OIL PRICES AND THE KUWAITI AND THE SAUDI STOCK MARKETS

The purpose of this paper is to test the impact of oil price shocks on the stock markets of the two biggest and most liquid GCC equity markets, those of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. It is expected that the two stock markets react similarly to oil price shocks. Actually the results show heterogeneity in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Samih Antoine Azar, Loucine Basmajian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues
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Online Access:http://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/393/pdf