... of COVID-19 on the major stock markets in the MENA area. By using daily COVID-19 and stock market returns data covering the period January 29, 2020, to April 30, 2021, from 13 MENA countries, our empirical evidence shows a significant negative effect of the growth in COVID-19 death cases on stock returns...

...Ben Ltaifa Monia Purpose This study aims to explore empirically the determinants of stock return in a comparative context between Islamic and conventional banks. Design/methodology/approach The analysis of the determinants of stock returns is carried out through a panel data model. This study...

... Islamic finance Saudi Arabia Initial public offerings Market performance Stock returns As shown in Table I , the degree of underpricing can be enormous in emerging markets. GCC countries show some of the highest gaps in the world, reaching a 315 per cent absolute return (Al-Hassan et al...

... Investments Stocks and shares Stock returns Malaysia One of the earliest evidence on IPO underpricing in Malaysia was documented by Dawson (1987) . Using 21 new issues from 1978‐1983, Dawson reported that the average initial return is 166.7 percent. Similar evidence of tremendous underpricing...