Over the past decade, the sharp increases in the prices of oil and agricultural commodities have raised serious concerns about the heightened volatility of these markets and the possible negative interactions between them. This article deals with the dynamic return and volatility spillovers...

This paper investigates the influence of structural changes on the asymmetry of volatility spillovers, asset allocation and portfolio diversification between the USD/euro exchange market and each of six major spot petroleum markets including WTI, Europe Brent, kerosene, gasoline and propane....

This paper analyzes the dual long memory properties of four major foreign exchange markets of the world oil exporter Saudi Arabia, using the ARFIMA–FIGARCH model under several global events. It discerns the impacts of both scheduled and unscheduled news announcements and structural changes on...

Since its formation, OPEC through its conference decisions has been a major player in the world oil markets. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impacts of OPEC's different news announcements on the conditional expectations and volatility of crude oil markets in the presence of long...

Over the past decade, the sharp increases in the prices of oil and agricultural commodities have raised serious concerns about the heightened volatility of these markets and the possible negative interactions between them. This article deals with the dynamic return and volatility spillovers...

This study examines the co-movement between the Pakistan, Indian, S&P 500 and Nikkei 225 stock markets using weekly data from 1998 to 2013. The time-frequency relationship between the selected stock markets is conducted by using measures of continuous wavelet power spectrum, cross-wavelet...

This empirical study is an effort to establish cointegration and causality between carbon emissions, economic growth, energy consumption, financial development and trade openness in Pakistan. Lack of environmental protection laws, energy crises and resulting lower economic growth make Pakistan a...

The relationship among remittances, foreign direct investments (FDI), exports and economic growth is known to have an important role in economic literature for countries suffering from technological distress and unemployment problems. This paper explores the long and short run relationship among...

This study is based on positivism research philosophy and utilizes deductive approach using quantitative data analysis of 117 firms listed at KSE-100 Index from 2005 to 2012. Objective of study is to analyze the predictability of Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) under different data...

This study is the first effort to establish a short and long run relationship between developed (US-S&P500 index and UK-FTSE100 index), emerging (DJ TOXX 600) and South Asian (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) equity markets. Using the data from Jan 1998 to Dec 2013, this study have tested the unit...