Assoc. Prof. Arshian Sharif

Associate Professor

Department of Economics & Finance
Sunway Business School (SBS)
[email protected]

Dr Arshian Sharif received his PhD in Financial Analysis and Policy from the Northern University of Malaysia, Malaysia, in 2021. His teaching and research interests lie in Applied Econometrics, Financial Econometrics, Financial Management Policy, Energy Finance, Tourism and Environmental Economics. He has vast experience of publications and reviewing in top publishers like Elsevier, Taylor and Francis, Wiley, Springer, Sage, Inderscience etc. Moreover, he has published more than 100 research articles in International Journals having more than 5000 citations and H-Index 42. He is serving as a member of the Editorial Board and reviewer of numerous journals. Also, he is among the World's Top 2% Scientists List published by Stanford University (2022). He has received the Best Research Award (Deans Award for Academic Excellence) from Northern University of Malaysia for three consecutive years.

  1. PhD (Financial Analysis and Policy), Northern University of Malaysia, Malaysia 2021
  2. MBA (Finance), IQRA University, Pakistan, 2013
  3. Bachelor of Commerce (B.com), The University of Karachi, Pakistan, 2009
  1. Finance
  2. Economics
  3. Econometrics
  1. Investment Management (FIN3024)
  • Energy Finance
  • Equity, Money Cryptocurrency Markets
  • Environmental Economics
  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • Fintech
  1. Amin, S; Mehmood, W., & Sharif, A. (2022). Blessing or curse: The role of diversity matters in stimulating or relegating environmental sustainability - A global perspective via renewable and non-renewable energy Renewable Energy. Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 8.001, Scopus Q1).
  2. Huo, C., Hameed, J., Sharif, A., Albasher, G, Alamri, O. (2022). Recent scenario and nexus of globalization to CO2 emissions: Evidence from wavelet and Quantile on Quantile Regression approach. Environmental Research. Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 6.498, Scopus Q1).
  3. Suki, N. M., Suki, N. M., Afshan, S., Sharif, A., & Meo, M. S. (2022). The paradigms of technological innovation and renewables as a panacea for sustainable development: A pathway of going green. Renewable Energy. Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 8.001, Scopus Q1).
  4. Suki, N. M., Suki, N. M., Sharif, A., Afshan, & S. Jermsittiparsert, K. (2022). The role of technology innovation and renewable energy in reducing environmental degradation in Malaysia: A step towards sustainable environment. Renewable Energy. Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 8.001, Scopus Q1).
  5. Chien, F.; Hsu, C.; Ozturk, I., Sharif, A., & Sadiq, M. (2022). The role of renewable energy and urbanization towards greenhouse gas emission in top Asian countries: Evidence from advance panel estimations. Renewable Energy. Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 8.001, Scopus Q1).
  6. Godil, D. I., Sarwat, S., Khan, M. K., Ashraf, M, S, Sharif, A. & Ozturk, I. (2022). How the Price Dynamics of Energy Resources and Precious Metals interact with Conventional and Islamic Stocks: Fresh Insight from Dynamic ARDL Approach. Resources Policy Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 5.634, Scopus Q1, ABS-2, ABDC-B).
  7. Sinha, A., Sharif, A., Adhikari, A., & Sharma, A. (2022). Dependence Structure between Indian Financial Market and Energy Commodities: A Cross-quantilogram based Evidence. Annals of Operations Research. Springer Publisher. (Impact Factor 4.845, Scopus Q1, ABDC-A, ABS-3).
  8. Chien, F; Zhang, Y.; Sharif, A.; Sadiq, M. & Hieu, M. V. (2022). Does Air Pollution Affect the Tourism Industry in the USA? Evidence from the Quantile Autoregressive Distributed Lagged Approach. Tourism Economics. Sage Publisher. (Impact Factor 4.438, Scopus Q1, ABS-2, ABDC-A).
  9. Adebayo, T. S., Rjoub, H.; Akadri, S. S.; Oladipupo, S. D., Sharif, A., & Adeshola, I., (2022). The role of economic complexity in the environmental Kuznets curve of MINT economies: evidence from method of moments quantile regression. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Springer Publisher. (Impact Factor 4.223, Scopus Q1).
  10. Razzaq, A., Sharif, A., Najmi, A., Tseng, M. L., & Ling, X. (2021). Dynamic and causality interrelationships from recycling to economic growth, carbon emissions, and energy efficiency using a novel bootstrapping autoregressive distributed lag. Resources, Conservation & Recycling. Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 10.204, Scopus Q1).
  11. Anwar, A., Sharif, A., Fatima, S., Ahmad, P., Sinha, A., Khan, S. A. R., & Jermsittiparsert, K. (2021). The asymmetric effect of Public-Private Partnership investment on Transport CO2 emission in China: Evidence from Quantile ARDL approach. Journal of Cleaner Production. Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 9.297, Scopus Q1, ABDC-A, ABS-2).
