Name:              MAZHAR A. SIDDIQI

Rank:               Associate Professor

Department:            Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, and Law

 

COLLEGIATE AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

 

Ph.D.

University of Washington  1991

 

M.B.A.

Brigham Young University  1987

 

B.Sc.

Loughborough University, UK  1978

 

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

Associate Professor

University of North Texas

1997-Present

 

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

1991-Present

 

Research/Teaching Assistant

University of Washington

1987-1991   

 

TEACHING INTERESTS

 

Corporate Finance, International Finance

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

Dividend Policy, Capital Structure, and Real Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


PUBLICATION AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES

 

 

Papers Published

 

·        Siddiqi, Mazhar A.  Using Simulations to Price Compound Options and Calculate Partial Differentials@  Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting 8 (2000)

 

·        Siddiqi, Mazhar A.  Determinants of Corporate Dividend Capture.@  Journal of Business

Finance and Accounting (April/May 1998).

 

·        Siddiqi, Mazhar A.  A Rationale for Using Profitability Indices to Allocate Capital in a

Levered Firm.@  Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting 6 (1998).

 

·        Siddiqi, Mazhar A.  Using Ex-Day Returns to Separate the Tax and Info'            Effects of

Dividend Changes.@  Journal of Economics and Finance 21(1997).

·        Siddiqi, Mazhar A.  Incentives for Spinoffs in the Face of Financial Distress.@  Advances in

Financial Planning and Forecasting 5 (1997).

 

·        Siddiqi, Mazhar A.  Dividend Capture and the Tax Reform Act of 1986.@  Financial Review  (February 1997).

 

·        Siddiqi, Mazhar A.  A Note on The Redundancy of Debt Covenants for Enforcing Debt Equity  Ratios.@  Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting 5 (1997).

                                   

·        Karpoff, Jonathan, and Mazhar A. Siddiqi. A Direct Test of Dividend Capture.@ Advances in Financial Economics  1 (1995).

 

·        Siddiqi, Mazhar A.  An Indirect Test of Dividend Relevance.@  Journal of Financial Research (Spring 1995).

 

 

COURSES TAUGHT

 

Theory of Finance (MS)

Advanced Topics in Financial Management            (MBA)

Financial Management (MBA)

International Money and Markets (MBA)

International Financial Management            (BBA)

Valuation and Financial Decisions (BBA)

Finance (BBA)