Dr Zahid Hasan

PhD
Senior Lecturer

Email: zahid.hasan@nd.edu.au
Phone: 02 8204 4172

  • Biography

    Dr Mohammad Zahid Hasan is an internationally recognized academic and researcher in Energy Economics, Renewable Energy, Resources and Financial Economics. Dr Hasan holds a PhD in Energy and Financial Economics from the University of Western Sydney, Australia. Dr Hasan joined the University of Notre Dame Australia in 2011 as a lecturer and currently teaches Economics and Finance courses. His research interest includes energy price shocks, renewable energy market, sustainability, stock market and contagion risk. His research articles have been published in top-ranked journals, including Energy Policy, Resources Policy and Economic Record. Dr Hasan regularly participates in peer-reviewed conferences. His research article earned the best paper award at the Global Accounting, Finance and Economics Conference in Melbourne in 2013.

    Dr Hasan supervises research students at the master's and PhD levels. He holds an associate editor position for the Journal of Advanced Research in Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Journal of Economics and Public Finance. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors at the Australian Institute of Sustainable Development (AISD). Dr Hasan is affiliated with the International Association of Energy Economics, Economic Society of Australia and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), USA.

  • Teaching Areas

    • Econometrics
    • Microeconomic theory and policy
    • Corporate Finance
    • International Finance

  • Research Expertise and Supervision

    Completion of the following projects with postgraduate research students

    • Risk factors of Australian mining companies
    • Australian dollar price and the Australian stock market
    • Does social capital help firms attain higher organisation capital?
    • Large-scale renewable energy penetration – A quantitative analysis of political determinants of renewable energy and its impact on electricity volatility transmission and corporate financial performance.

  • Journal Articles and Proceedings

    • Abban, A., Hasan, Z. (2021), ‘Solar energy penetration and volatility transmission to electricity markets-An Australian perspective’, Economic Analysis and Policy, 69, pp 434-449.
    • Abban, A., Hasan, Z. (2021), ‘The causality direction between environmental performance and financial performance in Australian mining companies- A panel data Analysis’, Resources Policy, Vol. 70.
    • Abban, A., Hasan, Z. (2021), ‘Revisiting the determinants of renewable energy investment - New evidence from political and government ideology’, Energy Policy, Vol. 151.
    • Canoquena, J, Hasan, Z., and Taggart, J. (2019), ‘A comparison of the debt carried by indigenous corporations and charities in Australia’, Third Sector Review, Vol. 25, no.2.
    • Tarazi, R. Hasan, M. (2019), ‘The effect of economic and fundamental factors on the Australian property performance’, Asian Academic of management Journal of Accounting and Finance, Vol. 15, no. 2, pp 155-184.
    • Hasan, M.Z (2017), ‘Transmission of International Energy Price Shocks to Australian Stock Market and Its Implications for Portfolio Formation’, Asian Economic and Financial Review, Vol. 7, no. 4
    • Tarazi, R. and Hasan, M. (2016), ‘The Effect of Foreign Exchange Rate Volatility on Sectoral Stock Return Volatility: Evidence from the Australian
    • Hasan, M.Z. and Ratti, R. (2015), ‘Coal Sector Returns and Oil Prices: Developed and Emerging Countries’, International Journal of energy Economics and Policy, vol. 5, no.2.
    • Akhter, S. and Hasan, M.Z. (2015), ‘Contagion Risk for Australian Authorized Deposit Taking Institutions’, The Economic Record, Accepted for publication.
    • Hasan, M.Z. and Ratti, R. (2014), ‘Australian Coal Company Risk Factors: Coal and Oil Prices’, The International Journal of Business and Finance Research, vol. 8, no.1, pp 57-69.
    • Ratti, R. and Hasan, M.Z. (2013), ‘Risk Factors in Coal Industry Returns: International Evidence’, The Economic Record, vol. 89, special issue, pp. 67-83.
    • Hasan, M.Z., Akhter, S. and Rabbi, F. (2013), ‘Asymmetry and Persistence of Energy Price Volatility’, International Journal of Finance and Accounting, Vol. 2, No.7, pp. 373-378.
    • Rabbi, F., Chowdhury, M. and Hasan, M.Z. (2013), ‘Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances and the Dutch Disease in a Developing Country’, American Journal of Economics, vol. 3, no. C, pp. 156-160

  • Professional Affiliations

    • International Association of Energy Economics,
    • Economic Society of Australia
    • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), USA.