NUST Business School
Faculty Shujahat Haider Hashmi

Shujahat Haider Hashmi

Assistant Professor
Summary

Dr. Hashmi has over fifteen years of teaching and research experience at various prestigious universities. He has completed his Ph.D. in regional economics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (QS world ranking 300th). His prior qualification also includes an M.S. in Finance from Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST). He served as a permanent faculty member (lecturer) at the Department of Management Sciences, CUST, for six years, where he taught courses in accounting, finance, and economics. In addition to his remarkable achievements in the academic field, he has brought with him worldwide experience as a researcher, reviewer, academic editor, and economic consultant for several international journals, prestigious research organizations, and professional bodies. He has published various papers in well-reputed international SSCI/SCIE indexed journals in the area of financial and regional economics, environmental economics, urban ecology, and sustainable development. His published work has produced more than 3,000 global citations, with an h-index of 35 and an i10-index of 55 He is currently serving as an academic editor of Future Business Journal (Springer Nature—ESCI Indexed) and an editorial board member of International Journal of Organizational Leadership (ESCI Indexed) and Muslim Perspectives.

Academic Background
PhD (Regional Economics) Huazhong University of Science and Technology June 01, 2017 - June 01, 2021
Honours and Awards
Publications
The Cultural Contingency of Sustainable Finance: How National Culture Moderates Financial Development–ESG Nexus April 08, 2026 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management - Pages 1-25
Green finance and environmental decentralization drive OECD low carbon transitions August 01, 2025 Scientific Reports - Volume 15, Article Number: 28140
Environmental Policy Stringency and Sustainable Development of OECD Countries: Moderating Role of Institutional Quality June 30, 2025 NUML International Journal of Business & Manangement - Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages 1-24
The effect of defence outlays on ecological burden: the moderating role of cross-border tensions and violence June 17, 2025 Economic Change and Restructuring - Volume:58, Issue:4, Article Number 50
A temporal exploration of resilience of renewable energy consumption to the energy-related uncertainty shocks in the US February 15, 2025 Journal of Cleaner Production - Volume:493, Article Number 144946
Trade Diplomacy and Creation of Southeast-Central Asia Corridors December 31, 2024 Pakistan Geopolitical Economics and Politics of Economic & Trade Corridors - Chapter 3, Pages 126-158
The asymmetric impact of public–private partnership investment in energy on CO2 emissions in Pakistan June 01, 2024 Energy and Environment - Volume 35, Issue 4, Pages 2131-2150
The nexus of green energy, financial inclusion, government defense financing, and socioeconomic sustainability across diverse income-level groups: a global indication March 30, 2024 Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy - Pages 1-20
Role of empowering leadership in inducing employee green creative behavior in hotel and restaurant industry: a moderated-moderated mediation model March 01, 2024 Environment, Development and Sustainability - Volume 26, Issue 3, Pages 7547-7578
Impact of technological innovation and renewable energy on ecological footprint in G20 countries: The moderating role of institutional quality September 01, 2023 Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Volume:30, Issue:42, Page:95376-95393
Export Competence of Cultural Goods: A Structural Gravity Analysis of the BRICS Trade February 04, 2023 Foundation University Journal of Business & Economics - Volume 8(1), Pages 6-17
Exploring the Trade Facilitation Role of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs): A Comparison of BRICS and the Next Eleven Economies December 31, 2022 NUML International Journal of Business & Management - Volume 17, Issue 2, Pages 1-19
Testing non-linear effect of urbanization on environmental degradation: Cross-country evidence September 20, 2022 Frontiers in Environmental Science - Volume 10, Article Number 971394
Testing the heterogeneous effect of air transport intensity on CO2 emissions in G20 countries: An advanced empirical analysis June 01, 2022 Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Volume 29, Issue 29, Pages 44020-44041
Do Income Inequality and Institutional Quality affect CO2 Emissions in Developing Economies? June 01, 2022 Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Volume 29, Issue 28, Pages 42720-42741
Non-linear nexus between economic policy uncertainty and bank lending May 01, 2022 International Review of Economics and Finance - Volume 79, Pages 657-679
Financial inclusion, institutional quality and financial development: Empirical evidence from oic countries March 01, 2022 Singapore Economic Review - Volume 67, Issue 1, Pages 161-188
Heterogeneous effects of economic policy uncertainty and foreign direct investment on environmental quality: cross-country evidence January 01, 2022 Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Volume 29, Issue 2, Pages 2737-2752
The dynamic impact of financial, technological, and natural resources on sustainable development in Belt and Road countries January 01, 2022 Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Volume 29, Issue 3, Pages 4616-4631
The nexus between road transport intensity and road-related CO2 emissions in G20 countries: an advanced panel estimation November 01, 2021 Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Volume 28, Issue 41, Pages 58405-58425
