Past studies suggest that the Islamic finance system is only weakly linked or even decoupled from conventional markets. If this statement is true, then this system may provide a cushion against potential losses resulting from probable future financial crises. In this article, we make use of...

This paper examines the integration and causality of interdependencies among six major East Asian stock exchanges, while also considering their interactions with the USA before and during the 2007–2009 global financial crisis. The data reveal that the global financial crisis has strengthened...

This article investigates the dynamics of regional financial integration and its determinants in an international setting. We test a conditional version of the international capital asset pricing model (ICAPM) accounting for the deviations from purchasing power parity (PPP) as well as temporal...

In this paper we estimate the relationship between stock prices and exchange rates in EU and USA during the period of recent financial crisis (2008–2012) and compare the results with those in a previous period where stock markets were operating under normal conditions. According to the...

This paper assesses whether China's stock market is integrated with the global market during 2000–2010 within the framework of an augmented CAPM. We firstly use Kalman smoothing technique to obtain time-varying global and national systematic risks for the once-restricted A- and unrestricted...

We examine the spillover effects of local and global shocks on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-wide sector equity returns. We find the GCC-wide sector returns have asynchronous responses to global and regional shocks. Although the effects of these shocks differ in magnitude across individual...

This paper documents evidence of reversals in the long-term returns of international equity markets. We use recent short-term performance to better select contrarian securities that appear ready to reverse. Our late-stage contrarian strategy consistently provides stronger evidence of long-term...

We use copula models to investigate the structural dependence between CEEC-3 (Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary) and German bond markets from 2000 to 2012. We evaluate the degree of financial integration and dependence structure changes in government securities markets following European...

Using a sample of monetary policy announcements in Thailand over the period 2003–2011, I show that a monetary policy surprise tends to affect the return and volatility of the Thai baht. In the full sample, a 1% unexpected increase in the policy rate leads to an about 1.8% depreciation of the...

In this paper, we test whether the turn-of-the-month (TOM) affects firm returns and firm return volatility differently depending on their sector and size. We use time series data for 560 firms listed on the NYSE and find evidence that the TOM affects returns and return volatility of firms. The...