Refereed Journal Publications
Bhabra, Harjeet S. and Ashrafee T. Hossain, "Did the Sarbanes-Oxley Act result in a strategic shift in merger motives?," Managerial Finance, 2017, Forthcoming
Bhabra, Harjeet S., Gurmeet S. Bhabra and Qi Chang, "Does the quality of acquisitions inform bond rating revisions?," Accounting and Finance, 2017, Forthcoming
Bhabra, Harjeet S. and Ashrafee T. Hossain, "Does Location Influence Executive Compensation? Evidence from Canadian SMEs," Journal of Management and Governance, 2017, Forthcoming
Bhabra, Harjeet S. and Ashrafee T. Hossain,"Impact of SOX on the Returns to Targets and Acquirers in Corporate Tender Offers," North American Journal of Economics and Finance, November 2017, Vol. 42, 1-19. (Lead article)
Bhabra, Harjeet S. and Ashrafee T. Hossain, "Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Corporate Acquisitions," Managerial Finance, April2017, Vol. 43(4), 452-470.
Bhabra, Harjeet S. and Ashrafee Hossain, "Market Conditions,Governance and the Information Content of Insider Trades," Review of Financial Economics, January 2015, Vol. 24, 1-11. (Lead article)
Bhabra, Harjeet S. and Jiayin Huang, "An Empirical Investigation of Mergers and Acquisitions by Chinese listed companies, 1997-2007," Journal of Multinational Financial Management, 2013, Vol. 23 Issue 3, 186-207.
Anderson, Steven T., Gurmeet S. Bhabra, Harjeet S. Bhabra and Asjeet S. Lamba, "Do Corporate Bond Ratings Revisions ConveyInformation about Earnings and Dividend Changes," Corporate Ownership and Control,2012, Vol. 9 Issue 3, 371-391.
Hakim, Tatiana, Gregory J. Lypny and Harjeet S. Bhabra, “IPO Lockup Expiration in the Middle East and North Africa Region,” Journal of Multinational Financial Management, 2012, Vol.22 Issue 5, 252-262.
Bhabra, Harjeet S. and Tiemei Li, "IndependentDirectors and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Listed Firms in China,"Corporate Ownership and Control, 2011, Vol. 8 Issue 3, Spring, 145-169.
Bhabra, Gurmeet S., Harjeet S. Bhabra and Glenn W.Boyle, “Corporate Layoffs and Competition,” Journal of Money, Investment and Banking, 2011, Issue19, 42–54.
Bhabra, Gurmeet S., Harjeet S. Bhabra and Glenn W.Boyle, “Leverage and Wealth Gains from Acquisition Program Announcements,” Corporate Ownership and Control,2010, Vol. 8 Issue 2, 267 - 280.
Bhabra, Harjeet S. Tong Liu and Dogan Tirtiroglu, “Capital Structure Choice in a Nascent Market: Evidence from Listed Companies in China,”Financial Management,2008, (Summer Issue) 341-364.
Bhabra, Harjeet S. and Louis Rheaume, “Value creation in information based industries through convergence: A study of U.S. mergers and acquisitions between 1993 and 2001,” Information and Management, 2008, Vol. 45, 304-311.
Panasian, Christine, Andrew Prevost and Harjeet S. Bhabra, “Voluntary Listing Requirements and Corporate Performance: The Case of the Dey Report and Canadian Firms,” Financial Review, 2008, (February) Vol. 43, 129-157.
Tirtiroglu, Dogan, Ugur Lel and Harjeet S. Bhabra, “Political Risk and Asset Pricing: Evidence from Business Relocations in Canada,” Journal of Banking and Finance,2004,Vol. 28, 2237-2258
Bhabra, Harjeet S. and Richard H. Pettway, “IPO Prospectus Information and Subsequent Performance,” Financial Review, 2003 (August), Vol. 38(3), 369-397
Bhabra, Harjeet S., Ugur Lel and Dogan Tirtiroglu, “CanadianEvidence on the Market’s Reaction to Business Relocation Announcements,” Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 2002, Vol. 19(4), 346-358
Mishra, Debi P. and Harjeet S. Bhabra, “Assessing the Economic Worth of New Product Pre-Announcement Signals: Theory and Empirical Evidence,” Journal of Product and Brand Management, 2001, Vol. 10 No. 2, 75-93. (Lead Article)
Bhabra, Harjeet S., Upinder S. Dhillon and Gabriel G.Ramirez, “A November Effect? Revisiting the Tax-Loss Selling Hypothesis,” Financial Management, 1999, Vol.28 No. 4, Winter, 5-15. (Lead Article)
Bhabra, Harjeet S., Yul W. Lee and Ajay Patel, “An Empirical Examination of Calls of Convertible Bonds When They Are Out of the Money,” Advances in Financial Planning and Forecasting, Vol. 7, 1997, 83-105.
Mishra, Debi P., George S. Bobinski and Harjeet S. Bhabra, “Assessing the Economic Worth of Corporate Event Sponsorships: A Stock Market Perspective,” Journal of Market Focussed Management, 1997, Vol. 2, 149-169.
Bhabra, Harjeet S. and Ajay Patel, “Convertible Bond Financing: Are Some Issuers Mimickers?” Financial Management, 1996, Vol. 25 No. 4, Winter, 67-77.
Refereed Conference Proceedings
Bhabra, Harjeet S. and Ashrafee T. Hossain, " The Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Corporate Acquisitions", Midwest Finance Association Conference Proceedings, Vol. 11, 2014
Bhabra, Harjeet S. and Ashrafee T. Hossain, "Regulatory Changes, Market Conditions and Information Content of Insider Trades", Midwest Finance Association Conference Proceedings, Vol. 10, 2013
Anderson, Steven T., Gurmeet S. Bhabra, Harjeet S. Bhabra and Asjeet S. Lamba, "Earnings and Dividend Information Containedin Bond Ratings Changes," Midwest Finance Association Conference Proceedings,Vol. 4, 2007
Anderson, Steven T., Gurmeet S. Bhabra, HarjeetS. Bhabra and Asjeet S. Lamba, "Earnings and Dividend InformationContained in Bond Ratings Changes," ICFAI Conference, Hyderabad,India,December 2006, Advances in Business and Finance Studies,Proceedings of the ICFAI Conference held in Hyderabad, India, December 2006
Tirtiroglu, Dogan, Gabriela Rusu and Harjeet S.Bhabra, "Bias in Analysts’ Earnings Forecasts and Foreign CurrencyHedging: Evidence from Multinational, Large and Non-Financial U.S.Corporations," Abstract in the Proceedings of the Australasia Banking and Finance Conference,Sydney, Australia, December 2003
Tirtiroglu, Dogan, Gabriela Rusu and Harjeet S. Bhabra, “Bias in Analysts’ Earnings Forecasts and Foreign Currency Hedging:Evidence from Multinational, Large and Non-Financial U.S. Corporations,” Abstract in the Proceedings of the Multinational Finance Society Conference, Montreal, Canada, July 2003
Bhabra, Harjeet S., Dogan Tirtiroglu and Ugur Lel,"Stock Market's Reaction to Business Relocations: Canadian Evidence,"Abstract in Proceedings of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, May 2002