Handbook of frontier markets. Volume 2, Evidence from Middle East North Africa and international comparative studies / edited by P. Andrikopoulos, G. N. Gregoriou, V. Kallinterakis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrikopoulos, Panagiotis, author.

Contributor:

Andrikopoulos, Panagiotis, editor.

Gregoriou, Greg N., 1956- editor.

Kallinterakis, Vasileios, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments, Foreign--Middle East.

Investments, Foreign.

Investments--Middle East.

Investments.

Investments, Foreign--Africa, North.

Investments--Africa, North.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 pages) : illustrations, tables

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Academic Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Handbook of Frontier Markets: Evidence from Asia and International Comparative Studies provides novel insights from academic perspectives about the behavior of investors and prices in several frontier markets. It explores finance issues usually reserved for developed and emerging markets in order to gauge whether these issues are relevant and how they manifest themselves in frontier markets. Frontier markets have now become a popular investment class among institutional investors internationally, with major financial services providers establishing index-benchmarks for this market-category. The anticipation for frontier markets is optimistic uncertainty, and many people believe that, given their growth rates, these markets will be economic success stories. Irrespective of their degrees of success, The Handbook of Frontier Markets can help ensure that the increasing international investment diverted to them will aid in their greater integration within the global financial system. Presents topics in the contexts of frontier markets and uses tests based on established methodologies from finance research Features contributing authors who are established university academics Emphasizes financial institutions and applications of financial risk models Explores finance issues usually reserved for developed and emerging markets in order to gauge whether these issues are relevant and how they manifest themselves in frontier markets

Contents:

Section A. Middle East North Africa (MENA)-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)

Herding in Middle Eastern frontier markets: are local and global factors important? / N. Demir, M.N. Solakoglu

An application of style analysis to Middle East and North African (MENA) hedge funds / G.N. Gregoriou, M. Wu

Stock prices and crude oil shocks: the case of GCC countries / A. Al-Maadid, F. Spagnolo, N. Spagnolo

Signaling and lifecycle theories in the banking sectors of GCC frontier markets: an empirical assessment / I. Yousef, S. Patra, S. Tanna

Section B. Risk and diversification

Are frontier markets worth the risk? / B.K. Uludag, H. Ezzat

Nuances of investing in frontier equity markets / R. McFall Lamm, Jr.

Measuring market risk in light of Basel III: new evidence from frontier markets / A. Burchi, D. Martelli

Investing on the edge: exploring the opportunities for diversification in frontier markets / A. Spiru, Z. Qin

The portfolio diversification benefits of frontier markets: an investigation into regional effects / P. Andrikopoulos, J. Niklewski, T. Rodgers

Stock index return predictability in frontier markets: is it there? / A. Vivian

Section C. Comparative studies

Impact of US Federal Reserve policies on frontier markets / M. Orhan, B. Sabdenaliyev, Y. Oskenbayev

Is quality investing feasible in frontier markets based on publicly available financial information? / G. Galindo, E.W. Rengifo

Frontier market investing: what's the value add? / E.L. Black, S. Nogare

Empirical assessment of the finance-growth nexus in frontier markets / G. Giorgioni, S.K. Kok

Mergers and acquisitions in frontier markets: a comparative analysis / E. Vagenas-Nanos

Impact of remittances on frontier markets' exchange rate stability / H.G. Keefe, E.W. Rengifo, R. Trendafilov.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 1, 2016).

ISBN:

9781786841407

1786841401

9780128094914

0128094915

9780128092002

0128092009

OCLC:

960211656