Asif M Huq
Senior lecturer
About the researcher
Asif M. Huq is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Gävle. He holds a PhD in Microdata Analysis from Dalarna University and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), certified by the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), USA. His doctoral thesis, Corporate Disclosures Regulations: Social Solution or a Problem?, examined corporate disclosure regulation and its implications for firm behaviour and economic outcomes. Before entering academia, he worked as a Financial Analyst at the U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Bangladesh.
Asif Huq has several ongoing research projects centred on how firms behave under regulatory, governance, and economic pressures. One major theme concerns accounting, auditing, and corporate risk, including economic and organised crime, misconduct, audit failure and audit risk, financial distress, and bankruptcy. A second theme examines how regulation and reporting requirements influence corporate behaviour and the quality of sustainability disclosures. His research also addresses broader firm outcomes, including productivity, profitability, and competitiveness.
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