference of Business Management, 6-7 March, Karachi, Pakistan.
  • Does Globalization Effect Income Disparity? Evidence from Pakistan (2015), International Conference on Management, Education and Social Sciences Research, 4-5 April, Karachi, Pakistan
  • Impact of Financial Development on Income Equality in Pakistan (2015), International Conference on Management, Education and Social Sciences Research, 4-5 April, Karachi, Pakistan

Biography

Dr. Syed Ali Raza has been associated with Iqra University since September, 2011. At present, Dr. Raza is a Director Academics of Iqra University North Campus. He was also serving as Assistant Professor and Director Research and Publications and HOD Business Administration. He holds PhD in Finance from Northern University of Malaysia, Malaysia. His doctoral study investigated the role and influence of systemic banking crises and currency crises on capital inflows and growth activities of different income level countries. Dr. Raza has developed a new measure of systemic financial crises by combining the systemic banking crises and currency crises for a large panel of around 100 countries. He also has a Certificate of Management Accounting from Chartered Institute of Management Accountant, UK.

Dr. Raza brings an experience of more than 5 years from the corporate world by working at various management positions. His areas of interest include Quantitative Methods in Research, Financial Economics, Energy Economics, Tourism Economics and Corporate Finance. He has many international research publications in well reputed impact factor journals like Tourism Management, Energy Policy, Economic Modelling, Social Indicators Research, Current Issues in Tourism, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Quality and Quantity, International Migration, Total Quality management and Business Excellence, Journal of Business Economics and Management, Studies in Higher Education, Journal of Educational Computing Research, Journal of Islamic Marketing, Global Business and Economics Review, South Asia Economic Journal, Journal of Transnational Management, Transition Studies Review, Global Business Review, Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies and others.

Dr. Raza is also a member of reviewer board of many international research journals which publish by renowned publishers like ScienceDirect/Elsevier, Springer, Taylor and Francis, SAGE, Emerald and others. He is also the Editor of “Journal of Finance and Economics Research”, which publishes blind peer reviewed articles in the field of Finance and Economics. Dr. Raza is also serving in editorial board of Journal of Management Sciences (Thomson Reuters Web of Science ESCI indexed journal) as an Associate Editor.

Publications

Referred Journal Publication :

