Binam Ghimire

@rgu.ac.uk

Associate Professor, Accounting and Finance, Aberdeen Business School
Robert Gordon University

Binam Ghimire

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Modeling and Simulation, Pollution
15

Scopus Publications

1089

Scholar Citations

13

Scholar h-index

16

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • ESG ratings in motion: the global market response to upgrades and downgrades
    M Vasenin, S Shanaev, H Panta, B Ghimire
    Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment, 1-23 , 2026
    2026
  • Improved Computational Approach for Markowitz Portfolio Optimisation
    B Ghimire, S Shanaev
    The Future of Accounting and Finance: Embracing Technology, Digitalisation … , 2026
    2026
  • What Shapes Gearing Strategy? Lessons from GCC Corporations
    M Qureshi, S Askary, B Ghimire
    The Future of Accounting and Finance: Embracing Technology, Digitalisation … , 2026
    2026
  • When trade meets tradition: Unpacking cultural differences and their impact on China’s international trade
    B Yu, X Zhong, B Ghimire, N Sapkota
    International Review of Financial Analysis, 104488 , 2025
    2025
  • Does it pay to be employee-owned? On the performance of knowledge-intensive firms
    B Ghimire
    Employee Relations: The International Journal 47 (2), 263-296 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Trade vs. tradition: Decoding cultural distance and its impact on China's international trade
    B Yu, X Zhong, B Ghimire, N Sapkota
    Available at SSRN 5126872 , 2025
    2025
  • A Divergent Valuation Model for the Make-or-Buy Decision on Investments in Disruptive FinTech Innovation: An Incumbent’s Approach
    J Ruiz del Portal Tranche, B Ghimire
    Available at SSRN 5112702 , 2025
    2025
  • When Bitcoin is high: cryptocurrency value, illicit markets and US marijuana bills
    S Shanaev, E Johnson, M Vasenin, H Panta, B Ghimire
    Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance 32 (4), 501-515 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Self-control and job-seeking behaviors among Nepalese Fresh Graduates
    SP Joshi, RK Dahal, B Ghimire, D Karki
    Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences 61 (2023), 826-836 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 35
  • Analyst herding-whether, why, and when? Two new tests for herding detection in target forecast prices
    C Reveley, S Shanaev, Y Bin, H Panta, B Ghimire
    Economics and Business Review 9 (4), 25-55 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 2
  • A Generalised Seasonality Test and Applications for Cryptocurrency and Stock Market Seasonality
    S Shanaev, B Ghimire
    Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 86, 172-185 , 2022
    2022
  • A generalised seasonality test and applications for cryptocurrency and stock market seasonality
    S Shanaev, B Ghimire
    The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 86, 172-185 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 18
  • When ESG meets AAA: The effect of ESG rating changes on stock returns
    S Shanaev, B Ghimire
    Finance Research Letters 46, 102302 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 352
  • Effects of official versus online review ratings
    B Ghimire, S Shanaev, Z Lin
    Annals of Tourism Research 92, 103247 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 23
  • A fitting return to fitting returns: Cryptocurrency distributions revisited
    S Shanaev, B Ghimire
    Available at SSRN 3847351 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 13
  • Efficient scholars: academic attention and the disappearance of anomalies
    S Shanaev, B Ghimire
    The European Journal of Finance 27 (3), 278-304 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 28
  • Children’s toy or grown-ups’ gamble? LEGO sets as an alternative investment
    S Shanaev, N Shimkus, B Ghimire, S Sharma
    The Journal of Risk Finance 21 (5), 577-620 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 14
  • Market Reaction to CEO Turnover: Empirical Evidence from Fortune 500 Firms
    D Karki, B Ghimire
    Global Finance Review 2 (1), 615 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 6
  • A generalised seasonality test and applications for stock market seasonality
    S Shanaev, B Ghimire
    Available at SSRN 3722154 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 2
  • To Float or to Sink? Revisiting the Causal Effects of Exchange Rate Regimes
    A Shuraeva, S Shanaev, B Ghimire
    Revisiting the Causal Effects of Exchange Rate Regimes (June 22, 2020) , 2020
    2020

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • When ESG meets AAA: The effect of ESG rating changes on stock returns
    S Shanaev, B Ghimire
    Finance Research Letters 46, 102302 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 352
  • Taming the blockchain beast? Regulatory implications for the cryptocurrency Market
    S Shanaev, S Sharma, B Ghimire, A Shuraeva
    Research in International Business and Finance 51, 101080 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 215
  • Is all politics local? Regional political risk in Russia and the panel of stock returns
    S Shanaev, B Ghimire
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance 21, 70-82 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 89
  • An empirical investigation of Ivorian SMEs access to bank finance: Constraining factors at demand-level
    B Ghimire, R Abo
    Journal of finance and investment analysis 2 (4), 29-55 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 78
  • The financial pandemic: COVID-19 and policy interventions on rational and irrational markets
    S Shanaev, A Shuraeva, B Ghimire
    Available at SSRN 3589557 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 63
  • Credit sector reform and NRB
    BR Ghimire
    New Business Age, 47-49 , 2003
    2003
    Citations: 37
  • Socially responsible investment and market performance: The case of energy and resource companies
    J Brzeszczyński, B Ghimire, T Jamasb, G McIntosh
    The Energy Journal 40 (5), 17-72 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 36
  • Self-control and job-seeking behaviors among Nepalese Fresh Graduates
    SP Joshi, RK Dahal, B Ghimire, D Karki
    Hong Kong Journal of Social Sciences 61 (2023), 826-836 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 35
  • Efficient scholars: academic attention and the disappearance of anomalies
    S Shanaev, B Ghimire
    The European Journal of Finance 27 (3), 278-304 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 28
  • Effects of official versus online review ratings
    B Ghimire, S Shanaev, Z Lin
    Annals of Tourism Research 92, 103247 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 23
  • A generalised seasonality test and applications for cryptocurrency and stock market seasonality
    S Shanaev, B Ghimire
    The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 86, 172-185 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 18
  • Puzzles in the relationship between financial development and economic growth
    B Ghimire, G Giorgioni
    Journal of Applied Finance and Banking 3 (5), 199 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 18
  • Children’s toy or grown-ups’ gamble? LEGO sets as an alternative investment
    S Shanaev, N Shimkus, B Ghimire, S Sharma
    The Journal of Risk Finance 21 (5), 577-620 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 14
  • A fitting return to fitting returns: Cryptocurrency distributions revisited
    S Shanaev, B Ghimire
    Available at SSRN 3847351 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 13
  • The marginal cost of mining, Metcalfe’s law and cryptocurrency value formation: Causal inferences from the instrumental variable approach
    S Shanaev, S Sharma, A Shuraeva, B Ghimire
    SSRN Electronic Journal , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 12
  • Finance and growth: an investigation into the role of internal, bank and equity finance
    B Ghimire, G Giorgioni
    Economics and Business Review 13 (2), 31-46 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 11
  • Puzzles in financial development and economic growth
    B Ghimire, G Giorgioni
    Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, John Foster … , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 7
  • Market Reaction to CEO Turnover: Empirical Evidence from Fortune 500 Firms
    D Karki, B Ghimire
    Global Finance Review 2 (1), 615 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 6
  • Explaining stock returns in Nepal: Application of single and multi-factor models
    D Karki, B Ghimire
    Journal of Finance and Investment Analysis 5 (3), 59-77 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 6
  • Systematic risk determinants of stock returns after financial crisis: Evidence from United Kingdom
    VQ Trinh, D Karki, B Ghimire
    Journal of Finance and Investment Analysis 5 (1), 1-28 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 5

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