Dr. Md Raihan Uddin Chowdhury

Assistant Professor of Finance

Finance, Insurance and Law

Office

SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 423

Office Phone

(309) 438-8777office
phone

mchowd3@ilstu.eduemail

About
Education
Awards & Honors
Research

Current Courses

240.002Business Finance

190.001Finance Fundamentals and Career Choices

190.002Finance Fundamentals and Career Choices

411.001Fundamentals of Strategic Decision Making

411.002Fundamentals of Strategic Decision Making

Teaching Interests & Areas

Corporate Finance

Research Interests & Areas

Corporate Finance, Corporate Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Board of Directors

PhD Business Administration, Finance

The University of Texas at El Paso

El Paso, Texas

MS Finance

University of Tampa

Tampa, Florida

MBA Finance

North South University

Dhaka, Bangladesh

University Research Grant

College of Business

2024

Outstanding Dissertation Award

The University of Texas at El Paso

2022

Journal Article

Chowdhury, M., Alam, M., Erik, D., & Chy, M. Women in C-suite: Does Top Management Team gender diversity matter? Evidence from firm investment efficiency. International Review of Financial Analysis 96 (2024): 103571.

Chowdhury, M., Xie, F., & Hasan, M. Powerful CEOs and investment efficiency. Global Finance Journal 58 (2023)

Presentations

CEO Outside Directorship Experience and Investment Efficiency. Financial Management Association(FMA). (2024)

Non-CEO Executives and the Effects of Serving on Outside Boards. Financial Management Association (FMA). (2023)

The impact of subordinate executives’ confidence and ability on corporate risk-taking. Eastern Finance Association (EFA). (2023)

Powerful CEOs and Investment Efficiency. FMA Asia Pacific Annual Conference. (2022)

The impact of subordinate executives’ confidence and ability on corporate risk-taking. New Zealand Finance Meeting. (2022)

Grants & Contracts

Summer Research Development Grant. Department of Finance, Insurance and Law. Illinois State University. (2024)