The market timing ability and return performance of Islamic equities: An empirical study

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 34, Issue , 2015, Pages 169-183

  Mohammad, Nazeeruddin ^a   Ashraf, Dawood ^b  

^a PRINCE MOHAMMAD BIN FAHD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Islamic Development Bank   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Four factor model; Islamic equities; Market timing; Non parametric test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940028001     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2015.07.001     Document Type: Article

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