Dr. Md Raihan Uddin Chowdhury
Assistant Professor of Finance

Office
SFHB State Farm Hall Of Business 423
Office Phone
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Current Courses
FIL 190.002 Finance Fundamentals and Career Choices
MBA 411.001 Fundamentals of Strategic Decision Making
MBA 411.002 Fundamentals of Strategic Decision Making
MBA 411.003 Fundamentals of Strategic Decision Making
MBA 411.004 Fundamentals 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
Grants and Contracts
Summer Research Development Grant
Md Raihan Uddin Chowdhury
Department of Finance, Insurance and Law. 2024 - 2024
Journal Article
Do Busy Bees Still Make Honey? Examining the Impact of Non-CEO Executives’ Outside Roles on Firm Performance
Chowdhury, M., Holcomb, A., & Xie, F.
The Financial Review, (2025), https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.70017
The impact of subordinate executives’ comparative confidence and competence on corporate risk-taking
Chowdhury, M., Masum, A., & Xie, F.
Journal of Financial Research, 42, (2025), 10.1111/jfir.70004
Women in C-suite: Does Top Management Team gender diversity matter? Evidence from firm investment efficiency
Chowdhury, M., Alam, M., Erik, D., & Chy, M.
International Review of Financial Analysis, 96, 103571, (2024), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103571
Powerful CEOs and investment efficiency
Chowdhury, M., Xie, F., & Hasan, M.
Global Finance Journal, 58, (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2023.100886
Presentations
CEO Outside Directorship Experience and Investment Efficiency
Md Raihan Uddin Chowdhury, Erik Devos, Min-Yu Liao
Financial Management Association(FMA), Dallas, Texas, October 18, 2024
Non-CEO Executives and the Effects of Serving on Outside Boards
Md Raihan Uddin Chowdhury
Financial Management Association (FMA), Chicago, IL, October 13, 2023
The impact of subordinate executives’ confidence and ability on corporate risk-taking
Md Raihan Uddin Chowdhury, Feixue Xie
Eastern Finance Association (EFA), Asheville, North Carolina, March 29, 2023
Powerful CEOs and Investment Efficiency
Raihan Chowdhury
FMA Asia Pacific Annual Conference, Melbourne, Australia, December 13, 2022
The impact of subordinate executives’ confidence and ability on corporate risk-taking
Raihan Chowdhury
New Zealand Finance Meeting, New Zealand, December 8, 2022