Coronavirus (COVID-19)—An epidemic or pandemic for financial markets

M Ali, N Alam, SAR Rizvi - Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2020 - Elsevier
The novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has quickly evolved from a provincial health
scare to a global meltdown. While it has brought nearly half the world to a standstill it has …

COVID-19: Media coverage and financial markets behavior—A sectoral inquiry

O Haroon, SAR Rizvi - Journal of behavioral and experimental finance, 2020 - Elsevier
We analyze the relationship between sentiment generated by coronavirus-related news and
volatility of equity markets. The ongoing coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) resulted in …

The development of international accounting and auditing standards for fair value accounting in the Arab Middle East, Jordan: a systematic review

EE Alharasis, M Prokofieva, C Clark… - Cogent Business & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
A comprehensive literature review and analysis of auditing and" fair value accounting (FVA)"
growth in Jordan and the" Arab-Middle Eastern (ME)" region are presented in this paper. It …

Flatten the curve and stock market liquidity–an inquiry into emerging economies

O Haroon, SAR Rizvi - Research on Pandemics, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
In this study, we focus on two dimensions of COVID-19 pandemic and their impact on
liquidity in emerging equity markets, the real human costs and the government response …

Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-19 in MENA region and the Role of Islamic Finance

MK Hassan, MR Rabbani, Y Abdulla - International Journal of …, 2021 - journal.umy.ac.id
This paper analyses the socio-economic impact of the noble Corona virus (COVID-19) on
'Middle East and North Africa'(MENA) region as well as the role and opportunities of Islamic …

Dynamic spillovers between oil and stock markets in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

B Awartani, AI Maghyereh - Energy Economics, 2013 - Elsevier
This article exploits a new spillover directional measure proposed by Diebold and Yilmaz
(2009, 2012) to investigate the dynamic spillover of return and volatility between oil and …

Relationship between the oil price volatility and sectoral stock markets in oil-exporting economies: Evidence from wavelet nonlinear denoised based quantile and …

B Hamdi, M Aloui, F Alqahtani, A Tiwari - Energy Economics, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper examines the extent of volatility between oil price and sectoral indices in the Gulf
Cooperation Council (GCC) countries by using quantile regression analysis (QRA) for the …

Political uncertainty and stock market volatility in the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries

F Chau, R Deesomsak, J Wang - Journal of International Financial Markets …, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper examines the impact of political uncertainty (caused by the civil uprisings in the
Arab World ie,“Arab Spring”) on the volatility of major stock markets in the MENA region. Our …

Financial market risks during the COVID-19 pandemic

O Haroon, M Ali, A Khan, MA Khattak… - … Markets Finance and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines the nature of time-varying systematic risk for both Islamic and non-
Islamic sectoral indices during COVID-19. The novelty lies in the analysis of behavioral …

Oil price movements and stock market returns: Evidence from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries

SK Mohanty, M Nandha, AQ Turkistani… - Global Finance Journal, 2011 - Elsevier
A number of recent studies have found a link between oil price changes and stock prices.
However, these studies mostly concentrate on developed economies and analyze the …