Dr. Bilal Kchouri

Assistant Professor

Ext: 1152
AKSOB 1503
LAU Beirut Campus

Dr. Bilal Kchouri is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Adnan Kassar School of Business at Lebanese American University with a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Luxembourg. Dr. Kchouri was awarded Best Ph.D. Student in the Department of Finance in 2021. Prior to joining LAU, he received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the American University of Beirut with an emphasis in finance and accounting, a Master of Business Administration degree from the Lebanese American University, and a Quantitative Master in Economics and Finance (Research Track) from the University of Luxembourg with outstanding results. Dr. Kchouri worked as a credit risk analyst at Banque Internationale à Luxembourg. 

Teaching Interests

• Investment Analysis
• Managerial Finance
• Portfolio Management
• Machine Learning in Finance
• Data Science

Research Interests

• Sustainability Finance
• Islamic Finance
• Behavioral Finance
• Machine Learning
• Banking

Selected Publications

Safi, A., Kchouri, B., Elgammal, W., Khoury M., & Umar, M., (2024). Bridging the green gap: Do green finance and digital transformation influence sustainable development?, Energy Economics, 134, 107566.

Xiao, X., Li, A., Kchouri, B., & Shan, S. (2024). Tracing the dynamic impact of energy transitions on equity market volatility in an era of financial turbulence. Energy Economics, 133, 107443.

Gao, S., Zhu, Y., Umar, M., Kchouri, B., & Safi, A. (2024). Financial inclusion empowering sustainable technologies: Insights into the E-7 economies from COP28 perspectives.  Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 201, 123177.

Chen, J., Ma, W., Kchouri, B., & Ribeiro-Navarrete, S. (2024). Resource rich yet debt ridden: The role of natural resources and debt servicing in sustainable economic growth. Resources Policy, 89, 104565.

Wang, K. H., Wang, Z. S., Yunis, M., & Kchouri, B. (2023). Spillovers and connectedness among climate policy uncertainty, energy, green bond and carbon markets: A global perspective. Energy Economics, 128, 107170.

Löwen C., Kchouri B., Lehnert T. (2021) Is this time really different? Flight-to-safety and the COVID-19 crisis. PLoS ONE 16(5): e0251752. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251752

Khan, N., Kchouri, B., Yatoo, N.A., Kräussl, Z., Patel, A. & State, R. (2020). Tokenization of sukuk: Ethereum case study. Global Finance Journal.

Kchouri, B., & Lehnert, T. (2020). Islamic Banking and Economic Growth. In A. Rafay (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Theory and Practice of Global Islamic Finance (pp. 86-114). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-0218-1.ch005

Alkassar, A., Elgammal, W., Kchouri, B., & Trabelsi, S. (2018). Corporate Governance in Lebanese Banks: Focus on Board of Directors. International Journal of Corporate Governance.