  • Arif, I. Raza, S. A.,Ivkovi, A. F. and Suleman, T. (2018) “Role of Remittance in the Development of Higher Education in Top Remittances Receiving Countries”, Social Indicator Research, (Early View), 1-11. ISI Indexed, Impact factor 1.7 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11205-018-1857-8
  • Ali, M., Raza, S. A., Puah, C.-H., & Karim, M. Z. A. (2017). Islamic home financing in Pakistan: a SEM-based approach using modified TPB model. Housing Studies, 1–22. Impact Factor: 1.309, Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2017.1302079
  • Boubaker, H., & Raza, S. A., (2017). A wavelet analysis of mean and volatility spillovers between oil and BRICS stock markets. Energy Economics, 64, 105–117.Impact Factor: 2.862, Elsevier/ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2017.01.026
  • Raza, S. A., & Shah, N. (2017). Tourism growth and income inequality: does Kuznets Curve hypothesis exist in top tourist arrival countries. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 22(8), 874–884. Impact Factor: 1.051, Taylor & Francis. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2017.1343742
  • Raza, S. A., Umer, A., Qazi, W., & Makhdoom, M. (2017). The Effects of Attitudinal, Normative, and Control Beliefs on M-Learning Adoption Among the Students of Higher Education in Pakistan. Journal of Educational Computing Research, . Impact Factor: 0.667. SAGE. https://doi.org/10.1177/0735633117715941
  • Sharif, A., & Raza, S. A. (In press),”The influence of Hedonic Motivation, Self-efficacy, Trust and Habit on Adoption of Internet Banking in Pakistan: A Structural Modelling Approach”. International Journal of Electronic Customer Relationship Management. Inderscience.
  • Raza, S. A., Umer, A., & Shah, N. (In press). New Determinants of Ease of Use and Perceived Usefulness for Mobile Banking Adoption. International Journal of Electronic Customer Relationship Management. Inderscience.
  • Arif, I., Khan, L., Raza, S. A., and Maqbool, F. (2017), “External resources and economic growth: New evidence from EAGLEs countries using PMG framework, 22(4) Taylor & Francis. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15475778.2017.1389597
  • Ali,M.,& Raza, S. A. (2017). “Factors affecting to select Islamic credit cards in Pakistan: The TRA model”, Journal of Islamic Marketing, 8,(1). ISI (ESCI) Indexed & SCOPUS Indexed https://doi.org/10.1108/JIMA-06-2015-0043
  • Qazi, W., Sharif, A., & Raza, S. A. (2017). Foreign direct investment and higher education development in Pakistan: evidence from structural break testing. International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 8(1), 1-21. Inderscience https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEED.2017.085359
  • Qazi, W. Raza, S. A., & Sharif, A. (2017). Higher Education Development and Unemployment in Pakistan: Evidence from Structural Break Testing. Global Business Review, 18(5), 1–22 ,SAGE. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0972150917710344
  • Raza, S.A. & Afshan, S. (2017). Determinants of Exchange Rate in Pakistan: Revisited with Structural Break Testing. Global Business Review, 18(4): 825-848 SAGE. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972150917692210
  • Ali, M., & Raza, S. A., (2017), “Service quality perception and customer satisfaction in Islamic banks of Pakistan: the modified SERVQUAL model”, Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 2 (5-6), 559-577. Impact Factor: 0.896 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14783363.2015.1100517
  • Boubaker, H., & Raza, S. A. . On the dynamic dependence and asymmetric co-movement between the US and Central and Eastern European transition markets. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 459, 9-23., Impact Factor: 1.732 Elsevier/ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2016.04.028
  • Qazi, W. & Raza, S.A. (2016). Does Expanding Higher Education Reduce Income Inequality in Emerging Economy? Evidence from Pakistan . Studies in Higher Education.1-21, Impact Factor: 1.038 ,Taylor & Francis. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2016.1172305
  • Raza, S. A. & Sharif, A. (2016). Tourism Development and Environmental Degradation in United States: Evidence from Wavelet based Analysis. Current Issues in Tourism, 1-23, Impact Factor: 1.733 Taylor & Francis. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2016.1192587
  • Raza, S. A., Qazi, W. & Umer, A. (2016). Facebook is a Source of Social Capital Building among University Students: Evidence from a Developing Country, Journal of Educational Computing Research,1-28, Impact Factor: 0.644 SAGE. https://doi.org/10.1177/0735633116667357
  • Qazi, W., Raza, S. A. & Shah, N. (In press),. Acceptance of E-book Reading among Higher Education Students in Developing Country: The Modified Diffusion Innovation Theory. International Journal of Business Information Systems. Inderscience.
  • Raza, A. (In press). Influence of Systematic Banking Crises on FDI growth Nexus: Evidence from China. Global Business Review. SAGE.
  • Sharif, A. & Raza, S. A. (2016). Dynamic Relationship between Urbanization, Energy Consumption and Environmental Degradation in Pakistan: Evidence from Structure Break Testing. Journal of Management Sciences, 3(1), 01-21. DOI 10.20547/jms.2014.1603101
  • Raza, S.A. & Azam, M. (2016). Do workers’ remittances boost human capital development? , 55(2), 123-149.Pakistan Development Review.
