Rashed Ashqar
Assistant Professor in Finance, Al Zaytona University of Science & Technology
Rashed Ashqar has a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Porto in Portugal. He completed his master's degree in Finance in 2018 at the University of Minho in Portugal and his bachelor's degree in Accounting in 2016 from An- Najah National University in Palestine. He is an Assistant Professor in Finance at the Al Zaytona University of Science & Technology (ZUST). Also, he is a Collaborator Researcher at the Centre for Tourism, Sustainability, and Well-being (CinTurs), and he was a financial analyst for some companies. He was an Invited Professor at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Algarve and he was a Post Doctoral Researcher at the School for Management, Hospitality, and Tourism at the University of Algarve. He participated in and presented his research at more than 10 international conferences. He has published in the fields of finance and tourism, namely, he has authored a book, book chapters, conference papers, and journal articles. His main research interests are Behavioral Finance, Household Finance, Tourism, and Hospitality.
- Behavioral Finance
- Household Finance
- Tourism, and Hospitality
- Ph.D. in Business and Management – Finance, University of Porto, Portugal. Thesis: "Three Essays on Household Finance”. This thesis is composed of three research essays aimed at investigating the influence of personality, culture, and religion on household financial dimensions in the European setting. July 2022
- M.Sc. in Finance (CFA Program University Partners), University of Minho, Portugal, Thesis: “The effect of social performance on financial performance”. July 2018
- B.Sc. in Accounting, An-Najah National University, Palestine. Thesis: “The extent of the commitment of the Palestine Corporations to disclose the items of social accounting“. July 2016.
- Assistant Professor in Finance, Al Zaytona University of Science & Technology (ZUST), Palestine, October 2023 – Present
- Collaborator Researcher, Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being (CinTurs), Portugal, December 2022 – Present
- Invited Professor, Faculty of Economics- University of Algarve, Portugal, February 2023 – September 2023
- Post Doctoral Researcher, School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism - University of Algarve, Portugal, September 2022 – October 2023
- Research Fellow, School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism - University of Algarve, Portugal, December 2021 – August 2022
- Ashqar, R. I., & Lobão, J. (2024). Does religion influence the household finance? Evidence from Europe. Studies in Economics and Finance, 41(2), 286-311.
- Ashqar, R. I., & Ramos, C. M. (2023, April). Profiling the Motivations of Wellness Tourists Through Hotels Services and Travel Characteristics. In World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (pp. 110-120). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
- Ashqar, R. I., & Lobão, J. (2021). Do national cultures impact mortgage and financial well-being levels? Evidence from Europe. Scientific Annals of Economics and Business, 68(3), 263-284.
