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This paper investigates the differences in the contagion effects between the conventional and the Islamic Dow Jones stock indices relative to U.K, Canada, U.S, Japan and Malaysia, during the U.S. subprime crisis. To test for contagion the very restrictive definition is used. These findings are relevant to understand the vulnerability of the financial markets. However, the results might be relevant for central banks and policy makers to promote financial stability, and contain contagion risk during periods of crisis, given their serious economic and social effects on the global economy. For…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
This paper investigates the differences in the contagion effects between the conventional and the Islamic Dow Jones stock indices relative to U.K, Canada, U.S, Japan and Malaysia, during the U.S. subprime crisis. To test for contagion the very restrictive definition is used. These findings are relevant to understand the vulnerability of the financial markets. However, the results might be relevant for central banks and policy makers to promote financial stability, and contain contagion risk during periods of crisis, given their serious economic and social effects on the global economy. For international investors and portfolio manager which can increase the gain from portfolio diversification including not only conventional indices but also Islamic indices in their portfolio. The later characterized by lower leverage, small number of firms and under-diversification of the market respect to conventional indices, and consequently more resilient to a crisis.
Autorenporträt
I am a PhD student at the University of Nottingham. I holds a Master degree in Quantitative Economics (Laurea Magistrale in Economia) from the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and has been a visiting student at the University of Sheffield Economics department. My research is on empirical finance with a particular interest in Islamic Finance.