Tamanna Ahamed

Financial Constraints, Firm Performance and Dual-Class Share Structure

Tamanna Ahamed, PhD Student

Supervisors: Professor Tony van Zijl and Associate Professor Noor Houqe

Profile

My proposed research addresses two aspects of financial constraints focusing, firstly, on the impact of financial constraints on firm performance and, secondly, on the impact of dual-class share structure on financial constraints. The first issue has been addressed in a large number of research studies, but the results are mixed. The study thus conducts a meta-analysis of those studies to provide a summary view of the results, which, in contrast to narrative reviews of the empirical literature, provides an objective overview. The study also contributes to the meta-analysis literature by providing a further application of a methodology that is still relatively uncommon in accounting and finance research. The study of the impact of dual-class share structures on financial constraints will address, in particular, the impact of excess voting rights and the proximity of the superior-class shareholder to the firm. In addition, the period of the global financial crisis will be used to test the impact of the state of the economy on the relationship.

Qualifications

Masters of Science in Accounting from the University of St Thomas, Houston, USA and a BBA from the American International University of Bangladesh.