About
Dr. Tanveer Bagh is a postdoctoral fellow at Xiamen University's (XMU), Department of Finance, School of Economics & Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE), which is ranked 78th in the world by QS (https://wise.xmu.edu.cn/english/info/2312/17222.htm). He serves as an assistant professor of finance (part-time) at ILMA University. He holds a PhD in Finance from the Central University of Finance & Economics (CUFE), Beijing (#195 QS by subject, 2025). He was awarded the CSC Government Scholarship and the CUFE Outstanding Doctoral Research Award for his dissertation, "ESG Investment, Climate Change Risk, and Corporate Value under a Real-Option Framework: A Global Perspective," presenting groundbreaking insights into sustainable finance, corporate resilience, and strategic decision-making in an evolving global economy.
Dr. Bagh’s research spans sustainable finance (ESG investment, climate finance), corporate governance, and digital finance, with applications of the real options framework, empirical asset pricing, machine learning, textual analysis, and large language models (LLMs). He focuses on sustainability (ESG & SDGs), accountability, and the transformative role of emerging technologies—including AI, big data, and ML in reshaping financial reporting and sustainability practices. Methodologically, Dr. Bagh employs advanced econometric and statistical techniques—including DiD, IV, fixed effects, dynamic panel models, panel cointegration, threshold regression, ARDL, MMQR, and machine learning classification—as well as vector autoregressive models for multivariate time series analysis. He works extensively with STATA, R, and Python, complemented by strong data analytics expertise in SQL, Power BI, Tableau, and Bloomberg Terminal, to translate complex datasets into actionable insights for policy and practice.
His work has been published in top-tier SSCI, ABDC, ABS, and Scopus-indexed journals, including IRFA, RIBAF, RQFA, BIR, IREF, IJFE, JPM, JAI, JAE, Financial Innovation, Corporate Governance, Global Business Review, Management Decision, and FRL, among others. He has also contributed book chapters in Digital Banking & Finance: A Handbook and The Palgrave Handbook of Green Finance.
He serves on the Editorial Board of Quantitative Finance and Financial Statistical Journal (https://systems.enpress-publisher.com/s.php/index/detail?id=17&jid=27);The Asian Journal of Economic Modelling (https://www.aessweb.com/journals/5009/info/eb). He is also an Advisory Board Member of the Archives of Management and Social Sciences. He is also a regular reviewer for journals such as JBR, IRFA, IJFE, RIBAF, IREF, FRL, Sustainable Development, & Financial Innovation. Recently, he was invited as a keynote speaker at the 16th International Conference on Advanced Management Science (ICAMS 2025).
