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FAANG Stocks, Gold, and Islamic Equity: Implications for Portfolio Management during COVID-19 Open

Kashif Saleem, Osama M. Al-Hares, Haroon ur Rashid Khan, Omar Farooq · 2023

During the COVID-19 pandemic, technology stocks, such as FAANG stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google), attracted the attention of global investors due to the vast use of technology in daily business. However, technology stoc…

Corrigendum: How do independent directors view carbon information disclosure? Evidence from China Open

Haroon ur Rashid Khan, Waqas Bin Khidmat, Osama M. Al-Hares, Sadia Awan, Kashif Saleem · 2022

In the published article, there was an error in the author list, and authors Sadia Awan and Osama Al Hares was listed on wrong order. The corrected author list appears below. “Haroon Ur Rashid Khan1, Waqas Bin Khidmat2,*, Osama Al Hares1, …

The effect of the royal wedding on the UK stock market Open

Huy Pham, Vikash Ramiah, Hanh Le, Nisreen Moosa, Osama M. Al-Hares · 2022

We assess the effect of the recent royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on various sectors of the UK stock market over the period between November 2017 and May 2018. For this purpose, the event study methodology is used to estim…

How do Independent Directors View Carbon Information Disclosure? Evidence From China Open

Haroon ur Rashid Khan, Waqas Bin Khidmat, Osama M. Al-Hares, Sadia Awan, Kashif Saleem · 2022

This study examines the effect of independent directors on carbon information disclosure (CID) in China from 2011 to 2017. Additionally, this study investigates the effect of independent director’s attributes (gender, academic experience, …

Corporate Governance Quality, Ownership Structure, Agency Costs and Firm Performance. Evidence from an Emerging Economy Open

Haroon ur Rashid Khan, Waqas Bin Khidmat, Osama M. Al-Hares, Naeem Muhammad, Kashif Saleem · 2020

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of corporate governance quality and ownership structure on the relationship between the agency cost and firm performance. Both the fixed-effects model and a more robust dynamic panel g…

The impact of corporate governance mechanisms on risk disclosure Open

Aws AlHares, Osama M. Al-Hares · 2020

The current study evaluated the influence of corporate governance mechanisms (CGM) from 130 banks from 13 Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. The goal was to analyze their risk disclosure practices from 2012-2019 and understand …

Measuring the effect of the North Korea-U.S. summit on the South Korean stock market Open

Huy Pham, Osama M. Al-Hares, Vikash Ramiah, Nisreen Moosa, Jose Francisco Veron · 2019

We examine the effects of the North Korea-U.S. summit and related events on the South Korean stock market over the period March 2018 to June 2018. Employing the event study methodology, we estimate sectoral abnormal returns following the e…

Environmental considerations and the financing of healthcare: Evidence from sixteen European countries Open

Nisreen Moosa, Osama M. Al-Hares, Vikash Ramiah, Kashif Saleem · 2019

The results of empirical work on the relation between health expenditure and environmental quality invariably show that environmental degradation has a positive effect on health expenditure, in the sense that more resources are allocated t…

Measuring the Market Efficiency of Energy Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFS) Open

Kashif Saleem, Osama M. Al-Hares · 2018

This paper examines the market efficiency of Energy Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) of both renewable and unrenewable energy ETFs. We adopt GARCH modelling approach to investigate the long-range dependence in ETFs volatility. Specifically, we…

Frequency of Board Meetings and R&D Investment Strategy: Evidence from OECD Countries Open

Aws Al Hares, Collins G. Ntim, Osama M. Al-Hares, Ruba Al Abed · 2018

This study seeks to examine the impact of frequency of board meetings on R&D investment strategy in OECD countries. The study uses a panel data of 200 companies from Anglo American and European countries between 2010 and 2014. The ordinary…

Determination of Ethical Acceptability Among Business Instructors: The Case of Kuwait Open

Ayman E. Haddad, Dhoha Al Saleh, Mark Speece, Osama M. Al-Hares · 2017

This study aims at measuring the level of unacceptability of certain unethical behaviors for educators in accounting/finance (A/F) as well as marketing/management (M/M) in their various roles. The research was conducted utilizing a quantit…

Financial Integration and Portfolio Diversification: Evidence from CIVETS Stock Markets Open

Kashif Saleem, Osama M. Al-Hares, Sheraz Ahmed · 2016

This paper investigates the extent of financial integration among a new group of six frontier markets called “CIVETS” by utilizing the multivariate GARCH framework of Engle and Kroner [1]. These countries are expected to show sustainable g…

The Effect of Audit Quality and Audit Committees on Goodwill Impairment Losses Open

Nagham Al Dabbous, Naser M. AbuGhazaleh, Osama M. Al-Hares · 2015

Using a sample of 528 firm-year observations, drawn from the top 500 U.K. listed firms, this study examines the effect of audit quality and audit committee (hereafter: AC) characteristics on goodwill impairment losses recorded following th…

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