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Augustine Tarkom
Augustine Tarkom

Augustine Tarkom

Ph.D. Student

Texas A&M International University

Biography

I am a third-year Ph.D. student in International Business Administration with a concentration in Finance in the Division of International Banking and Finance Studies of the A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, TX.

I received my masters (MS) (dual degree) in Economics and Data Science from South Dakota State University in 2019, and my BA in Economics from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana in 2016.

I am a certified Financial Modeling & Valuation Analyst (FMVA).

My research is currently in empirical corporate finance, financial econometrics, and international business.

I also have an interest in economics & statistical techniques.

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Interests
  • Empirical corporate finance
  • Financial econometrics
  • International business
  • Quantitative Data
Education

  • PhD in International Business Administration, 2024 (Expected)

    Texas A&M International University

  • MSc in Economics, 2019

    South Dakota State University

  • MSc in Data Science, 2019

    South Dakota State University

  • BA (First-Class) in Economics, 2016

    University of Cape Coast

Skills

Economics
Statistics
Overleaf
R
Python
Github

Working Papers

Augustine Tarkom, Patrick Glavee and Nana Twum Owusu-Peprah (2022). Asset redeployability and corporate risk-taking.

Augustine Tarkom and Xinhui Huang (2022). Labor substitutability and corporate labor investment: Evidence from the H-1B program.

Augustine Tarkom, Xinhui Huang and Leiza Nochebuena-Evans (2014). Paying for your actions? External monitoring cost of labor investment inefficiency (old title: Audit fee and labor investment inefficiency).

Augustine Tarkom and Leiza Nochebuena-Evans (2014). Peer-to-Peer Lending: A friend or foe to the payday lending-crime relationship.

Recent Publications

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Augustine Tarkom and Nacasius U. Ujah (2022). Do or Die: Analysis of Bankruptcy Risk from a Research and Development Perspective. The International Trade Journal.

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Augustine Tarkom (2022). Impact of COVID-19 exposure on working capital management: The moderating effect of investment opportunities and government incentives. Finance Research Letters.

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Augustine Tarkom, Patrick Glavee and Nana Twum Owusu-Peprah (2022). Asset redeployability and corporate risk-taking.

Augustine Tarkom and Xinhui Huang (2022). Labor substitutability and corporate labor investment: Evidence from the H-1B program.

Xinhui Huang and Augustine Tarkom (2022). Labor investment efficiency and cash flow volatility. Finance Research Letters.

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