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Augustine Tarkom
Ph.D. Student, Texas A&M International University
atarkoma@gmail.com

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. See Full CV for further information. This web page is infrequently updated. For the researhc papers, Google Scholar page is more frequently updated and may even have a more comprehensive coverage. There are also ResearchGate, LinkedIn, and SSRN pages.

You may find recent papers and project links below.

Interests

  • Empirical Corporate Finance
  • Financial Economics
  • International Business
  • Time Series Analysis
  • Economics

Education

Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas, US
2020 - Present
Ph.D. International Business Administration (Finance)
South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, US
2017 - 2019
MSc Economics
South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, US
2018 - 2019
MSc Data Science
University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
2012 - 2016
BA Economics (Honors)

Recent Publications

See my Google Scholar page or CV for the complete list.
Do or Die: Analysis of Bankruptcy Risk from a Research and Development Perspective, 2022, The International Trade
Augustine Tarkom , Nacasius Ujah
Labor investment efficiency and cash flow volatility, 2022, Finance Research Letters
Xinhui Huang , Augustine Tarkom
Impact of COVID-19 exposure on working capital management: The moderating effect of investment opportunities and government incentives, 2022, Finance Research Letters
Augustine Tarkom
Working capital management and managerial talent, 2020, International Journal of Managerial Finance
Nacasius Ujah , Augustine Tarkom , Collins E. Okafor

Projects

See my CV for the complete list.
Coming Up Soon!!!