Nafeesa Yunus, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Finance and Real Estate
Harry Y Wright Chair in Finance
T.Rowe Price Excellence in Teaching Finance
Department of Finance and Economics
Office: Business Center 411
Phone: 410.837.4979
E-mail: nyunus@ubalt.edu
Personal Web Site:
https://sites.google.com/site/nafeesayunus2/
Education:
- Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington
- M.B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
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Bio
Dr. Nafeesa Yunus earned her B.S. and MBA in Finance from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in Finance (minor in Real Estate) from the University of Texas at Arlington. She joined UB in Fall 2008.
Research: Her research interests revolve around Financial econometrics, Globalization of capital markets, Macro aspects of financial markets and instruments, International finance, Financial contagion, International real estate investments, Portfolio strategy and the U.S. housing market. She has published articles in reputable academic journals in Finance, Economics and Real Estate including
International Review of Finance, Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money, Journal of Multinational Financial Management, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Real Estate Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Real Estate Research, Journal of Property Research, Journal of Property Investment and Finance and Applied Economics.
Teaching: Dr. Yunus has taught several preparations at UB both online and face to face at the Graduate and Undergraduate levels. They include: (1) Real Estate Finance (FIN 471) Face to Face, (2) Real Estate Investments (FIN 470) Face to Face, (3) Real Estate Principles and Transactions (REED 312) Face to Face (4) Financial Management (FIN 331) Online and Face to Face (5) Graduate level Financial Management (FIN 504) Online (6) Real Estate Investments (FIN 750) both online and ftf , (7) Real estate market analysis (8) Graduate level Financial Management and Corporate Finance (FIN 640) (FIN 605) both online and ftf , and (9) (FIN 625) both online and ftf.
Service: Dr. Yunus serves and has served on various committees at UB including the Undergraduate curriculum committee, the Faculty development committee, the Civility committee, University research council. She has also been the secretary of the senate. She is an active reviewer who serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Property Research and the Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management.
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Research Interests
Dr. Yunus's research interests revolve around Financial econometrics, Globalization of capital markets, Macro aspects of financial markets and instruments, International finance, Financial contagion, International real estate investments, Portfolio strategy and the U.S. housing market.
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Teaching Interests
Dr. Yunus has taught several preparations at UB both online and face to face at the Graduate and Undergraduate levels. They include: (1) Real Estate Finance (FIN 471) Face to Face, (2) Real Estate Investments (FIN 470) Face to Face, (3) Real Estate Principles and Transactions (REED 312) Face to Face (4) Financial Management (FIN 331) Online and Face to Face (5) Graduate level Financial Management (FIN 504) Online (6) Real Estate Investments (FIN 750) both online and ftf , (7) Real estate market analysis and (8) Graduate level Financial Management and Corporate Finance (FIN 640) (FIN 605) and (9) (FIN 625).
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Recent Publications
Intellectual Contributions
Refereed Journal Articles
Yunus, N. (2023). Long-run and short-run impact of the U.S. economy on stock, bond and housing markets: An evaluation of U.S. and six major economies. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. 90. 211-232.
Yunus, N. (2023). Co-movement among oil, stock, bond and housing markets: An analysis of U.S., Asian, and European economies. International Review of Finance. 23(2 ), 393-436.
Yunus, N. (2020). Commonalities across commercial real estate indexes. Applied Economics. Applied Economics. 52(30), 3274-3290.
Yunus, N. (2020). Time-varying linkages among gold, stock, bond and real estate.. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. 77,. 165-185.
Yunus, N. (2019). Dynamic linkages among U.S. real estate sectors before and after the housing crisis. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. 58. 264-289.
Yunus, N. (2018). Transmission of shocks across global real estate and equity markets: An examination of the 2007-2008 housing crisis.. Applied Economics. 50(36), 3899-3922.
Presentations
Yunus, N. RED Talks (2022), "Dynamic co-movement among U.S.and selected Emerging and Frontier European stock markets," University of Baltimore, (2022).
Yunus, N. American Real Estate Society 2022, "Dynamic co-movement Across European Property markets: A closer look at the sovereign debt crisis," ARES 2022, Coconut Point, Florida. (2022).
Yunus, N. American Real Estate Society, "Response of global stock, bond and housing markets to U.S. macroeconomic shocks," American Real Estate Society, Virtual. (2021).
Yunus, N. RED Talks, "International stock market integration during the COVID-19 pandemic," University of Baltimore, (2021).
Yunus, N. RED Talks, "Response of global stock, bond and housing markets to US macroeconomic shocks.," University of Baltimore, (2020).
Yunus, N. American Real Estate Society, "The effects of oil shocks on asset markets (Tentative title) reserved because of publication review.," American Real Estate Society, Arizona. (2019).
Yunus, N. American Real Estate Society, "Time varying linkages among gold stocks bonds and real estate," Florida. (2018).
Yunus, N. RED Talks, "Time varying linkages among gold stocks bonds and real estate," University of Baltimore, (2018).
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Yunus, Nafeesa , "Summer REACH Award 2021" Sponsored by MSB, The University of Baltimore, (2021).
Yunus, Nafeesa , "Summer REACH Award" Sponsored by MSB, The University of Baltimore, (2020).
Yunus, Nafeesa , "Summer REACH Award" Sponsored by MSB, The University of Baltimore, (2019).
Yunus, Nafeesa , "Summer research grant" Sponsored by University of Baltimore, (2018).
Research in Progress
"Analyzing co-movements among states and cities. (Tentative title)" (On-Going)
"Analyzing housing market dynamics (Tentative title)" (On-Going)
"Common stochastic trends in housing markets. (Tentative title)" (On-Going)
"Convergence of real interest rates: A global perspective. (Tentative title)" (On-Going)
"Effects of the Chinese crisis on stock markets (Tentative title)" (Writing Results)
"Paper connected to summer research award "Dynamic co-movement among U.S. and selected Emerging and Frontier European stock markets" Title reserved because of publication review." (Writing Results)
"Paper connected to summer research award �U.S., China and global stock market integration: An analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic� Title reserved because of publication review." (Writing Results)
"Portfolio development strategies for investors. (Tentative title)" (On-Going)
"Portfolio diversification benefits across markets: Evidence based on regime switching models. (Tentative title)" (On-Going)
"Reaction of stock prices to dividend shocks (Tentative title)" (On-Going)
"The impact of real estate within portfolios (Tentative title)" (On-Going)
"Volatility clustering across stock markets (Tentative title)" (On-Going)