Purpose – The purpose of this research is to examine the linkages between oil prices and stock market in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Prior work argues that oil prices and the GCC stock markets are not related. This conclusion could be due to the fact that only linear linkages...

Purpose – Model estimation gives students insights beyond what they can gain from textbook presentations. This paper introduces a way to make doing this easier and more effective. It introduces the program Gnu Regression, Econometrics and Time-series Library (GRETL) which may be downloaded...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose an empirical procedure for examining the time-varying features of cross-market correlations in selected Gulf stock markets. Design/methodology/approach – The paper directly infers the cross-market linkages from the stock data using a...

Purpose – In this paper, the aim is to investigate the tail behavior of daily stock returns for three emerging stock in the Gulf region (Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia) over the period 1998-2005. In addition, the aim is also to test whether the distributions are similar across these markets....

Purpose – In this paper, the aim is to investigate the tail behavior of daily stock returns for three emerging stock in the Gulf region (Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia) over the period 1998‐2005. In addition, the aim is also to test whether the distributions are similar across these...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose an empirical procedure for examining the time‐varying features of cross‐market correlations in selected Gulf stock markets. Design/methodology/approach – The paper directly infers the cross‐market linkages from the stock data using a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) in sustaining global economies. The subject of SWFs has increasingly garnered the concerns of policymakers, market players and scholars for two main reasons: First, these funds represent the largest...

Background: Given the shale oil glut that culminated in the most recent and continuing oil price drop from June 2014 and the global financial crisis of 2008 that triggered a cyclical downturn in oil prices and stock market activity, this study investigates the impact of Brent oil price shocks on...

Purpose – While price studies such as Jawadi et al. generally focus on the relationships between oil and stock markets through the study of oil price on stock markets, this paper takes a different perspective to the linkages between oil and stock markets. This study sets out to investigate the...