Syed Shams

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 794 citations indexed

About

Syed Shams is a scholar working on Accounting, Strategy and Management and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Syed Shams has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 794 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Accounting, 18 papers in Strategy and Management and 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Syed Shams's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (26 papers), Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (16 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (13 papers). Syed Shams is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (26 papers), Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (16 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (13 papers). Syed Shams collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Malaysia. Syed Shams's co-authors include Sudipta Bose, Kristina Minnick, Abeyratna Gunasekarage, Afzalur Rashid, Muhammad Jahangir Ali, Dessalegn Getie Mihret, Habib Zaman Khan, John Sands, Sisira Colombage and Edwin KiaYang Lim and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Energy and Journal of Corporate Finance.

In The Last Decade

Syed Shams

40 papers receiving 757 citations

Hit Papers

Does carbon risk matter for corporate acquisition decisions? 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Does carbon risk matter for corporate acquisition decisions?
    2021 170 citations Sudipta Bose, Kristina Minnick et al. Journal of Corporate Finance profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Syed Shams Australia 14 453 390 289 175 167 47 794
Antonio Meles Italy 14 526 1.2× 426 1.1× 294 1.0× 190 1.1× 186 1.1× 33 899
Sultan Sikandar Mirza New Zealand 15 263 0.6× 256 0.7× 357 1.2× 128 0.7× 155 0.9× 50 747
Ji Wu New Zealand 15 432 1.0× 472 1.2× 587 2.0× 216 1.2× 274 1.6× 52 1.1k
Meiting Lu Australia 21 352 0.8× 521 1.3× 382 1.3× 132 0.8× 146 0.9× 62 919
Udomsak Wongchoti New Zealand 15 255 0.6× 386 1.0× 315 1.1× 102 0.6× 279 1.7× 40 769
Hatem Rjiba France 13 332 0.7× 454 1.2× 420 1.5× 158 0.9× 372 2.2× 26 1.0k
Stefano Piserà Italy 13 314 0.7× 290 0.7× 317 1.1× 114 0.7× 187 1.1× 27 683
Estelle Sun United States 13 488 1.1× 448 1.1× 223 0.8× 232 1.3× 251 1.5× 30 815
Amal Aouadi France 3 522 1.2× 280 0.7× 262 0.9× 325 1.9× 213 1.3× 6 824
Yaowen Shan Australia 20 363 0.8× 603 1.5× 410 1.4× 97 0.6× 170 1.0× 62 989

Countries citing papers authored by Syed Shams

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Fields of papers citing papers by Syed Shams

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Syed Shams

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Syed Shams. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Syed Shams based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Syed Shams. Syed Shams is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bose, Sudipta, et al.. (2025). From the executive suite to the environment: How does CEO power affect climate change disclosures?. Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money. 100. 102140–102140. 2 indexed citations
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Shams, Syed, et al.. (2025). Carbon risk and cost of equity: the role of country-level governance. Journal of Management & Governance. 30(1). 261–303.
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Ben‐Nasr, Hamdi, et al.. (2025). The influence of carbon risk on debt structure. International Review of Financial Analysis. 107. 104591–104591.
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Razi, Ummara, Calvin W. H. Cheong, Syed Shams, et al.. (2025). Assessing the turbulence: Wavelet coherence and causality analysis of energy price volatility and exchange rate instability. Energy. 331. 136948–136948. 2 indexed citations
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Bose, Sudipta, et al.. (2025). Does Carbon Risk Influence Stock Price Crash Risk? International Evidence. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. 52(5). 2111–2144. 2 indexed citations
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Bose, Sudipta, et al.. (2025). From crisis to Stability: How CSR shielded firms during Covid-19 pandemic. International Review of Economics & Finance. 103. 104470–104470.
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Bose, Sudipta, et al.. (2024). Impact of Corporate Climate Change Performance on Information Asymmetry: International Evidence. Journal of International Accounting Research. 24(1). 13–45. 6 indexed citations
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Shams, Syed, et al.. (2024). A Framework to Assess Possible Sources of Stakeholder Exploitation: A Developing Country Case. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. 1 indexed citations
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Balachandran, Balasingham, Robert W. Faff, Sagarika Mishra, & Syed Shams. (2024). Target firm's integrity culture and M&A performance. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. 52(1). 433–471. 3 indexed citations
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Bose, Sudipta, et al.. (2024). Does Carbon Risk Influence Stock Price Crash Risk? International Evidence . SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Shams, Syed, et al.. (2024). Pricing media sentiment: Evidence from global mergers and acquisitions. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. 86. 102447–102447. 3 indexed citations
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Shams, Syed, Kristina Minnick, Mehdi Khedmati, & Abeyratna Gunasekarage. (2023). Gender diversity and acquisitions: How female directors add value in acquisition decisions. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. 51(1-2). 113–147. 10 indexed citations
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Bose, Sudipta, Edwin KiaYang Lim, Kristina Minnick, & Syed Shams. (2023). Do foreign institutional investors influence corporate climate change disclosure quality? International evidence. Corporate Governance An International Review. 32(2). 322–347. 44 indexed citations
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Shams, Syed, et al.. (2022). Does managerial ability matter for corporate climate change disclosures?. Corporate Governance An International Review. 31(1). 83–104. 62 indexed citations
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Gunasekarage, Abeyratna, et al.. (2021). CEO pay slice and acquisitions in Australia: the role of tournament incentives. International Journal of Managerial Finance. 18(5). 833–868. 3 indexed citations
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Bose, Sudipta, Kristina Minnick, & Syed Shams. (2021). Does carbon risk matter for corporate acquisition decisions?. Journal of Corporate Finance. 70. 102058–102058. 170 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shams, Syed, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 pandemic risk and probability of loan default: evidence from marketplace lending market. Financial Innovation. 7(1). 83–83. 28 indexed citations
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Faff, Robert W., Abeyratna Gunasekarage, & Syed Shams. (2019). Does takeover competition affect acquisition choices and bidding firm performance? Australian evidence. Accounting and Finance. 60(4). 3581–3619. 5 indexed citations
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Shams, Syed, Abeyratna Gunasekarage, & Sisira Colombage. (2013). Does the organisational form of the target influence market reaction to acquisition announcements? Australian evidence. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. 24. 89–108. 30 indexed citations

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