  • Raza, A. (In press). Financial sector development and income inequality in ASEAN-5 countries: does financial Kuznets curve exists?. Global Business Review. Inderscience.
  • Raza, S. A. (2016). Tourism Development, Energy Consumption and Environmental Kuznets Curve:Tri-variate Analysis in the Panel of Developed and Developing Countries. Tourism Management, 54, 275-283, Impact Factor: 2.554 ,Elsevier/ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2015.12.001
  • Jawaid, S. T., Raza, S. A., Mustafa, K., & Karim, M. Z. A. (2016). Does Inward Foreign Direct Investment Lead Export Performance in Pakistan?. Global Business Review, 17(6), 1296-1313. SAGE.. https://doi.org/10.1177/0972150916660394
  • Alam, M. S., Raza, S. A., Shahbaz, M., & Abbas, Q. (2016), Accounting for contribution of trade openness and foreign direct investment in life expectancy: The long-run and short-run analysis in Pakistan. Social Indicators Research, 129(3), 1155-1170. Impact Factor: 1.395, Springer https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-015-1154-8
  • Jawaid, S. T., & Raza, S. A. (2016). Effects of Workers’ Remittances and its Volatility on Economic Growth in South Asia. International Migration, 54(2), 50-68. Impact Factor: 0.870,Springer.
  • Raza, S. A. (2016). Dynamics of Military Expenditures and Income Inequality in Pakistan. Social Indicators Research, 126, 1-21, Impact Factor: 1.395 ,Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-016-1284-7
  • Raza, S. A., Jawaid, S. T., Afshan, S., & Karim, M. Z. A. (2015). Is stock market sensitive to foreign capital inflows and economic growth? Evidence from Pakistan. Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, 8(3), 142-164. Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCEFTS-03-2015-0012
  • Raza, S. A. (2015). Foreign Direct Investment, Worker’s Remittances and Private Saving in Pakistan : An ARDL Bound Testing Approach. Journal of Business Economics and Management,16(6), 1216-1234. Impact Factor: 0.720, Taylor & Francis. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/16111699.2013.792867
  • Raza, S.A., Shahbaz, M. & Nguyen, D.K. (2015). Energy Conservation Policies, growth and trade performance: Evidence of feedback hypothesis in Pakistan. Energy Policy, 80, 1-10. Impact Factor: 2.580, Elsevier/ScienceDirect https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2015.01.011
  • Jawaid, S. T. & Raza, S.A. (2015) Do Terms of Trade and its Volatility Matter? Evidence from Economic Escalation of China. Journal of Transnational Management, 20(1), 3-30. Taylor & Francis. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15475778.2015.998136
  • Raza, S.A., Jawaid, S.T. & Hasan, A. (2015). Internet Banking and Customer Satisfaction in Pakistan. Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, 7(1). 24-36, Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/QRFM-09-2013-0027
  • Qazi, W., Raza, S. A., & Jawaid, S. T. (2014). Higher education and growth performance of Pakistan: evidence from multivariate framework. Quality & Quantity, 48(3), 1651-1665., Impact Factor: 0.720, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-013-9866-9
  • Raza, S. A., Jawaid, S. T., & Hussain, A. (2014). Risk and investment decisions in stock markets: evidence from four Asian countries. International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting, 6(3), 227-250. Inderscience. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMFA.2014.065240
  • Raza, S. A., & Jawaid, S. T. (2014). Foreign capital inflows, economic growth and stock market capitalization in Asian countries: an ARDL bound testing approach. Quality & Quantity, 1-11. Impact Factor: 0.720, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-012-9774-4
  • Jawaid, S. T., & Raza, S. A. (2013). Effects of terms of trade on growth performance of India. Economic Modelling, 33, 940-946. Impact Factor: 0.70, Elsevier/ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2013.04.043
  • Raza, S. A., & Jawaid, S. T. (2013). Terrorism and tourism: A conjunction and ramification in Pakistan. Economic Modelling, 33, 65-70. Impact Factor: 0.70, Elsevier/ScienceDirect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2013.03.008
  • Jawaid, S. T., & Raza, S. A. (2013). Dynamics of current account deficit: A lesson from Pakistan. Transition Studies Review, 19(3), 357-366. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11300-012-0251-5
  • Raza, S. A., & Hanif, N. (2013). Factors affecting internet banking adoption among internal and external customers: a case of Pakistan. International Journal of Electronic Finance, 7(1), 82-96. Inderscience. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEF.2013.051746
  • Tehseen Jawaid, S., & Raza, S. A. (2012). Workers’ remittances and economic growth in China and Korea: an empirical analysis. Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, 5(3), 185-193. Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/17544401211263946
  • Raza, S. A., Ali, Y., & Mehboob, F. (2012). Role of agriculture in economic growth of Pakistan. International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, 83, 180-185. https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/32273
  • Jawaid, S. T., Raza, S. A., Arif, I., & Qazi, F. (2011). Validity of capital asset pricing model in Pakistan: Evidence from Karachi Stock Exchange. African Journal of Business Management, 5(32), 12598-12605, Impact Factor: 0.70. DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.2105