  12. Khan, S. A. R., Yu, Z., Golpira, H. Sharif, A., Mardani, A. (2021). A State-of-the-Art Review and Meta-Analysis on Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Future Research Directions. Journal of Cleaner Production. Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 9.297, Scopus Q1, ABDC-A, ABS-2).
  13. Lin, K., Peng, M. Y. P., Anser, M. K., Yousaf, Z. & Sharif, A. (2021). Bright harmony of environmental management initiatives for achieving corporate social responsibility authenticity and legitimacy: Glimpse of hotel and tourism industry. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. Wiley Online Library. (Impact Factor 8.741, Scopus Q1).
  14. Anwar, A., Siddiqui, M., Dogan, E. & Sharif, A. (2021). The moderating role of renewable and non-renewable energy in environment-income nexus for ASEAN countries: Evidence from Method of Moments Quantile Regression. Renewable Energy. Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 8.001, Scopus Q1).
  15. Chien, F., Ajaz, T., Andlib, Z., Chau, K, Y., Ahmad, P. & Sharif, A. (2021). The role of technology innovation, renewable energy and globalization in reducing environmental degradation in Pakistan: A step towards sustainable environment. Renewable Energy. Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 8.001, Scopus Q1).
  16. Sinha, A., Mishra, S., Sharif, A. Yarovaya, L. (2021). Does Green Financing help to improve the Environmental & Social Responsibility? Designing SDG framework through Advanced Quantile modelling. Journal of Environmental Management. Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 6.789, Scopus Q1, ABDC-A, ABS-3).
  17. Godil, D. I., Sharif, A., Iftikhar, M., Ozturk, I., Usman, R. (2021). The role of financial development, R&D expenditure, globalization and institutional quality in energy Consumption in India: New evidence from the QARDL approach. Journal of Environmental Management. Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 6.789, Scopus Q1, ABDC-A, ABS-3).
  18. Sharif, A., Ullah, S., Shahbaz, M., & Mahalik, M. (2021). Sustainable tourism development and globalization: Recent insight from the United States. Sustainable Development. Wiley Online Library. (Impact Factor 6.159, Scopus Q1, ABDC-C)
  19. Godil, D., Zhang, Y., Sharif, A., Usman, R., & Khan, S. A. R. (2021). Investigate The Role of Technology Innovation and Renewable Energy in Reducing Transport Sector CO2 emission in China: A path towards Sustainable Development. Sustainable Development. Wiley Online Library. (Impact Factor 6.159, Scopus Q1, ABDC-C)
  20. Suki, N. M., Suki, N. M., Sharif, A., & Afshan, S. (2021). The role of logistics performance for sustainable development in top Asian countries: Evidence from advance panel estimations. Sustainable Development. Wiley Online Library. (Impact Factor 6.159, Scopus Q1, ABDC-C)
  21. Zaighum, I., Aman, A. Sharif, A. & Suleman, M. T. (2021). Do Energy Prices interact with Global Islamic Stocks? Fresh insights from Quantile ARDL approach. Resources Policy Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 5.634, Scopus Q1, ABS-2, ABDC-B).
  22. Wang, L; Luo, G., Sharif, A., & Dinca, G. (2021). Asymmetric dynamics and quantile dependency of the resource curse in the USA. Resources Policy Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 5.634, Scopus Q1, ABS-2, ABDC-B).
  23. Khan, S. A. R., Yu, Z., & Sharif, A. (2021). No Silver Bullet for De-carbonization: Preparing for Tomorrow, Today. Resources Policy Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 5.634, Scopus Q1, ABS-2, ABDC-B).
  24. He, X., Mishra, S., Aman, A., Shahbaz, M., Razzaq, A. & Sharif, A. (2021). The Linkage between Clean Energy Stocks and the fluctuations in Oil Price and Financial Stress in the US and Europe? Evidence from QARDL Approach. Resources Policy Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 5.634, Scopus Q1, ABS-2, ABDC-B).
  25. Khan, S. A. R., Yu, Zhang, Shah, A, Razzaq, A., Sharif, A., Janjua, L. (2021). Disruption in Food Supply Chain and Undernourishment Challenges: An Empirical Study in the Context of Asian Countries. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 4.923, Scopus Q1)
  26. Chien, F.; Anwar, A., Hsu, C., Sharif, A., Razzaq, A. & Sinha, A. (2021). The role of information and communication technology in encountering environmental degradation: Proposing an SDG framework for the BRICS countries. Technology in Society. Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 4.192, Scopus Q1).
  27. Sharif, A., Bhattacharya, M., Afshan, S. & Shahbaz, M. (2021). Disaggregated renewable energy sources in mitigating CO2 emissions: New evidence from the U.S. using quantile regressions. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Springer Publisher. (Impact Factor 4.223, Scopus Q1).
  28. Aziz, N., Sharif, A., Raza, A. & Jermsittiparsert, K. (2021). The role of natural resources, globalization, and renewable in testing the EKC hypothesis in MINT countries: New evidence from Methods of Moment Quantile Regression Approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Springer Publisher. (Impact Factor 4.223, Scopus Q1).
