Prof. Rahul Verma

University of Houston-Downtown, USA

Email: vermar@uhd.edu

Qualifications

2000–2004 Ph.D., The University of Texas Pan American, Edinburg, TX, International Business

1993–1995 M.B.A., Institute for Technology and Management, Bombay, India, Finance

Publications (Selected)

1. Verma, R., & Verma, P. (2025). Economic News, Social Media Sentiments, and Stock Returns: Which Is a Bigger Driver?. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 18(16).
2. Verma, R., & Verma, P. (2024). Impact of Public Trust in U.S. Financial Institutions on Global Stock Market Returns. Journal of Academy of Business and Economics, 24(3).
3. Verma, R., & Verma, P. (2024). Trusts in Financial Institutions and Asset Valuations. Journal of International Finance and Economics, 24(1), 145–157.
4. Verma, R., & Verma, P. (2023). Availability Heuristics and Speculative Activities of Retail investors in Options and Futures. Journal of Academy of Business and Economics. Published.
5. Verma, R., Rivas, A., Rodriguez, A., & Albuquerque, P. (2023). Increasing Impact of Spain on the Equity Markets of Brazil, Chile, and Mexico during the Neoliberal Reforms of the 1990s. International Journal of Social Sciences and Economic Review, 5(3).
6. Verma, R., & Mohnot, R. (2023). Relative Impact of the U.S. Energy Market Sentiments on Stocks and ESG Index Returns: Evidence from GCC Countries. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy. Published.
7. Verma, R., & Verma, P. (2021). Investor Sentiments and Pricing Errors. Review of Behavioral Finance, 13(4), 450–462.
8. Verma, R. (2020). Empirical Test of the Dividend Discount Model’s Forecasting Power. AIMS International Journal of Management, 14(1), 1–10.
9. Verma, R., & Verma, P. (2019). Are Economic Uncertainty Expectations Rational?. Journal of Applied Business and Economics, 21(4), 148–168.
10. Soydemir, G., & Tzu-Man, H. (2019). Are Smart Beta Funds Really Smart? Evidence from Rational and Quasi-Rational Investor Sentiment Data. Review of Behavioral Finance. Published.
11. Verma, P. (2018). Behavioral Biases and Retirement Assets Allocation of Corporate Pension Plans. Review of Behavioral Finance, 14(4).
12. Verma, R. (2017). Role of Self Deception, Overconfidence and Financial Aliteracy in Household Financial Decision Making. Journal of Applied Business and Economics, 19(8).
13. Soydemir, G., Verma, R., & Wagner, A. (2017). The asymmetric impact of rational and irrational components of fear index on S&P500 index returns. Review of Behavioral Finance, 9(3), 278–291. https://doi.org/10.1108/RBF-05-2016-0025
14. Verma, R., & P, V. (2016). Relative impact of global and country specific uncertainties on stock market returns. Journal of Accounting and Finance, 16(6), 25–38.
15. Verma, R. (2016). International transmission mechanism of time varying risk perceptions on european financial markets. International Review of Business Research Papers, 12(1), 144–158.
16. Verma, R. (2015). Economic uncertainty and market portfolios. Global Review of Accounting and Finance, 6(1), 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.21102/graf.2015.03.61.01

Profile Details

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