Co-movement of oil and stock prices in the GCC region: A wavelet analysis

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 385-394

  Akoum, Ibrahim ^a   Graham, Michael ^b   Kivihaho, Jarno ^c   Nikkinen, Jussi ^c   Omran, Mohammed ^d,e  

^a Hariri Canadian University   (Lebanon)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^d Egypt Mansoura University   (Egypt)

^e The Egyptian Exchange   (Egypt)

Author keywords

GCC; Oil prices; Stock markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872368972     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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