...António da Costa Carvalho; Luís Pacheco; Júlio Lobão Purpose This study aims to explore the short-term return predictability of Islamic stocks following significant one-day price shocks in four emerging markets: Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, over the period 2015–2024. It tests...

... Saudi Arabia In emerging economies, particularly those reliant on oil, fluctuations in oil prices represent the most significant source of uncertainty. The impacts of uncertainty about the price of crude oil on economic indicator variables became evident in the early 1970s, when uncertainty...

.../approach Regression analyses were applied to 606 firm-year observations from Saudi Arabia from 2011 to 2020. Findings Firms with higher risk-taking exhibit higher cash holdings, whereas financially constrained firms have lower cash holdings. The positive association between corporate risk-taking...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Capital structure Earnings management Saudi Arabia Religion Culture G30 M14 M41 The issues of capital structure and earnings management have sparked many discussions among business...

...Elizabeth Louisa Roos; Philip David Adams Purpose This paper aims to provide a quantitative assessment of the broad economic effects of tax policy reform in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Design/methodology/approach Using a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the KSA...

...Shoaib Khan; Usman Bashir; Md. Saiful Islam Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the most important factors that affect the capital structure of commercial banks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Design/methodology/approach This study uses annual data of 11 Saudi commercial...

...Faisal Alnori Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the relationship between corporate cash holdings and financial performance, both linearly and non-linearly, for listed non-financial firms in Saudi Arabia. Design/methodology/approach The data include all listed firms in Saudi...

...Hassan Belkacem Ghassan; Abdelkrim Ahmed Guendouz Purpose This paper aims to measure the stability extent of the banking sector in Saudi Arabia, including Islamic and conventional banks (CBs), using quarterly data. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses seemingly unrelated regressions...

...Mohamed Ben Mimoun Purpose There is a rich debate on the nature of Islamic banking (IB)–growth nexus and the direction of causality governing this nexus. This study aims to focus on this issue in the case of Saudi Arabia, the largest country-holder of Islamic Banks (IBs)’ assets worldwide...

... attribute these very high levels of underpricing in part to the monopsony power of insurance underwriters in Saudi Arabia. Regarding the Sharia compliance effect, they find that it does not significantly reduce the underpricing of insurance offerings. The authors interpret this as the fact that Sharia...

... as benchmarks for performance measurement of IMFs and conventional indexes as benchmarks for performance measurement of conventional funds. For conventional funds: TADAWUL All Share Index (TASI) is used as a benchmark for funds investing locally in Saudi Arabia; Global GCC investable index 100 for funds...

.... The current study looks at a population of ten publicly traded banks in Saudi Arabia over a two‐year period. While the results of traditional parametric tests of difference are reported, the study also employs more robust distribution free non‐parametric tests of differences in location measures between...

... to the pre‐IPO level as measured by the return on assets and return on sales. It was also found that the performance deterioration is associated with the IPO event. Originality/value The paper is the first assessment of IPOs clustering occurred in Saudi Arabia. Ahmed S. Alanazi can be contacted...

...Rasem N Kayed; M. Kabir Hassan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically review some of the existing literature relevant to Saudi Arabia's quest for development in order to build the argument for the viability of entrepreneurship to Saudi Arabia's development process. Design...

...Mohammad Hanif Akhtar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to estimate the data envelopment analysis (DEA) efficiency scores and Malmquist productivity indices of banks in Saudi Arabia, an economy that is heavily dependant on the hydrocarbon sector. Design/methodology/approach The paper adopts...

...); and about 10 percent for others (mostly vegetable). Trade Finance Cotton Supply chain management Saudi Arabia Islam The level of agricultural mechanization is very low. In total, 35 percent of the producers work manually. About 40 percent have a pair of cows pulling a rudimentary plough...

... that the effectiveness of SAMA's regulatory policies has withstood both domestic and international financial crises and that SAMA can play a powerful influence in the proposed GCC monetary union. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Banking Regulation Saudi Arabia Monetary policy Globalization...

...Hicham Benjelloun; Abdulkader M.A. Abdullah Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how best to diversify in Saudi Arabia's stock market. Design/methodology/approach The analysis proceeds as follows: first, repeated sampling with replacement from a sample of 62 actual companies...