Understanding the impact of external shocks on stock markets returns and volatility is crucial for market participants as volatility is synonymous with risk. The focus of this paper is to determine whether the US monetary policy decisions influence the stock market returns and volatility in...

This study sets out to explore relations between culture, religion, trust and their impact on the emerging financial market in Libya. This research was conducted using qualitative method to obtain the data. The findings of this study are that the isomorphism of Western institutions to the...

In this paper, we try to analyse the long-run relationship between the stock prices of emerging markets in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and the US market. Our aim is to find out whether these markets provide opportunities for international diversification to US investors. We...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the existence of rational speculative bubbles in the Middle East and North African (MENA) stock markets. Design/methodology/approach – To complement shortcomings of the traditional bubble tests, such as unit root tests and cointegration...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine the dynamic relationships between Middle East stock markets. Design/methodology/approach – Daily data from the Egyptian (CMA) and Israeli Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE-100) stock indices are considered. The paper employs a Bivariate cointegration...

Purpose -The purpose of this article is to examine is to the link between stock markets and economic growth in advanced and emerging economies in the Middle East and North Africa (mena) region. Design/methodology/approach -Indices measuring the degree of financial openness and market development...

Purpose -The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of stock markets in economic growth and to shed some light on the macroeconomic determinants which must have an important influence on stock markets development. Design/methodology/approach -The empirical study is conducted using an...

In the empirical literature, only few studies have focused on the relationship between oil prices and stock markets in both exporting and importing countries. Previous studies have focused almost exclusively on oil exporting countries; in this paper we encounter this issue through implementing...

Purpose – The paper aims to investigate the relative performance of the most popular value-at-risk (VaR) estimates with an emphasis on the extreme value theory (EVT) methodology for seven Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. Design/methodology/approach – The paper calculates tails...