Dr. Akash Singh Yadav is an Assistant Professor in the Finance and Accounting area at the Indian Institute of Management Kashipur. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance and Accounting from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Prior to joining IIM Kashipur, he served as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya and BML Munjal University, Haryana. His teaching interests include Corporate Finance, Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Fixed Income Securities, and Financial Institutions and Markets. His research interests encompass Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Investment Efficiency, Sustainable Finance, Biodiversity Risk, and Asset Pricing. His research has been published in reputed journals, including the Journal of Financial Stability, International Journal of Managerial Finance, Meditari Accountancy Research, Journal of Accounting Literature, Asian Review of Accounting, Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance, and Eurasian Economic Review. He regularly reviews manuscripts for leading journals such as the Journal of Financial Stability, Research in International Business and Finance, Benchmarking: An International Journal, and Tourism Review. Dr. Yadav has qualified the UGC-NET and JRF examinations four times.

• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Governance
• Investment Efficiency
• Sustainable Finance
• Climate finance
• Biodiversity Risk
• Asset Pricing

• Yadav, A. S., & Yadav, I. S. (2025). The impact of country- and firm-level governance on capital allocation efficiency: New evidence from India. Journal of Financial Stability, 78, 101407.  (ABDC-A*; ABS-3) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2025.101407
• Yadav, A. S., & Yadav, I. S. (2025). Agency conflicts, product market competition and investment efficiency: new evidence from emerging market. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 21(2), 445-473. (ABDC-A; ABS-2) https://doi.org/10.1108/ijmf-04-2024-0219
• Yadav, A.S., & Pushplata, K. (2026). Geopolitical risk, cash holdings, and political connection: new evidence from India. Meditari Accountancy Research (ABDC-A; ABS-1) 
• Yadav, A. S., Yadav, I. S., & Wali Ullah, G. M. (2025). Geopolitical risk and corporate investment inefficiency: evidence from India. Journal of Accounting Literature, 47(5), 622-664. (ABDC-A; ABS-3) https://doi.org/10.1108/jal-02-2025-0054
• Yadav, A. S., & Yadav, I. S. (2025). Debt maturity, governance and investment efficiency: new evidence from emerging market. Asian Review of Accounting, 33(1), 132-162. (ABDC-B; ABS-2) https://doi.org/10.1108/ara-02-2024-0053
• Yadav, A. S., & Yadav, I. S. (2024). Does corporate governance affect investment efficiency of Indian firms? Panel evidence from new governance indices. Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance, 35(3), 327–349. (ABDC-B) https://doi.org/10.1002/jcaf.22714
• Yadav, I. S., & Yadav, A. S. (2026). Does financial development matter for firm performance in Asia-Pacific markets? Evidence from large firm-level data. Eurasian Economic Review. (ABDC-C) https://doi.org/10.1007/s40822-026-00366-x