This paper proposes a dynamic herding approach which takes into account herding under different market regimes, with concentration on the Gulf Arab stock markets – Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Our results support the presence of three market regimes (low, high and extreme...

In this paper, we examine the effect of the political instability witnessed subsequent to the Arab spring revolutions on the stock markets' performance. We analyse the reaction of the Egyptian stock exchange to eight major political events in the post-revolution period.The paper differentiates...