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Walid Saffar

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44

Publications

5.7K

Citations

31

H-Index

2008

Active since

Affiliations

Hong Kong Polytechnic University(Current)

American University of Sharjah

Memorial University of Newfoundland

University of South Carolina

Walid Saffar is an author at Hong Kong Polytechnic University specializing in business, finance, and economics.

Top concepts

BusinessFinanceEconomicsCorporate GovernanceCorporate FinancePrivatizationInternational BusinessManagementPolitical EconomyPolitics

Publications per year

2008–2024

44

Publications

44

The role of state and foreign owners in corporate risk-taking: Evidence from privatization

Narjess Boubakri, Jean-Claude Cosset, Walid Saffar · Journal of Financial Economics · 2012 · 739 citations

Economics, Ownership Structure, Corporate Risk Management +12

Political connections and the cost of equity capital

Narjess Boubakri, Omrane Guedhami, Dev R. Mishra et al. · Journal of Corporate Finance · 2012 · 717 citations

Economics, Business, Cost Of Capital +4

Political connections of newly privatized firms

Narjess Boubakri, Jean-Claude Cosset, Walid Saffar · Journal of Corporate Finance · 2008 · 658 citations

Business-government Relation, Business, Political Economy +6

Political institutions, connectedness, and corporate risk-taking

Narjess Boubakri, Sattar Mansi, Walid Saffar · Journal of International Business Studies · 2013 · 335 citations

Business-government Relation, Finance, Management +8

Auditor Choice in Politically Connected Firms

Omrane Guedhami, Jeffrey Pittman, Walid Saffar · Journal of Accounting Research · 2013 · 319 citations

Auditing, Continuous Auditing, Auditor Choice +12

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