Faculty Profiles

Abrar Fitwi

Abrar Fitwi

Associate Professor of Finance
Business Administration Economics
362E Spes Unica Hall

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Education 

PhD in Finance, Texas Tech University
MBA, MSc. in Finance, Texas Tech University
BA in Accounting, Addis Ababa University

Areas of Expertise 

  • Financial Institutions and Markets
  • Banking in Emerging Countries
  • Fed's Policy rates

Research Interests 

  • Financial institutions
  • Fed's policy rates
  • Banking in emerging markets

Courses Recently Taught 

  • BUAD 202: Principles of managerial accounting
  • BUAD 312: Principles of finance
  • BUAD 313: Investments
  • BUAD 315: Management of financial institutions
  • BUAD 317: Financial statement analysis
  • BUAD 416: International financial management

Professional Experience 

  • Dr. Fitwi’s teaching experiences goes back to his native Ethiopia, where he has taught different accounting and finance courses for about 10 years.
  • He has also assumed different administrative positions including head of finance and administration of Mekelle University.

Creative and Scholarly Work 

  • Fitwi, Abrar, Scott Hein, and Jeffrey Mercer. “The US Housing Price Bubble: Bernanke versus Taylor.” Journal of Economics and Business, Vol. 80 (2015): July – August 2015, pages 62 – 80.
  • Fitwi, Abrar, and Laura Elder. “Unraveling risk and return in Islamic banking: Does the perceived high return exist?" Journal of Economics, Finance, and Accounting, Vol. 2, issue 2 (2015): pages 194 – 207.

Professional Memberships 

  • Financial Management Association
  • American Economic Association
  • Academy of Finance