In this investigation over 144,000 simulations are undertaken of country equity risk premia, based on a scenario analysis of the uncertainty surrounding the period of non-sustainable growth in earnings and stock returns. Final estimates, from the larger data-sets in Japan, the US and the UK, are...

Using a non-parametric methodology, this paper analyzes managerial and scale efficiencies in the Jordanian banking sector over the period 1996-2001. The results indicate that the typical Jordanian bank could obtain significant (input and cost) savings should they catch up with the best practice...

The paper works with a sample of 95 newly privatized firms (NPFs) that went public through stock markets in four Middle East and North Africa countries (Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey). We find that these firms experience significant increase in profitability and operating efficiency, and...

Since few decades, a wide theoretical debate is concerned with the fundamental relationship between financial development and economic growth. An efficient financial system leads to a sustainable economic growth. In this study, we are interested especially with stock markets as a main component...

Using a two-stage estimation procedure, we examine the determinants of foreign investors' participation in the privatization process of developing countries, with a particular emphasis on the role of the institutional environment. First, we estimate the probability that foreign investors target...

The phenomenon of underpricing initial public offerings (IPOs) is documented for 53 share issue privatizations (SIPs) in Egypt between 1994 and 1998. Over several intervals (up to five years), I find mixed results: SIPs sustain their positive performance and provide investors with positive...

This paper documents the phenomenon of underpricing initial public offerings (IPOs) for 47 firms that went public between 2001 and 2006 in the equity markets of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The average initial abnormal returns of 290 percent exceed those found in the...