Stock Markets in Islamic Countries - An Inquiry into Volatility, Efficiency and Integration

This book explores the volatility, efficiency and integration of stock markets in Islamic countries. It presents recent trends, growth and performance, before moving on to explore how patterns change during different business cycles for short-term and long-term investors, and ranks the efficiency of the various markets. It addresses how the level of market integration has been affected during different economic periods, and concludes by summarising the performance of the stock markets, suggesting potential future directions for these markets.

List of contents

Chapter 1: An Introduction to Islamic Stock Markets: Trends, Growth and Performance.- Chapter 2: Islamic Stock Market Volatility, An Empirical Analysis.- Chapter 3: Islamic Stock Market Efficiency, An Empirical Analysis.- Chapter 4: Islamic Stock Market Integration.- Chapter 5: Conclusion.

About the author

Dr Shaista Arshad is an Assistant Professor at the Nottingham University Business School in Malaysia. Her research interests lie in macroeconomics, capital markets and Islamic finance in which she has published several papers. 

Summary

This book explores the volatility, efficiency and integration of stock markets in Islamic countries. It presents recent trends, growth and performance, before moving on to explore how patterns change during different business cycles for short-term and long-term investors, and ranks the efficiency of the various markets. It addresses how the level of market integration has been affected during different economic periods, and concludes by summarising the performance of the stock markets, suggesting potential future directions for these markets.

Product details

• Authors: Shaista Arshad
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2017
• EAN: 9783319478029
• ISBN: 978-3-31-947802-9
• No. of pages: 127
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 14 mm x 218 mm
• Weight: 312 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 127 p. 13 illus. in color.
• Series: Palgrave CIBFR Studies in Islamic Finance; Palgrave CIBFR Studies in Islamic Finance
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; C, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Economics and Finance, Securities, capital market, capital markets, Investments and Securities, Investment & securities