Faculty of Economics and Management - Department of Finance

Dr. Nesma Ahmed Heshmat joined the Faculty of Economics and Administration at King Abdulaziz University in 2007. Her research focus is on areas such as behavioral finance, corporate finance, portfolio analysis, capital markets, derivatives, financial assets pricing, portfolio management, and international finance.

Ph D - Finance
Leeds University Business School – United Kingdom, 2004
MA - Economic and Finance
Leeds University Business School – United Kingdom, 2001
BS - Business Administration
Assiut University – Egypt, 1995

Investment.
Corporate finance.
International finance.

Heshmat, N. (2012). Analysis of the capital asset pricing model in the Saudi stock market. International Journal of Management, 29 (2), 504-515.
Heshmat, N. (2012). Non-Professional Investors' Behavior: An Empirical Study in Female Saudi Investors. International Journal of Commerce and Management, 22 (1), 75-90.
Heshmat, N. (2009). Illiquidity risk and asset pricing: Empirical evidence from the Egyptian stock market. Journal of Management, Accounting and Insurance, Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University.
Heshmat, N. (2012). Domestic Portfolio Diversification: An Empirical Study on the Saudi Stock Market. Global Finance Conference in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Heshmat, N. (2010). Corporate Managers' Risk Propensity. Finance and Corporate Governance Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Faculty of Economics and Management - Department of Finance

Nesma Ahmed Heshmat

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