Dr Akram Hasanov
 | Deputy Director, Graduate Research Programs, Senior Lecturer Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics
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603 5514 4455
Room 6-5-96I completed my PhD at University Putra Malaysia in 2012. Prior to joining Monash University Malaysia, I was a post doctorial research fellow at University Putra Malaysia. My principal research interests lie in the areas of time series analysis and forecasting, applied econometrics and financial volatility modelling. My research papers have been published in a number of international refereed journals. In addition, I was an invited speaker and presented papers at international conferences. I obtained several international and national competitive research grants. Also, I refereed articles for international journals of high-esteem such as Energy Economics, Economic Modelling, and Journal of Applied Statistics. My more recent specific research investigates the volatility forecasting performance of a wide variety of conditionally heteroskedastic models in the context of biofuel feedstock markets in the presence of structural breaks. In this research, the model specifications allow for different conditional distribution functions in the rolling window estimations. At Monash University, I have taught Financial Econometrics, Applied Econometrics, Survey Methods and Managerial Statistics, and Operations Research. Currently, I am supervising and co-supervising several PhD and Honors students.
Academic Qualifications
| Doctor of Philosophy | |
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| Institution | University Putra Malaysia |
| Year awarded | 2012 |
| Master of Accountancy | |
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| Institution | Tashkent Finance Institute |
| Year awarded | 2003 |
Areas of Expertise
| 1 | Time Series Analysis and Forecasting |
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| 2 | Applied Macro Econometrics |
| 3 | Volatility Modelling of Financial and Commodity Returns |
Teaching
| Subject Code | Subject |
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| ETW3510 | Applied Econometric Methods |
| ETW 3481 | Econometric Methods for Finance |
| ETW2440 | Business Modelling and Analytics Methods |
| ETW2420 | Survey Methods and Managerial Statistics |
Book Chapters
| 1 | Herath, G., Hasanov, A.S. (2017). Climate Change and Threats to Sustainability in South East Asia: Dynamic Modelling Approach for Malaysia. In (Eds) Batabyal, A.A., Nijkamp, P., Regional Growth and Sustainable Development in Asia. Springer International Publishing Switzerland. |
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| 2 | Hameed, A.A, Hasanov, A.S., Idris, N., Abdullah, A.M., Arshad, F.M., Shamsudin, M. (2014). Supply and Demand Model for the Malaysian Cocoa Market. In (Eds) Yacob, M.R., Radam, A., Alias, E.F. Quantitative Models for Agricultural Policy Analysis. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press. |
Scholarly Journals
| 1 | Shaiban, M., Li Di, Hasanov, A.S. (2021). The power of investor sentiment in explaining bank stock performance: Listed Conventional vs. Islamic banks. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal (forthcoming). |
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| 2 | Hasanov, A.S., Shaiban, M., Al-Freedi, A. (2020). Forecasting volatility in the petroleum futures markets: A re-examination and extension. Energy Economics, 86, pp. 1-12. |
| 3 | Hasanov, A.S., Poon, W.C., Al-Freedi, A., and Heng, Z. Y. (2018). Forecasting volatility in the biofuel feedstock markets in the presence of structural breaks: A comparison of alternative distribution functions. Energy Economics, 70, pp. 307-333. |
| 4 | Hasanov, A.S., Do, H.X., and Shaiban, M. (2016). Fossil fuel price uncertainty and feedstock edible oil prices: Evidence from MGARCH-M and VIRF analysis. Energy Economics, 57, pp. 16-27. |
| 5 | Hasanov, A.S. and Baharumshah, A.Z. (2014). Exchange rate risk and exports: Evidence from a set of transition economies. Problems of Economic Transition, 57(1), pp. 80-101. |
| 6 | Hasanov, A.S. and Shitan, M. (2014). Volatility model estimations of palm oil price returns via long-memory, asymmetric and heavy-tailed GARCH parameterization. Malaysian Journal of Mathematical Sciences, 8(1), pp. 15-34. |
Conference Presentations and Proceedings
| 1 | Hasanov, A.S., Poon W.C., Al-Freedi, A. (2017). Forecasting volatility in the biofuel feedstock and energy commodity markets under structural breaks: A comparison of alternative distributional assumptions. International Conference on Social Science, Literature, Business and Education, Vienna, Austria, 17-18 March 2017. |
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| 2 | Li Di, M.S. Shaiban, A.S. and Hasanov, A.S. (2017). Contagion Effect from US banking to Conventional and Islamic banking in Dual-banking system during Financial Crisis. Paper was presented at KFUPM conference on Islamic banking and finance, November 19-20, 2017, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. |
| 3 | Shaiban, M., Li Di, Hasanov, A.S., (2017). Does investor sentiment have stronger explanatory power in determining oil prices than other determinants? International Conference on Energy Finance, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 26-27 May 2017. |
