Handbook of Frontier Markets

Section A: Middle East North Africa (MENA)-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) 1. Herding in Middle Eastern Frontier Markets: Are Local and Global Factors Important? 2. An Application of Style Analysis to Middle East and North African (MENA) Hedge Funds 3. Stock Prices and Crude Oil Shocks: The Case of GCC Countries 4. Signaling and Lifecycle Theories in the Banking Sectors of GCC Frontier Markets: An Empirical Assessment

Section B: Risk and Diversification 5. Are Frontier Markets Worth the Risk? 6. Nuances of Investing in Frontier Equity Markets 7. Measuring Market Risk in the Light of Basel III: New Evidence From Frontier Markets 8. Investing on the Edge: Exploring the Opportunities for Diversification in Frontier Markets 9. The Portfolio Diversification Benefits of Frontier Markets: An Investigation Into Regional Effects 10. Stock Index Return Predictability in Frontier Markets: Is It There?

Section C: Comparative Studies 11. Impact of US Federal Reserve Policies on Frontier Markets 12. Is Quality Investing Feasible in Frontier Markets Based on Publicly Available Financial Information? 13. Frontier Market Investing: What's the Value Add? 14. Empirical Assessment of the Finance-Growth Nexus in Frontier Markets 15. Mergers and Acquisitions in Frontier Markets: A Comparative Analysis 16. Impact of Remittances on Frontier Markets' Exchange Rate Stability

Dr. Panagiotis Andrikopoulos is the Associate Head for Applied Research at Coventry University Business School, University of Coventry. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in Finance in the School of Accounting Sciences at North-West University, South Africa. He has also lectured at De Montfort University, UK where he taught various finance courses such as Investment Theory and Analysis, Finance Theory, Corporate Finance, and Behavioural Finance. He has obtained his Ph.D. in finance at the University of Portsmouth studying the profitability of contrarian investments strategies in the U.K. setting.

A native of Montreal, Professor Greg N. Gregoriou obtained his joint Ph.D. in finance at the University of Quebec at Montreal which merges the resources of Montreal's four major universities McGill, Concordia, UQAM and HEC. Professor Gregoriou is Professor of Finance at State University of New York (Plattsburgh) and has taught a variety of finance courses such as Alternative Investments, International Finance, Money and Capital Markets, Portfolio Management, and Corporate Finance. He has also lectured at the University of Vermont, Universidad de Navarra and at the University of Quebec at Montreal.

Professor Gregoriou has published 50 books, 65 refereed publications in peer-reviewed journals and 24 book chapters since his arrival at SUNY Plattsburgh in August 2003. Professor Gregoriou's books have been published by McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons, Elsevier-Butterworth/Heinemann, Taylor and Francis/CRC Press, Palgrave-MacMillan and Risk Books. Four of his books have been translated into Chinese and Russian. His academic articles have appeared in well-known peer-reviewed journals such as the Review of Asset Pricing Studies, Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of Futures Markets, European Journal of Operational Research, Annals of Operations Research, Computers and Operations Research, etc.

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"This is a very comprehensive handbook for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners who are interested in financial aspects of frontier markets. The book documents experiences of countries as diverse as Botswana, Morocco, Vietnam, and Slovenia, among many others. An excellent read!" --Viviana Fernandez, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

"A comprehensive collection of high quality articles on a wide range of topics related to frontier financial markets. A solid reference for all those interested in this topic." --Petre Caraiani, Institutul National de Cercetari Economice (INCE), Academia Romana