Professor Farhat, holds a Ph.D. in Financial Economics with a major in Corporate Finance and Investments from the University of New Orleans (2003), MSc in Economics from the University of Jordan (1997) and BSc. in Economics from the Zagazig University, Egypt. Prior to joining CCSU, Professor Farhat was an Assistance Professor of Finance at Southern Connecticut State University , Investment Consultant for the Social Security Investment Commission in Jordan , Assistant Professor at the Hashemite University – Jordan , Adjunct Professor of Financial Economics at the University of Jordan, and Academic Computing Consultant at the University of New Orleans . In 2002 , Professor Farhat received the Toussaint Hocevar Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award for his academic achievement , in 2006 he received the Best Paper in Corporate Finance Award from the Southwestern Finance Association (SWFA)  for his scholarly activities and in 2007 , he has been nominated for the  2007 C.C.S.U. Excellence in Teaching award. Read More

Corporate Finance and Investments

Capital Structure and Quantitative Finance

Corporate Finance, Financial Derivatives,  Financial Economics, CFA Seminar, Investments, Econometrics,   Capital Formation,

and Statistics

Professional & Scholarly Activities

Publications:

A Comparative Analysis of Proxies for Target Capital Structure,with R. D’Mello.

Review of Financial Economics, Forthcoming

Factors Explaining the Results of Job Search By the 2002 FMA Job Applicants- A Survey, with T. Mukherjee & C. Cotei ,  Journal of Financial Education , 2006.

Do futures exhibit maturity effect? New evidence from an extensive set of US and foreign futures contracts,with E. Daal & P.Wei ,Review of Financial Economics, 2005.

Dividend Signaling Hypothesis and Short-term Asset Concentration in Interest-Free Banking,  with B.Zu'bi & M. Hassan , Islamic Economic Studies,2003

Working Papers:

Informational Externalities of Going Public Decisions,with T. Mukherjee & C. Cotei.

Market Efficiency in the Emerging Markets: Evidence form Thirty-five Countries, with A. Abugri  & C. Cotei.

The Pecking Order Hypothesis vs. the Static Trade-off Theory under Different Institutional Environments,  with A. Abugri  & C. Cotei.

Professional Association membership:

   Financial Management Association International (FMA)

   Professional Risk Managers International Association (PRMIA)

   Eastern Finance Association (EFA)

   Southwestern Finance Association (SWFA)

   Southern Finance Association (SFA)