Non-linear spatial linkage between COVID-19 pandemic and mobility in ten countries: A lesson for future wave October 05, 2021 Journal of Infection and Public Health - Volume 14, Issue 10, Pages 1411-1426
Does financial inclusion enhance economic growth? Empirical evidence from the IsDB member countries October 01, 2021 International Journal of Finance and Economics - Volume 26, Issue 4, Pages 5235-5258
Nexus of regional integration, socioeconomic determinants and sustainable development in belt and road initiative countries July 09, 2021 PLoS ONE - Volume:16, Issue:7, Article Number e0254298
Time–frequency co-movement between COVID-19, crude oil prices, and atmospheric CO2 emissions: Fresh global insights from partial and multiple coherence approach June 01, 2021 Environment, Development and Sustainability - Volume 23, Issue 6, Pages 9397-9417
Non-linear relationship between urbanization paths and CO2 emissions: A case of South, South-East and East Asian economies May 01, 2021 Urban Climate - Volume 37, Article Number 100814
Dynamic effect of oil resources on environmental quality: Testing the environmental kuznets curve hypothesis for selected african countries March 25, 2021 Sustainability - Volume 13, Issue 7, Article Number 3649
Asymmetric nexus between urban agglomerations and environmental pollution in top ten urban agglomerated countries using quantile methods March 01, 2021 Environmental Science and Pollution Research - Volume 28, Issue 11, Pages 13404-13424
Asymmetric nexus between temperature and COVID-19 in the top ten affected provinces of China: A current application of quantile-on-quantile approach September 20, 2020 Science of The Total Environment - Volume 736, Pages 139115
The nexus between capital structure, firm-specific factors, macroeconomic factors and financial performance in the textile sector of Pakistan August 31, 2020 Heliyon - Volume 6, Issue 8 , Article Number e04741
Income Inequality and CO2 Emissions in Developing Countries: The Moderating Role of Financial Instability August 21, 2020 Sustainability - Volume 12, Issue 17, Article Number 6810
How Do Urbanization and Urban Agglomeration Affect CO2Emissions in South Asia? Testing Non-Linearity Puzzle with Dynamic STIRPAT Model March 01, 2020 Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies - Volume 8, No.1, Article Number 2050003 (37 pages)
Testing non-linear nexus between service sector and CO2 emissions in Pakistan January 21, 2020 Energies - Volume 13, Issue 3, Article Number 526
Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis for Pakistan: Empirical evidence form ARDL bound testing and causality approach December 08, 2018 International Journal of Green Energy - Volume 15, Issue 14-15, Pages 947-957
Cointegration between Institutional Quality and Stock Market Development December 04, 2018 NUML International Journal of Business & Management - Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 90-103
Impact of Institutional Ownership on Stock Liquidity: Evidence from Karachi Stock Exchange, Pakistan August 01, 2018 Global Business Review - Volume 19, Issue 4, Pages 939-951
Determinants of Trading Volume in Karachi Stock Market July 01, 2017 Jinnah Business Review - Volume 5, Issue 2, Pages 61-68
Inclusive Education in Government Primary Schools: Teacher Perceptions June 01, 2017 Journal of Education and Educational Development - Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 32-47
Leader-member exchange relationship and organizational justice: Moderating role of organizational change April 01, 2017 International Journal of Organizational Leadership - Volume 17, Issue 2 Pages 276-282
Testing overconfidence bias in Pakistani stock market February 16, 2017 Cogent Economics and Finance - Volume:5, Issue:1, Pages:1289656
Impact of ownership structure on dividend payout in Pakistani non-financial sector December 31, 2016 Cogent Business and Management - Volume:3, Issue:1, Pages:1272815
Nexus between workers’ remittances, unemployment, labor migration and economic growth in Pakistan October 01, 2016 International Journal of Organizational Leadership - Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 360-379
Determinants of corporate cash holdings in Pakistan January 01, 2016 International Journal of Organizational Leadership - Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages 50-62
Are investment and financing decisions really independent? Evidence from chemical sector of Pakistan January 01, 2016 Jinnah Business Review - Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 31-37
Macroeconomic factors and foreign portfolio investment volatility: A case of South Asian countries December 01, 2015 Future Business Journal - Volume 1, Issue 1-2, Pages 65-74
Relationship Between Political Instability and Domestic Private Investment in Pakistan: A Time Series Analysis (1972-2009) April 01, 2013 Pakistan Business Review - Volume 15, Issue 1, Pages 1-26
Much has changed since Baron and Kenny’s (1986) classic paper: let us learn what Kenny’s (2012) contemporary mediation analysis prescribes January 01, 2013 Jinnah Business Review - Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages 58-67
Conferences
Environmental Policy Stringency and Sustainable Development of OECD Countries: Moderating Role of Institutional Quality May 25, 2024 - May 25, 2024 Shujahat Haider Hashmi, Syed Taha Rabbani, Kaleemullah, Raja Waqas, Building Sustainable Businesses in a Volatile World
Assistant Professor-VFM NDU February 01, 2022 - July 31, 2023
Assistant Professor-VFM Iqra University September 01, 2021 - January 31, 2023
Lecturer CUST September 01, 2011 - September 15, 2017
Lecturer Hamdard University February 08, 2007 - October 07, 2008
Lecturer NUML February 07, 2006 - January 31, 2007
Lecturer Hazara University February 01, 2005 - January 01, 2006