Nadia Massoud

Surprise Election for Trump Connections

Travers Child, Nadia Massoud, Mario Schabus, Yifan Zhou

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Financial Economics

We exploit Donald Trump’s nonpolitical background and surprise election victory to identify the value of sudden presidential ties ..

Are credit rating agencies still relevant? Evidence on certification from Moody's credit watches

N MASSOUD, Hamdi Driss, undefined Roberts

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Corporate Finance

We show that a rating agency can provide certification for corporate borrowers through the mechanism of a credit watch with direct..

Hedge funds in M&A deals: Is there exploitation of insider information?

R Dai, N Massoud, DK Nandy, A Saunders

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Corporate Finance

This paper investigates trading patterns in target and acquirer firms prior to public announcement of M&A deals, a corporate event..

Why and how do banks lay off credit risk? The choice between retention, loan sales and credit default swaps

M Beyhaghi, N Massoud, A Saunders

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Corporate Finance

We find that banks with capital and liquidity constraints are more likely to use credit risk transfer (CRT) instruments, including..

Does it help firms to secretly pay for stock promoters?

N Massoud, S Ullah, B Scholnick

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Financial Stability

We examine deals between listed firms and promoters who have been secretly hired to increase their stock prices. This behavior by ..

Which financial stocks did short sellers target in the subprime crisis?

Iftekhar Hasan, Nadia Massoud, Anthony Saunders, Keke Song

Journal article  |  2015  |  JOURNAL OF BANKING & FINANCE

Tracing the SEC ban on the short selling of financial stocks in September 2008, this paper investigates whether such selling activ..

The Impact of Fraudulent False Information on Equity Values

S Ullah, N Massoud, B Scholnick

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Business Ethics

There are two types of stock price manipulation examined in the theoretical literature: (1) insider trading, which involves privat..

The impact of wealth on financial mistakes: Evidence from credit card non-payment

B Scholnick, N Massoud, A Saunders

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Financial Stability

Recent research finds that poorer individuals make financial mistakes when the decisions are difficult and rare. We examine who ma..

The cost of being late? The case of credit card penalty fees

N Massoud, A Saunders, B Scholnick

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Financial Stability

This paper is the first in the literature to examine the determinants of US credit card penalty fees. Many critics of credit card ..

Do hedge funds trade on private information? Evidence from syndicated lending and short-selling

N Massoud, D Nandy, A Saunders, K Song

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Financial Economics

This paper investigates an important contemporary issue relating to the involvement of hedge funds in the syndicated loan market. ..