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Dr Saadia Irfan

Lecturer in Finance

Accounting and Finance

saadia.irfan@swansea.ac.uk

Office 229 - 229
Second Floor
School of Management
Bay Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

Research Links

https://orcid.org/

About

Saadia is a Lecturer in Accounting and Finance. She has a PhD in Management from University of Leicester. Before joining Swansea University in 2023, she held the position of Assistant Professor of Finance at NUST Business School. Her research interests include earnings management, corporate governance and corporate misconduct.

Areas Of Expertise

Earnings management
Corporate governance
Crash risk
Climate risk
Financial reporting

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Corporate finance

Mergers and Acquisitions

Financial Accounting

Management Accounting

Financial Institutions and Capital Markets

Publications

Research Highlights

Irfan, S., Karim, N., & Khan, F. (2022). Inventory Management at Westa Petroleum Services
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67294
https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/HK1351-PDF-ENG
Irfan, S. (2018). Destron Petroleum Services: Bidding for a Project
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67293
https://store.hbr.org/product/destron-petroleum-services-bidding-for-a-project/W18329
Khan, M., Irfan, S., & Naveed, S. (2024). Impact of financial reporting quality on investment efficiency and role of investor protection in frontier markets. Review of Accounting and Finance, 0
https://doi.org/10.1108/raf-07-2023-0220, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67292
Khan, M., Safdar, N., & Irfan, S. (2024). Role of financial constraints and risk-taking on the relationship between financial reporting quality and investment efficiency: emerging and frontier markets’ perspective. Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting, 0
https://doi.org/10.1108/jfra-12-2023-0779, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67291
Mian, R., Irfan, S., & Mian, A. (2023). Foreign institutional investment horizon and earnings management: Evidence from around the world. International Review of Financial Analysis, 86, 102509
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102509, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67290

All Research

Journal Articles

Khan, M., Safdar, N., & Irfan, S. (2024). Role of financial constraints and risk-taking on the relationship between financial reporting quality and investment efficiency: emerging and frontier markets’ perspective. Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting, 0
https://doi.org/10.1108/jfra-12-2023-0779, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67291
Khan, M., Irfan, S., & Naveed, S. (2024). Impact of financial reporting quality on investment efficiency and role of investor protection in frontier markets. Review of Accounting and Finance, 0
https://doi.org/10.1108/raf-07-2023-0220, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67292
Mian, R., Irfan, S., & Mian, A. (2023). Foreign institutional investment horizon and earnings management: Evidence from around the world. International Review of Financial Analysis, 86, 102509
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102509, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67290
Zaman, R., Atawnah, N., Haseeb, M., Nadeem, M., & Irfan, S. (2021). Does corporate eco-innovation affect stock price crash risk?. The British Accounting Review, 53(5), 101031
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2021.101031, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67288

Other Research Outputs

Irfan, S., Karim, N., & Khan, F. (2022). Inventory Management at Westa Petroleum Services
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67294
https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/HK1351-PDF-ENG
Irfan, S. (2018). Destron Petroleum Services: Bidding for a Project
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67293
https://store.hbr.org/product/destron-petroleum-services-bidding-for-a-project/W18329

Supervision

The mutual funds and their voting behavior: Evidence from data breach notification laws (current)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Hafiz Hoque

Taught Modules

MN-1522 Finance for Economics

This module provides students with an understanding of structure and functions of financial systems, and introduces them to quantitative techniques used in investment and financial decision making at a basic level and is aimed at non-specialists.
MN-M065 Equities and Fixed Income Securities

The module is designed to develop an awareness of the two main asset classes of equities and fixed-income securities.

Key Grants and Projects

Assessment of public sector accounting systems and practices in Pakistan 2022 - 2023