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
- Dah, M. A., Elgammal, W., Kchouri, B., & Marrouche, A. (2025). Do female CEOs lead more ethical firms? ESG and corporate impact. International Review of Financial Analysis, 104408.
- Zhang, K., Safi, A., Kchouri, B., Banerjee, A., & Wang, L., (2024). The three greens: Innovation, finance, and taxes—Performance analysis and future implications. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 100627
- 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.
- Khan, N., Kchouri, B., Yatoo, N.A., Kräussl, Z., Patel, A. & State, R. (2022). Tokenization of sukuk: Ethereum case study. Global Finance Journal, 51, 100539.
- 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
- 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