Dr Anup Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer

Dr Anup Chowdhury

Senior Lecturer

Dr Anup joined Leeds Beckett in 2014 and has continuously contributed to developing the accounting and finance subject area as a senior lecturer and research cluster lead. His research mainly focuses on corporate finance and financial markets.

Anup started his career at Siemens AG and joined the university teaching in 2007. He has worked for several universities, including the University of York, Leeds Metropolitan University, Jahangirnagar University, BRAC University and Dhaka City Colleague. Besides academic positions, he held various administrative posts, such as - Head of Subject, MBA Coordinator and Academic Council member.

Anup's doctoral work has involved the impact of monetary and fiscal policies on emerging stock markets. He has published several papers in highly esteemed peer-reviewed journals and attended many international conferences. His publications appeared in the British Journal of Management, International Business Review, Journal of Business Research, Industrial and Corporate Change, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Global Finance Journal and Emerging Market Review.

Anup teaches various finance modules at the UG and PG levels. He has taught modules like business finance, corporate finance, advanced financial management, international corporate finance, accounting, and finance for decision-making. He is also teaching in partner universities of Leeds Beckett University outside the UK.

Anup now supervises four PhD students working on capital structure, sustainability, and credit rating.

Current Teaching

  • International Corporate Finance
  • Financial Analysis
  • Advance Financial Management
  • Corporate Finance
  • Financial Management

Research Interests

Anup's current research interests include corporate finance, financial markets, private equity, market microstructure, macroeconomic influence on the stock market, mergers and acquisitions, financial crises, emerging markets, firm efficiency, and ESG.

Dr Anup Chowdhury, Senior Lecturer

Ask Me About

  1. Corporate Finance
  2. FDI and M&A
  3. Financial Market
  4. Private Equity
  5. Business
  6. Economics
  7. Renewable energy
  8. Sustainability

Selected Outputs

  • Chowdhury A; Barua S (2009) Investors’ Confidence Index as a Determinant of Investment in Dhaka Stock Exchange.

  • Barua S; Chowdhury A (2009) General Characteristics and Investment Determinants in Bangladeshi Capital Market: Evidence from Dhaka Stock Exchange.

  • Lee L; Chowdhury A; Shubita M (2023) Impact of Paris Agreement on Financing Strategy: Evidence from Global FPSO industry. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 188 pp. 1-15.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.122266

  • Chowdhury A; Uddin M; Anderson K (2022) Trading behaviour and market sentiment: Firm-level evidence from an emerging Islamic market. Global Finance Journal, 53 pp. 1-19.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2021.100621

  • Chowdhury A; Uddin MM; Wood PG (2022) The Resilience of the British and European Goods Industry: Challenge of Brexit. Industrial and Corporate Change

    https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtac010

  • Chowdhury A; Uddin M (2021) Private Equity Exit Strategies and Profitability during the Global Pandemic: Evidence from around the World. British Journal of Management, 32 (4), pp. 1302-1337.

    https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12543

  • Uddin M; Chowdhury A; Anderson K; Chaudhuri K (2021) The effect of COVID – 19 pandemic on global stock market volatility: Can economic strength help to manage the uncertainty?. Journal of Business Research, 128 pp. 31-44.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.01.061

  • Uddin M; Chowdhury A; Zafar S; Shafique S; Liu J (2018) Institutional determinants of inward FDI: Evidence from Pakistan. International Business Review

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2018.10.006

  • Chowdhury A; Uddin M; Anderson K (2017) Liquidity and macroeconomic management in emerging markets. Emerging Markets Review

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ememar.2017.10.001

  • Chowdhury A; Chowdhury SP (2010) Impact of capital structure on firm’s value: Evidence from Bangladesh. Business and Economic Horizons, 3 (3),

    https://doi.org/10.15208/beh.2010.32

  • Thanha M; Chowdhury A; Akter A; Karim D (2010) Recurrent borrowing behavior of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) – a comparative study. Dhaka University Journal of Marketing, pp. 12-25.

  • Chowdhury A; Masuduzzaman M (2010) Circuit breakers: Development of testable hypothesis. Chinese Business Review, 9 (8), pp. 13-31.

    https://doi.org/10.17265/1537-1506/2010.08.002

  • Chowdhury A; Barua S (2009) Rationalities of Z-category shares in Dhaka stock exchange: are they in financial distress risk?. BRAC University Journal, 6 (1), pp. 45-58.

    http://dspace.bracu.ac.bd/xmlui/handle/10361/449

  • Chowdhury A; Chowdhury SP; Saman P; Haque SE (2008) Prospects and possibilities of introducing a common currency in SAARC countries. BRAC University Journal, 5 (2), pp. 67-79.

  • Thanha M; Chowdhury A; Hossain M (2008) Shopper’s attitude toward grocery retailers – a comparative study between modern grocery stores and traditional grocery stores of Dhaka City. Journal of Business Studies, XXIX, 29-41. Journal of Business Studies, (24), pp. 29-41.

  • Chowdhury A (2007) Determinants of managerial ownership and the link between ownership and performance; development of testable hypothesis. BRAC University Journal, 4 (1), pp. 63-74.

  • Chowdhury A; Amin AM (2007) Working capital management practiced in Pharmaceutical companies in Dhaka stock. BRAC University Journal, 4 (2), pp. 75-86.

  • Chowdhury A; Rahman M; Uddin M; Shafique S (2017) Drivers for Internationalization of SMEs: Evidence from an Emerging Country. In: British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference, 5 September 2017 - 7 September 2017, Warwick, UK.

  • Chowdhury A; Uddin M; Anderson K (2017) Volatility spillover and Time Zone: Evidence from Market Located in Three Time Zone. In: Financial Management Association (FMA) Conference, 23 June 2017 - 24 June 2017, Lisbon.

  • Chowdhury A; Uddin M; Anderson K (2016) Liquidity and Macroeconomic Management in Emerging Markets. In: JIFMIM Symposium, 23 June 2016 - 25 June 2016, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China.

  • Chowdhury A (2015) Macroeconomic influence on Stock Market: West to East. In: Eurasia Business Research Conference, 4 June 2015 - 6 June 2015, Turkey.

  • Muecke F; Chowdhury A; Bampton R; Uddin. M (2015) Impact of macroeconomic policies on stock price: West to East. In: Eurasia Business Research Conference, 4 June 2015 - 6 June 2015, Turkey.

  • Chowdhury A; Uddin M; Anderson K (2015) Volatility spillovers and Time zone: New evidence. In: Leeds Business School Faculty conference, 8 February 2015 - 9 February 2015, Leeds, UK.

  • Chowdhury A (2013) Investors' behaviour and weekend effect: Evidence from an emerging market. In: 1st Paris Financial Management Conference, 15 December 2013 - 16 December 2013, Paris.

  • Chowdhury A; Uddin M; Keith A (2013) Day-of-the-week effect: evidence from Dhaka stock exchange. In: The CEGBI/CSWL Summer Conference, 13 June 2013 - 14 June 2013, The York Management School, University of York.

  • Chowdhury A; Chowdhury SP (2009) Role of Corporate Governance in Private Commercial Banks; experiences from Bangladesh. In: Sixth International Conference on Business Management (ICBM 2009), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.

  • Chowdhury A (2008) Circuit Breaker; Development of Testable Hypothesis and Political Economy – Lesson from Bangladesh Stock Market. In: Fifth International Conference on Business Management (ICBM 2008), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.