  29. Xiangyu, S., Jammazi, R., Aloui, C., Ahmad, P & Sharif, A. (2021). On the Nonlinear Effects of Energy Consumption, Economic Growth, and Tourism on Carbon Footprints in the US. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Springer Publisher. (Impact Factor 4.223, Scopus Q1).
  30. Godil, D. I., Ahmad, P., Ashraf, M.S., Sarwat, S. Sharif, A., Hasan, S., & Jermsittiparsert, K. (2021). The step towards environmental mitigation in Pakistan: Do transportation services, urbanization and financial development matter? Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Springer Publisher. (Impact Factor 4.223, Scopus Q1).
  31. Khan, M. K., Abbas, F., Godil, D. I., Sharif, A., Ahmaed, Z., & Anser, M. K. (2021). Moving towards sustainability: how do natural resources, financial development, and economic growth interact with the ecological footprint in Malaysia? A dynamic ARDL approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Springer Publisher. (Impact Factor 4.223, Scopus Q1).
  32. Anser, M. K., Usman, M., Godil, M. D., Shabbir, M. S., Sharif, A., Tabash, M. I. & Lopez, L., B (2021). Does globalization affect the green economy and environment? The relationship between energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions, and economic growth. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Springer Publisher. (Impact Factor 4.223, Scopus Q1).
  33. Bibi, M., Khan, M. K., Shujaat, S., Godil, D. Sharif, A., Anser, M. K. (2021). How precious metal and energy resources interact with clean energy stocks? Fresh insight from the novel ARDL technique. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Springer Publisher. (Impact Factor 4.223, Scopus Q1).
  34. Anuar, A., Marwan, N. F., Smith, J., Siriyanun., S., Sharif, A. (2021). Bibliometric analysis of immigration and environmental degradation: evidence from past decades. . Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Springer Publisher. (Impact Factor 4.223, Scopus Q1).
  35. Anwar, A., Sinha, A., Sharif, A., Siddique, M., Irshad, S., Anwar, W., & Malik, S., (2021). The nexus between Urbanization, Renewable Energy Consumption, Financial Development, and CO2 Emissions: Evidence from Selected Asian Countries. Environment, Development and Sustainability. Springer Publisher. (Impact Factor 3.219, Scopus Q2).
  36. Irfan, M., Ahmad, M., Fareed, Z., Iqbal, N., Sharif, A., Wu, H. (2021). On the indirect environmental outcomes of COVID-19: Short-term revival with futuristic long-term implications. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. Taylor & Francis Publisher. (Impact Factor 3.411, Scopus Q3).
  37. Shahbaz, M., Sharif, A., Blaid, F., Vo, X. V., (2021). Long-Run Co-variability between Oil Prices and Economic Policy Uncertainty. International Journal of Finance and Economic. Wiley Online Library. (Impact Factor 3.005, ABS-3, Scopus Q3).
  38. Irfan, M., Razzaq, A., Suksatan, W., Sharif, A., Elavarasan, R. M., Yang, C., Hao, Y., Rauf, A. (2021). Asymmetric impact of temperature on COVID-19 spread in India: Evidence from quantile-on-quantile regression approach. Journal of Thermal Biology. Elsevier Publisher. (Impact Factor 2.902, Scopus Q2).
  39. Aloui, C., Sharif, A., Aziz, N. (2021). How COVID-19 pandemic and oil prices drive the Saudi sectors over investment horizons: A wavelet sector-based view, Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting. Inderscience Publisher (Scopus Q2).
  40. Braha-Vokshi, L., Rexphepi, G., Ramdani, V., Abazi, H., & Sharif, A. (2021). The impact of multinational companies on inequality in Western Balkan countries. Review of International Business and Strategy. Emerald Publisher (Scopus Q2).
  41. Sharif, A. & Karim, M. Z. B. (2021). The effect of Energy Prices on the price dynamics of Equity Market in China: Evidence from Pre-Post Crisis Period. International Journal of Trade and Global Markets. Inderscience Publisher (Scopus Q2).
  1. Top 2% Global Scientists List 2021 (Published by Elsevier BV & Stanford University)
  2. Best Researcher Award 2021, UUM (Deans Award for Academic Excellence)
  3. Best Researcher Award 2020, UUM (Deans Award for Academic Excellence)
  4. Best Researcher Award 2019, UUM (Deans Award for Academic Excellence)
  5. Malaysian Research Start Award Grant (FRGS-MRSA) Funding Amount 200,000 MYR
  6. Malaysian Fundamental Research Grant Scheme Funding Amount 80,000 MYR
  1. Editor – Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer)
  2. Associate Editor – Energy Policy (Elsevier)
  3. Associate Editor – Sage Open (Sage)
  4. Associate Editor – Frontier in Psychology (Frontiers)
  5. Guest Editor – Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja (Taylor & Francis)
  6. Guest Editor – Annals of Financial Economics (Scientific World)
  7. Guest Editor – Energy and Build Environment (Elsevier)