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Nigerian professional investors' sense-making of the impact of shareholder activism on corporate accountability (2023)
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Ashiru, F., Adegbite, E., & Nakpodia, F. (2023). Nigerian professional investors' sense-making of the impact of shareholder activism on corporate accountability. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 42(4), Article 107114

This study investigates the perceptions of professional investors (PIs) on the impact of three groups of shareholder activists (i.e., reputable, sophisticated, or institutional) on corporate accountability in a weak institutional context and how this... Read More about Nigerian professional investors' sense-making of the impact of shareholder activism on corporate accountability.

Determinants of financial stability and risk transmission in dual financial system: Evidence from the COVID pandemic (2023)
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Elsayed, A. H., Ahmed, H., & Husam Helmi, M. (2023). Determinants of financial stability and risk transmission in dual financial system: Evidence from the COVID pandemic. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 85, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2023.101784

Existing literature on spillovers and connectedness between Islamic and conventional financial markets overlooked the fundamental role played by money markets in volatility spillovers and risk transmission across markets. That being so, this paper ai... Read More about Determinants of financial stability and risk transmission in dual financial system: Evidence from the COVID pandemic.

Business History and the ‘Practical Turn’ (2023)
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Wilson, J., & Tilba, A. (2023). Business History and the ‘Practical Turn’. Management and Organizational History, 18(1), 111-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449359.2023.2182322

In addressing the urgent need for business historians to think about enhancing their relationships with practitioners, we advocate what we term a ‘Practical Turn’ (as opposed to a ‘historic turn’ or a ‘narrative turn’, as proposed by other scholars).... Read More about Business History and the ‘Practical Turn’.

Asymmetric relationship between green bonds and Sukuk markets: The role of global risk factors (2023)
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Billah, M., Elsayed, A. H., & Hadhri, S. (2023). Asymmetric relationship between green bonds and Sukuk markets: The role of global risk factors. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 83, Article 101728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2022.101728

This study investigates the asymmetric connectedness and spillover effects between two ethical fixed-income assets (Sukuk and green bonds) with regard to global risk factors using a sample of 15 Sukuk markets and green bond indices. This complex netw... Read More about Asymmetric relationship between green bonds and Sukuk markets: The role of global risk factors.

Financial connectedness and risk transmission among MENA countries: Evidence from connectedness network and clustering analysis (2022)
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Balcilar, M., Elsayed, A. H., & Hammoudeh, S. (2023). Financial connectedness and risk transmission among MENA countries: Evidence from connectedness network and clustering analysis. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 82, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2022.101656

This study examines the financial connectedness and risk transmission among MENA economies by accounting for financial connectedness in the short and long run as well dependency under extreme market conditions and network graph analysis. To this end,... Read More about Financial connectedness and risk transmission among MENA countries: Evidence from connectedness network and clustering analysis.

Central Bank digital currencies: An Agenda for future research (2022)
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Elsayed, A. H., & Ali Nasir, M. (2022). Central Bank digital currencies: An Agenda for future research. Research in International Business and Finance, 62, Article 101736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2022.101736

Central bank digital currencies are engendering concern. As understanding of CBDCs is very limited, further research is warranted which will focus not only on the economic rationale of CBDCs but also on how they will impact monetary policy transmissi... Read More about Central Bank digital currencies: An Agenda for future research.

Appearance or substance of Stewardship and ESG reporting: the challenges of translating ‘commitment’ into tangible outcomes (2022)
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Tilba, A. (2022). Appearance or substance of Stewardship and ESG reporting: the challenges of translating ‘commitment’ into tangible outcomes. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 13(5), 1015-1032. https://doi.org/10.1108/sampj-03-2021-0091

Purpose – This paper examines the stewardship practices of BlackRock, one of the world’s biggest index managers, in order to highlight a tension and contradictions associated with demonstrating sustainability leadership and its actual substance. Desi... Read More about Appearance or substance of Stewardship and ESG reporting: the challenges of translating ‘commitment’ into tangible outcomes.

Do Geopolitical Events Transmit Opportunity or Threat to Green Markets? Decomposed Measures of Geopolitical Risks (2022)
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Sohag, K., Hammoudeh, S., Elsayed, A., Mariev, O., & Safonova, Y. (2022). Do Geopolitical Events Transmit Opportunity or Threat to Green Markets? Decomposed Measures of Geopolitical Risks. Energy Economics, 111, Article 106068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106068

The growth of clean energies and technologies requires a sound financial market, while equity and bond markets are exposed to geopolitical risks. We investigate the response of green equity and green bonds to newly develop decomposed measures of geop... Read More about Do Geopolitical Events Transmit Opportunity or Threat to Green Markets? Decomposed Measures of Geopolitical Risks.

International Monetary Policy and Cryptocurrency Markets: Dynamic and Spillover Effects (2022)
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Elsayed, A. H., & Sousa, R. M. (in press). International Monetary Policy and Cryptocurrency Markets: Dynamic and Spillover Effects. European Journal of Finance, https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847x.2022.2068375

Using daily data over the period August 5, 2013 - September 27, 2019, this study investigates the dynamic spillovers between international monetary policies across four major economies (i.e. Eurozone, Japan, UK and US) and three key cryptocurrencies... Read More about International Monetary Policy and Cryptocurrency Markets: Dynamic and Spillover Effects.

Financial Stability and Monetary Policy Reaction: Evidence from the GCC Countries (2022)
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Elsayed, A. H., Naifar, N., & Nasreen, S. (2023). Financial Stability and Monetary Policy Reaction: Evidence from the GCC Countries. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 87, 396-405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2022.03.003

This paper investigates the interaction between monetary policy and financial stability in the Gulf Cooperation Council (hereafter GCC) countries by introducing a new composite financial stability index to monitor the financial vulnerabilities and cr... Read More about Financial Stability and Monetary Policy Reaction: Evidence from the GCC Countries.

