Faculty and staff

Zubair has over 15 years of industry and academic experience across different countries and specializes in the field of international business and finance. Before starting his Ph.D. from Texas A&M Intl. University he was working for a multinational bank, Standard Chartered Bank. He is always motivated to help his students to gain the knowledge they deserve based on his experience and education.

PhD, International Business (Finance), Texas A&M International University, USA, 2017

MBA, International Business, Texas A&M International University, USA, 2012

MBA, Finance, The University of Punjab, Pakistan, 2009

BSc, Computer Science, University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan, 2003

Financial Management Association, USA

• International Business
• International Finance
• Introduction to Finance
• Portfolio Analysis and Management

• Credit default swaps
• Social capital
• Stock market efficiency

Raja, Zubair (Author and Presenter), and Raja, Afia (Author) “Housing Crisis in Lower mainland BC, presenting at WDCAG 2024 conference in Kelowna, 15^th – 16^th March 2024

Oyotode, Renee (Author), Raja, Zubair (Author), Brusa, Jorge (Author and Presenter) “The Bond Market Responses to Female CEOs Appointment”, presented online at 27^th Annual Conference of the Multinational Finance Society, Gdańsk University of Technology (Politechnika Gdańska), Gdańsk, Poland, June 28 - July 1, 2020

Raja, Zubair (Author), Procasky, William (Author and Presenter), Oyotode, Renee (Author) “The Relative Role of CDS and Bond Markets in Efficiently Pricing Emerging Market Sovereign Credit Risk”, presented at Southwestern Finance Association Conference held in Houston, TX, 13^th – 16^th March 2019

Oyotode, Renee (Author), Raja, Zubair (Author), Brusa, Jorge (Author and Presenter) “The Bond Market Responses to Female CEOs Appointment”, presented at 26^th Annual European Financial Management Association Conference going to be held in Athens, Greece, 28^th June – 1^st July 2017

Raja, Zubair (Author and Presenter) “Credit Default Swap’s Contribution to the Price Discovery Process of Emerging Market’s Sovereign Credit Risk”, presented at 21^st Annual Western Hemispheric Trade Conference held in Laredo, TX, April 2017. Presented with Best Student Paper Award

Oyotode, Renee (Author), Raja, Zubair (Author and Presenter), Brusa, Jorge (Author) “The Bond Market Responses to Female CEOs Appointment”, presented at 52^nd Annual Eastern Finance Association Conference held in Baltimore, MD, 6^th – 9^th April 2016

Oyotode, Renee (Author), Raja, Zubair (Author and Presenter) “Social Capital and Debt Enforcement: An International Analysis”, presented at 52^nd Annual Eastern Finance Association Conference held in Baltimore, MD, 6^th – 9^th April 2016

Oyotode, Renee (Author and Presenter), Raja, Zubair (Author), Brusa, Jorge (Author) “The Bond Market Responses to Female CEOs Appointment”, presented at 20^th Annual Western Hemispheric Trade Conference held in Laredo, TX, April 2016

Oyotode, Renee (Author), Raja, Zubair (Author and Presenter) “Social Capital and Debt Enforcement: An International Analysis”, presented at 20^th Annual Western Hemispheric Trade Conference held in Laredo, TX, April 2016. Presented with Best Student Paper Award

Oyotode, Renee (Author and Presenter), Raja, Zubair (Author), Brusa, Jorge (Author) “The Bond Market Responses to Female CEOs Appointment”, presented at Southwestern Finance Association Conference held in Oklahoma City, OK, 9^th – 12^th March 2016

Raja, Zubair (Author and Presenter), Oyotode, Renee (Author), Procasky, William (Author) “Revisiting the Day of the Week Anomaly in Financial Markets using Style Indices”, presented at 19^th Annual Western Hemispheric Trade Conference held in Laredo, TX, April 2015

Raja, Zubair (Author and Presenter), Oyotode, Renee (Author), Procasky, William (Author) “Revisiting the Day of the Week Anomaly in Financial Markets using Style Indices”, presented at Southwestern Finance Association Conference held in Houston, TX, 11^th – 16^th March 2015

Procasky, William (Author and Presenter), Ujah, Nacasius (Author), Raja, Zubair (Author) “FFO to Total Debt: A More Efficient Measure of Leverage for Capital Structure Decision Making”, presented at Southwestern Finance Association Conference held in Dallas, TX, 12^th – 16^th March 2014

Jha, A., and Oyotode, R. (2024). "Societal Trust and Corporate Bankruptcy," Journal of Financial Stability, vol. 73.

Raja, A. Z. (2021). "Sustainable Housing Practices: Spatial Analysis of Housing Stress in Corvallis, Oregon," Journal of Urban Planning and Development, vol. 147, issue 1.

Procasky, W., and Oyotode, R. (2020). "The Relative Role of Sovereign CDS and Bond Markets in Efficiently Pricing Emerging Market Sovereign Credit Risk," Journal of Emerging Market Finance, vol. 19, issue 3, pp. 296–325.

Oyotode-Adebile, R. (2019). "Board Gender Diversity and US Corporate Bonds," International Journal of Managerial Finance, vol. 15, issue 5, pp. 771–791.

Procasky, W., and Oyotode, R. (2018). "Efficiency of Capital Markets: A New Perspective on the Value Premium and Day-of-the-Week Effects," International Journal of Portfolio Analysis and Management, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 114–140.

Procasky, W., and Ujah, N. (2014). "FFO to Total Debt: A More Efficient Proxy of Capital Structure," Journal of Accounting and Finance, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 71–90.