| 4 | Shaiban, M., Li Di, Hasanov, A.S., (2017). Bank equity prices and oil price shocks: A global perspective. International Conference on Energy Finance, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, 26-27 May 2017. |
| 5 | Hasanov, A.S., Ahmad Sidique, S., and Nurul Islam, G. (2016). Mean and Variance Transmissions from Energy to Marine Commodities: Evidence from Causality Analysis Based on a Multivariate GARCH Process. Paper was presented at the Applied Financial Modelling Conference, February 4, 2016, Melbourne, Australia. |
| 6 | Hasanov, A.S. and Shaiban, M. (2015). Volatility Transmission and Volatility Impulse Response Functions in Islamic and Conventional Banks. Paper was presented at the 28th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2015, Sydney, Australia. |
| 7 | Hasanov, A.S. (2014). Trade Models with Risk Variables: Econometric Issues and Future Directions. International Statistical Institute, Regional Statistics Conference, ISI-RSC-2014. Sasana Kijang, Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia, 17-21 November 2014, (Invited Speaker). |
| 8 | Hasanov, A.S.and Shitan, M. (2014). Multivariate Volatility Models in Finance. International Conference on Management Research and Advances in Accounting, ICMRAA-2013. Puteri Park Hotel, Kuala- Lumpur, Malaysia, 2-4 July 2013, (Invited Speaker). |
Local External Grants
| Title | Consultancy Services for Malaysia GDP Forecasting Study |
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| Investigators | Santha Vaithilingam, Pervaiz K Ahmed, Prabahkaran Narayanan, Mahendhiran Nair, Akram S. Hasanov |
| Funding Period | 2019 – 2022 |
| Funding Body/Organisation | Tenaga Nasional Berhad |
| Title | Forecasting Malaysian agricultural commodity price, returns, and volatility: Evidence from asymmetric GARCH-class of models |
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| Investigators | Akram S. Hasanov, Poon Wai Ching |
| Funding Period | 2014 - 2016 |
| Funding Body/Organisation | Ministry of Higher Education, FRGS |
| Title | The dynamics of executive compensation, board diversity, and ownership on dividend payout in Malaysian firms |
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| Investigators | Ravichandran K.Subramaniam, Teh Chee Ghee, Akram S. Hasanov, and Sakthi Mahenthiran |
| Funding Period | 2014 – 2016 |
| Funding Body/Organisation | Ministry of Higher Education, FRGS |
Internal Grants
| Title | How to deal with the structural breaks in volatility forecasting? Evidence from biofuel markets” |
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| Investigators | Akram S. Hasanov |
| Funding Period | 2020-2021 |
| Funding Body/Organisation | Monash University Malaysia |
| Title | Structural breaks in the stock return volatility of Malaysian Islamic banks |
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| Investigators | Akram S. Hasanov, Mohammed Sharaf Shaiban |
| Funding Period | 2013-2014 |
| Funding Body/Organisation | Halal Ecosystem Research Platform, Monash University Malaysia |
| Title | Models with risk variables: Review of econometric issues and perspectives |
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| Investigators | Akram S. Hasanov |
| Funding Period | 2013-2014 |
| Funding Body/Organisation | SETA research platform, Monash University |
PhD Supervision
| Student | Li Di |
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| Title | Contagion and investor sentiment: Conventional vs. Islamic banking, PhD |
| Student | Edwin Tan Kim Leng |
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| Title | Fluctuations and cross-correlations of crude oil prices, interest rates, and the dollar: The MF-DFA and MF-DCCA approaches, PhD |
| Student | Sanggetha Vellachami |
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| Title | Energy and environmental dilemma: Cross-commodity volatility spillover effects in the European carbon, fossil fuel and biofuel markets, PhD |
| Student | Siti Hawa Yusof |
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| Title | Exploring the interdependence, contagion effects and portfolio dynamics in the cryptocurrency market, PhD |
| Student | Tauhidul Islam Tanin |
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| Title | The age of Islamic banks: Does oil price matter?,PhD |
| Student | Fang Cheng |
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| Title | The impact of energy commodities on agricultural commodities: In the context of US-China trade war, PhD |
Honours supervision
| Student | Puteri Zahrah Aminan |
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| Title | Modelling and forecasting volatility of energy commodity prices |
| Student | Heng Zin Yau |
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| Title | The impact of the oil volatility on stock, exchange rate, and agricultural commodity markets |
| Student | Jeehye Park |
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| Title | Impact of climate change on paddy production in Malaysia: Empirical analysis at the national and state-level experience |
| Student | Eric Aswinton |
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| Title | Modelling and forecasting Indonesian stock market volatility in the presence of structural breaks and heavy-tailness |
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