This research uses annual time series data on CO2 emissions in India from 1960 to 2017, to model and forecast CO2 using the Box – Jenkins ARIMA approach. Our diagnostic tests indicate that India CO2 emission data is I (2). The study presents the ARIMA (2, 2, 0) model. The diagnostic tests...

The paper investigated the significance of fiscal rules and fiscal institutions, with the objective of achieving fiscal sustainability and growth in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is currently faced with unsustainable expenditures which have resulted in fiscal macroeconomic imbalances. To achieve the study...

Zimbabwe has been in macroeconomic doldrums for a long time with the struggle still persisting. To date no single economic indicator points to the stability path, hence calling for proper policy stance to be adopted. For the current year, 2020, a world pandemic has emerged with possible serious...

Volatility is essential to consider uncertainty surrounding investments in financial assets. For this reason, financial industry regulators, mutual fund managers, individual and institutional investors, and policymakers are concerned about volatility. Against this background, this paper...

Stock markets, just like other sectors of businesses have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 has caused things to change in some sort; behavior, culture, and economy. Investors’ behavior and expectations may have been shaken. Huge stock market dislocations may have occurred as...

The absence of liquidity in the stock market causes uneasiness in the market. Proper trading strategies are devised when liquidity is present making the magnitude of returns determinable. The study investigated stock market liquidity levels for the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange during the pre-Covid...

Economies with more active stock markets develop faster over successive decades. Such development remains attainable even after adjusting for various other factors underlying economic growth. Sierra Leone is one country whose stock market is now more than a decade old but remains poorly active....

This paper investigates the effect of targeted economic sanctions by the United States and the European Union on the performance of intra-industry non-sanctioned firms. Using data of non-sanctioned firms listed on the Zimbabwe stock exchange during the period 2009-2018, our regression results...