Areas of research
- Corporate Finance
- Behavioral Finance
- Mergers and Acquisitions
Areas of teaching
- Corporate Finance
- Market Finance
Grants and awards
Secured funding for PhD
German Finance Association (DGF), Germany
Scholarship from the AIB 2019 Annual Meeting
Academy of International Business (AIB), East Lansing, United States of America
Scholarship for PhD studies
HEC Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
Publications from the last 5 years
Articles
ANJUM, W., GHUFRAN, B. and ABBAS, M. (2024). Ecological footprint: a bibliometric analysis. Environment, Development and Sustainability.
GHUFRAN, B. and BREUER, W. (2024). Terrorism, national security, and takeover performance. International Review of Financial Analysis, 96(B), pp. 103634.
HUSSAIN, L., GHUFRAN, B. and DITTA, A. (2022). Forecasting Inflation, Exchange Rate, and GDP using ANN and ARIMA Models: Evidence from Pakistan. Sustainable Business and Society in Emerging Economies, 4(1), pp. 25-32.
CHAUHDARY, N.S., GHUFRAN, B. and KHAKWANI, M.S. (2021). Impact of Behavioral Biases and Decision Analysis Methods on Investment Performance of Individual Investors at PSX. Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies, 7(4), pp. 1003-1017.
BREUER, W., GHUFRAN, B. and SALZMANN, A.J. (2020). Investors' time preferences and takeover performance. International Review of Financial Analysis, 67, pp. 101435.
Conferences and other contributions
NAWAZ, A. and GHUFRAN, B. (2025). ESG, Corporate Reputation, and Takeover Performance. In: 4th CINSC/2025 INFINITI. Napier University, Edinburgh.
GHUFRAN, B. (2022). Terrorism, National Security, and Takeover Performance. In: Academy of International Business (AIB) 2022 Annual Meeting. Miami.