Dr. Augustine Tarkom

  • Assistant Professor at Finance & Economics, McCoy College of Business

Scholarly and Creative Works

2026

  • Oyotode-Adebile, R., Tarkom, A., & Ujah, N. (2026). Firm efficiency in turbulent times: unraveling policy uncertainty. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 56C.

2025

  • Tarkom, A., & Nochebuena-Evans, L. (2025). Quantile Connectedness: The Dynamics of Geopolitical Risk, Supply Chain, and the Global Economy. The International Trade Journal. https://doi.org/0.1080/08853908.2025.2586557© 2025 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
  • Kock, N., Gopal, P., & Tarkom, A. (2025). The comparative effect of empathetic management and cultural intelligence on job performance: an empirical study of a company that serves international clients. Applied Economics. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2025.2575043
  • Tarkom, A., Nochebuena-Evans, L., & Wang, H. (2025). The effectiveness of female chief financial officers in managing working capital: Evidence from US-listed firms. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2025.e00549
  • Nochebuena-Evans, L., Evans, Jr, R. D., & Tarkom, A. (2025). The Role of Social Capital on Corporate Social Anti-Activism and Firm Stock Price: Evidence from DEI Program Elimination. Economics Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2025.112376
  • Flynn, M. J., & Tarkom, A. (2025). How do Financial Markets Price Political Uncertainty? Evidence from the 2024 United States Presidential Election. Finance Research Letters. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1544612325001448
  • Tarkom, A., Kock, N., & Ujah, N. (2025). Religious and Linguistic Diversity: Opportunity or Threat to Working Capital Management? Review of Corporate Finance, 5(1–2), 199–244. https://doi.org/10.1561/114.00000057

2024

  • Tarkom, A., Glavee, P., Owusu-Peprah, N. T., & Kock, N. (2024). Within – Country diversity and economic output: The role of financial development. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2024.07.004
  • Kock, N., & Tarkom, A. (2024). A theoretical concept of cryptocurrencies employing proof of socially beneficial work. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123628
  • Tarkom, A., & Gopal, P. (2024). A comparison of multiple regression analyses in Stata and WarpPLS. Data Analysis Perspectives Journal, 5(2), 1–8. Retrieved from https://scriptwarp.com/dapj/2024_DAPJ_5_2/Tarkom_Gopal_2024_DAPJ_5_2_StataWarpPLS.pdf
  • Tarkom, A., & Yang, L. (2024). Presidential economic approval rating and trade credit. International Review of Financial Analysis, 93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103236
  • Huang, X., Tarkom, A., & Yang, L. (2024). The role of political party in curtailing opportunistic insider sales: Evidence from China. Applied Economics Letters. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2024.2336175

2023

  • Tarkom, A., & Ujah, N. U. (2023). Global policy uncertainty and working capital management: Does national culture matter? Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122869
  • Tarkom, A., & Huang, X. (2023). Readjusting the speed of leverage adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic? China Accounting and Finance Review, 25(4). https://doi.org/10.1108/CAFR-11-2022-0117
  • Tarkom, A., & Ujah, N. U. (2023). Do or Die: Analysis of Bankruptcy Risk from a Research and Development Perspective. International Trade Journal, 37(1), 91–114. https://doi.org/10.1080/08853908.2022.2111381
  • Kock, N., & Tarkom, A. (2023). How Many Times Until A Coincidence Becomes A Pattern? The Case of Yield Curve Inversions Preceding Recessions and The Magical Number 7. Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, 53(16), 5785–5792. https://doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2023.2232908
  • Tarkom, A., & Yang, L. (2023). Investor Sentiment and Cash Conversion Cycle: The Mediating Role of Macroeconomic, Financial, and Real Activity Uncertainties. Journal of Behavioral Finance, 25(4), 496–508. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427560.2023.2217972
  • Huang, X., & Tarkom, A. (2023). Labor substitutability and corporate labor investment: Evidence from the H-1B program. Finance Research Letters, 53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.103649
  • Tarkom, A., & Ujah, N. U. (2023). Inflation, interest rate, and firm efficiency: The impact of policy uncertainty. Journal of International Money and Finance, 131(102799). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2022.102799

2022

  • Huang, X., & Tarkom, A. (2022). Labor investment efficiency and cash flow volatility. Finance Research Letters, 50(103227). https://doi.org/0.1016/j.frl.2022.103227
  • Tarkom, A. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 exposure on working capital management: The moderating effect of investment opportunities and government incentives. Finance Research Letters, 47(Part B). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2021.102666

2021

  • Ujah, N. U., Tarkom, A., & Okafor, C. E. (2021). Working capital management and managerial talent. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 17(3). https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMF-12-2019-0481