Sadok Ghoul

Professor, Campus Saint-Jean - Académique

Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/a/ualberta.ca/sadok-el-ghoul/

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Professor, Campus Saint-Jean - Académique

Email: elghoul@ualberta.ca
Phone: (780) 465-8725
Address: 2-16 CSJ Pavillon Lacerte
8406 Marie-Anne-Gaboury St (91 St)

Edmonton AB

T6C 4G9

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Area of Study / Keywords

CSJ Researchers - Humanities and Social Sciences

About

Sadok El Ghoul is a Professor of Business Administration at Campus Saint-Jean of the University of Alberta, where he teaches finance, international business and econometrics. He received his M.B.A. and Ph.D. from Laval University. Before joining the University of Alberta, he taught international financial management at Laval University. His research interests include corporate finance, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, international finance, financial institutions, and the role of culture in financial markets. His work has been published in finance, management, international business, business ethics and accounting journals such as Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Finance, Management Science, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, The Accounting Review and Contemporary Accounting Research. Prof. El Ghoul received the McCalla Professorship at the University of Alberta in 2013-2014. He has won several awards including the Moskowitz Prize for the Best Paper in Socially Responsible Investing in 2011, the best paper award in financial institutions at the Southwestern Finance Association conference in 2012, the Korea Development Bank outstanding paper award at the Conference on Asia–Pacific Financial Markets in 2013, the best paper award at the World Business Ethics Forum in 2016, and the best paper award in emerging economies research at the Academy of International Business meeting in 2018. He is an associate editor at the Journal of Banking & Finance, a subject editor at Emerging Markets Review, and an editorial board member of several other academic journals. In 2017, he received the Martha Cook Piper Research Prize, which recognizes two University of Alberta faculty members in the early stage of their careers.

Research

Recent work

1. An, X., El Ghoul, S. Guedhami, O., Levine, R., Roman, R. Home Sweet Loan: The Impact of Social Capital on Home Loans from Approval to Repayment.

2. Chen, R., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Pittman, J., Yang, Y. Tax Avoidance and the Cost of Equity: The Role of Corporate Governance and Institutional Infrastructure.

3. El Ghoul, S., Choi, H., Guedhami, O, Lee, E. J., Suh, J. Equity Issuance and Cash Savings: New Evidence.

4. Chen, R., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Nash, R., Yang, Y. Do as I Say, Not as I Do: Tax Avoidance by State-Owned Firms.

5. El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Zheng, Y. Do Firms Benefit from Taking Heterogeneous Debt? International Evidence from Capital Structure and Product Market Interactions.

6. Chen, R., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Liu, F. CEO Pay Differences between U.S. and non-U.S. firms: A New Longitudinal Investigation.

7. Duong, H. K., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Sequeira, E., Zuobao, W. Can Whistleblowing Improve Organizational Effectiveness? Evidence from Financial Reporting Misconduct.

8. El Ghoul, S., Tu, W., Zheng, X. Pledged Shares, Avoided Taxes: Exploring the Link between Shareholder Pledging and Corporate Tax Strategies.

9. El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O, Kim, H, Suh, J. Institutions, Equity Issuance, and Shareholder Value: New International Evidence.

10. Bae, K-H., El Ghoul, S. Gong, Z., Guedhami, O., Su, L. Board-CEO Trust and Concealing Adverse News.

11. Drobetz, W., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Mönkemeyer, M., Schröder, H. Institutional Investor Monitoring and Earnings Management.

12. El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Senbet, L., Zheng, X. Employment Protection and Debt Structure Concentration: International Evidence.

13. Carney, R., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O. Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Investment Effects of Organizational Purpose and Political Regime.

14. Drobetz, W., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Hackmann, J. P., Momtaz, P. Entrepreneurial Finance and Sustainability: Do Institutional Investors Impact the ESG Performance of SMEs? Journal of Business Venturing Insights, forthcoming.

15. Barg, J., Drobetz, W., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Schröder, H. Institutional Dual Ownership and Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Emission Disclosure. Journal of Corporate Finance, forthcoming.

16. Dong, L., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O, Uchida, K., Zhang, Y. 2024. Related-Party Transactions and CEO Foreign Experience: Evidence from China. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance 43, 100963.

17. Carney, R., Chen, R., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O. 2024. National Legislatures and Corporate Transparency. Research in International Business and Finance 71, 102441.

18. El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Saadi, S., Sassi, S. The Brown Side of Firm Flexibility. European Financial Management, forthcoming.

19. Carney, R., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Wang, H. 2024. Geopolitical Risk and the Cost of Equity Capital in Emerging Economies. Emerging Markets Review 61, 101149.

20. Driss, H., Drobetz, W., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O. 2024. The Sustainability Committee and Environmental Disclosure: International Evidence. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 221, 602–625.

21. El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Jamshed, R. 2024. Global Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility, Political Institutions, and the Political Economy. Global Finance Journal 60, 100936.