Volatility and Return Connectedness of Cryptocurrency, Gold, and Uncertainty: Evidence from the Cryptocurrency Uncertainty Indices (2022)
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Elsayed, A. H., Gozgor, G., & Yarovaya, L. (2022). Volatility and Return Connectedness of Cryptocurrency, Gold, and Uncertainty: Evidence from the Cryptocurrency Uncertainty Indices. Finance Research Letters, 47(Part B), Article 102732. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2022.102732

This paper examines the dynamic connectedness of return- and volatility spillovers among cryptocurrency index (CRIX), Gold, and uncertainty measures. Apart from traditional uncertainty measures, we also consider two novel uncertainty measures: Crypto... Read More about Volatility and Return Connectedness of Cryptocurrency, Gold, and Uncertainty: Evidence from the Cryptocurrency Uncertainty Indices.

Risk Transmissions between Bitcoin and Traditional Financial Assets during the COVID-19 Era: The Role of Global Uncertainties   (2022)
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Elsayed, A., Gozgor, G., & Lau, C. (2022). Risk Transmissions between Bitcoin and Traditional Financial Assets during the COVID-19 Era: The Role of Global Uncertainties  . International Review of Financial Analysis, 81, Article 102069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102069

This paper examines return and volatility connectedness between Bitcoin, traditional financial assets (Crude Oil, Gold, Stocks, Bonds, and the United States Dollar-USD), and major global uncertainty measures (the Economic Policy Uncertainty-EPU, the... Read More about Risk Transmissions between Bitcoin and Traditional Financial Assets during the COVID-19 Era: The Role of Global Uncertainties  .

Dependence structure and dynamic connectedness between green bonds and financial markets: fresh insights from time-frequency analysis before and during COVID-19 pandemic (2022)
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Elsayed, A., Naifar, N., Saudi Arabia, R., & Tiwari, A. (2022). Dependence structure and dynamic connectedness between green bonds and financial markets: fresh insights from time-frequency analysis before and during COVID-19 pandemic. Energy Economics, 107, Article 105842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.105842

This paper examines the interdependence between green bonds and financial markets in the timefrequency domain by utilizing the multivariate wavelet approach and dynamic connectedness through combining Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD) with... Read More about Dependence structure and dynamic connectedness between green bonds and financial markets: fresh insights from time-frequency analysis before and during COVID-19 pandemic.

Bubbles and Crashes in Cryptocurrencies: Interdependence, Contagion, or Asset Rotation? (2021)
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Chowdhury, M., Damianov, D., & Elsayed, A. (2022). Bubbles and Crashes in Cryptocurrencies: Interdependence, Contagion, or Asset Rotation?. Finance Research Letters, 46(Part B), Article 102494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2021.102494

Using a quantile vector autoregressive model to capture return dynamics in extreme market conditions, we find that the cryptocurrency market exhibits a high level of market connectedness. Bitcoin is a net transmitter of return spillovers during busts... Read More about Bubbles and Crashes in Cryptocurrencies: Interdependence, Contagion, or Asset Rotation?.

Inflation synchronization among the G7 and China: The important role of oil inflation (2021)
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Elsayed, A., Hammoudeh, S., & Sousa, R. (2021). Inflation synchronization among the G7 and China: The important role of oil inflation. Energy Economics, 100, Article 105332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105332

We investigate the interconnectedness and spillovers between oil price inflation and CPI inflation in the G7 countries and China over the available period 1987M6-2020M6. To this end, we employ the multivariate DECO-GARCH model and both time-domain an... Read More about Inflation synchronization among the G7 and China: The important role of oil inflation.

Volatility transmission and spillover dynamics across financial markets: The role of geopolitical risk (2021)
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Elsayed, A., & Helmi, M. (2021). Volatility transmission and spillover dynamics across financial markets: The role of geopolitical risk. Annals of Operations Research, 305, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04081-5

This paper examines the effect of geopolitical risk (GPR) on return and volatility dynamics in Middle East and North African (MENA) countries by using an ADCC-GARCH model and a spillover approach. Unlike previous studies, we include the GPR index to... Read More about Volatility transmission and spillover dynamics across financial markets: The role of geopolitical risk.

Key drivers of renewable energy deployment in the MENA Region: Empirical evidence using panel quantile regression (2021)
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Belaid, F., Elsayed, A., & Omri, A. (2021). Key drivers of renewable energy deployment in the MENA Region: Empirical evidence using panel quantile regression. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 57, 225-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2021.03.011

With the growing pressure from the adverse impact of environmental pollution and climate change, the deployment of renewable sources is becoming one of the economic priorities for governments worldwide. Despite potential gains of renewable sources, l... Read More about Key drivers of renewable energy deployment in the MENA Region: Empirical evidence using panel quantile regression.

Determinants of Spillovers between Islamic and Conventional Financial Markets: Exploring the Safe Haven Assets during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021)
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Yarovaya, L., Elsayed, A. H., & Hammoudeh, S. (2021). Determinants of Spillovers between Islamic and Conventional Financial Markets: Exploring the Safe Haven Assets during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Finance Research Letters, 43, Article 101979. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2021.101979

We analyse the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the spillovers between conventional and Islamic stock and bond markets. We further analyse comparatively whether gold, oil, Bitcoin prices, and VIX and EPU indexes affect the relationships between the... Read More about Determinants of Spillovers between Islamic and Conventional Financial Markets: Exploring the Safe Haven Assets during the COVID-19 Pandemic.