22. El Ghoul, S., Fu, Z., Guedhami, O., Kim, Y. 2024. Do Insiders Profit from Public Environmental Information? Evidence from Insider Trading. Global Finance Journal 60, 100937.

23. Zareie, M., Attig, N., El Ghoul, S., Fooladi, I. 2024. Firm digital transformation and corporate performance: The moderating effect of organizational capital. Finance Research Letters 61, 105032.

24. Barg, J., Drobetz, W., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Schröder, H. 2024. Board Ancestral Diversity and Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Emission Disclosure. British Journal of Management 35, 1512–1529.

25. Chen, R., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O. 2024. Conducting Research in International Accounting and Finance: Opportunities, Challenges, and Recommendations. Journal of International Accounting Research 23, 1–20.

26. Brockman, P., Drobetz, W., El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Zheng, Y. 2024. Do Foreign Institutional Shareholders Affect International Debt Contracting? Evidence from Yankee Bond Covenants. Journal of International Business Studies 55, 551–576.

27. Drobetz, W., El Ghoul, S., Fu, Z., Guedhami, O. 2024. Institutional Investors and Corporate Environmental Costs: The Roles of Investment Horizon and Investor Origin. European Financial Management 30, 727–769.

28. El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O., Kuang, H., Zheng, Y. 2024. Does Climate Change Exposure Matter to Stakeholders? Evidence from the Costs of High Leverage. Review of Corporate Finance 4, 47–87.

29. Bae, K-H, El Ghoul, S., Gong, Z., Guedhami, O. In the CEO we Trust: Negative Effects of CEO-Board Trust. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming.

30. El Ghoul, S., Guedhami, O, Kim, H, Suh, J. 2024. The Persistence and Consequences of Share Repurchases. Journal of Business, Finance & Accounting 51, 431–472.

Courses

ADMI 302 - Introduction à la finance

Différents types de titres boursiers et méthodes d'évaluation de base. Évaluation et sélection d'actifs matériels et intellectuels. Fonctionnement et efficience des marchés financiers. Mesures de risque et méthode de réduction du risque. Politique de financement, incluant le choix entre l'endettement et les fonds propres. Note: On s'attend à ce que les étudiants soient familiers avec les logiciels informatiques de base. Préalable(s): STAT 151 ou équivalent. Autres cours préalable(s) ou concomitant(s): MGTSC 312, ACCTG 300 ou ACCTG 311.

Winter Term 2025

ADMI 479 - L'entreprise et le gouvernement au Canada

Analyse de l'interaction entre l'entreprise et l'administration publique. On s'intéresse en particulier à la dynamique d'ajustement de la firme et du gouvernement dans les changements d'environnement et de politiques. Les motivations et comportements des décideurs publics et des personnes responsables de l'application des mesures sont présentés dans le contexte d'interaction entre les différents groupes impliqués. Sont posées les bases d'une analyse de l'efficacité des différentes politiques, tant fiscales que réglementaires, visant la firme. On y aborde aussi les conséquences des changements de l'environnement économique, technologique et social pour la firme. Préalable(s): ECONE 281 ou BUEC 311. Note: Ce cours n'est pas accessible aux étudiants ayant ou postulant des crédits pour BUEC 479.

Fall Term 2024

ECONE 282 - Macroéconomie intermédiaire I

Introduction aux modèles analytiques de la macroéconomie. Présentation des modèles à prix fixes et flexibles de la détermination du taux d'intérêt, de la production et de l'emploi. Étude des relations entre le marché de l'emploi et l'offre agrégée. Analyse des conséquences de la politique fiscale et monétaire ainsi que des chocs d'offre. Analyse en économie ouverte avec taux de change fixe et flexible. Étude des mouvements de capitaux. Préalable(s): ECONE 101 et 102 ou équivalent. Note: Ce cours n'est pas accessible aux étudiants ayant ou postulant des crédits pour MANEC 301 et 402.

Winter Term 2025

ECONE 299 - Méthodes quantitatives en économie

Introduction à l'utilisation des outils mathématiques en économie avec applications. Préalable(s): ECONE 101 et 102, STATQ 151 ou STAT 141 ou SCI 151 et MATHQ 114 (ou 113) ou SCI 100. Note: Ce cours doit être suivi avant ECONE 399.

Fall Term 2024

MAFSJ 552 - Thèmes en économie et société

Analyse critique des enjeux de développement dans l'économie mondiale et le système interétatique; analyse de différents aspects des sociétés en voie de développement: régimes agraires et monde rural; stratégies d'industrialisation; marché du travail (secteur formel/informel); clivages sociaux (classes, castes, ethnies); conflits intercommunautaires; état (bureaucraties, régimes, politiques sociales); approche comparative interrégionale. Note: Ce cours n'est pas accessible aux étudiants ayant ou postulant des crédits pour SOCIE 412.

Fall Term 2024

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