International Research Journal of Finance and Economics
 Issue 14
 March, 2008
 
An Empirical Study of the Relation between Stock Market Returns and Volatility in the BRVM
N’dri. Konan Léon
8-14
Job-Search Strategies and the Unemployment of University Graduates in Morocco
Brahim Boudarbat
15-33
Asymmetry in Stock Returns and Output Growth
Chien-Chiang Lee, Pei-Fen Chen and Swee Yoong Wong
34-50
Nonlinear Basis Dynamics for the Brent Crude Oil Markets and Behavioral Interpretation: A STAR-GARCH Approach
Yen-Hsien Lee, Hung-Chun Liu and Chien-Liang Chiu
51-60
 
 
Auditors’ Perceptions on Obliteration of Mandatory Annual Audit: An Empirical Study
Arfah Salleh, Raduan Che Rose, Naresh Kumar and Shuhaimi Jaafar
61-67
 
 
Globalization of National Economies, 1975-2005
Mustafa Ismihan, Hasan Olgun and Fatma M. Utku-Ismihan
68-81
 
 
The Effect of Devaluation on Output in the Egyptian Economy: A Vector Autoregression Analysis
Hala El-Ramly and Sahar M. Abdel-Haleim
82-99
 
 
Incorporating Technical Analysis into Behavioral Finance: A Field Experiment in the Large Capitalization Firms of the Athens Stock Exchange
Dimitrios Vasiliou, Nikolaos Eriotis and Spyros Papathanasiou
100-112
 
 
Asymmetric Causal Relationship between Spot and Futures in Taiwan
Chiung Chiao Chang and Yen Hsien Lee
113-121
 
 
The Validity and Sensitivity of Debt Signaling Hypothesis in Transitional Market: Perspectives from Egypt
Tarek Ibrahim Eldomiaty
122-140
 
 
Aggregate Economic Variables and Stock Markets in India
Shahid Ahmed
141-164
 
 
On the Distribution of Returns & Memory Effects in Indian Capital Markets
J.P. Singh and S. Prabakaran
165-176
 
 
Is Turkey’s Foreign Deficit Sustainable? Cointegration Relationship between Exports and Imports
Erman Erbaykal and Orhan Karaca
177-181
 
 
Stock Market Development and Economic Growth: Ardl Causality in Pakistan
Muhammad Shahbaz, Nadeem Ahmed and Liaquat Ali
182-195
 
 
Estimating Monetary Policy Rules: An Optimal Monetary Conditions Index for Malaysia
Pei-Tha Gan, Kian-Teng Kwek
196-211
 
 
The Finance-Fluctuation Nexus: Further Evidence from Pakistan and China
Abdul Jalil, Ying Ma and Amjad Naveed
212-231
 
 
Currency Devaluation and Output Growth: An Empirical Evidence from OECD Countries
Huseyin Kalyoncu, Seyfettin Artan, Selman Tezekici and Ilhan Ozturk
232-238
 
 
Does Foreign Remittances Reduce Government Spending? Long and Short Run Phenomenon
Mohammad Shahbaz, Jamshaid ur Rehman and Waqar Hussain
239-253
 
 
Calendar Effects and the Months of the Year: Evidence from the Mauritian Stock Exchange
Ushad Subadar Agathee
254-261
 
 
The Financial Characteristics of U.S. and E.U. Electronic and Electrical Equipment Manufacturing Firms and the Determinants of Asset and Equity Returns
Ilhan Meric, Benjamin H. Eichhorn, Charles W. McCall and Gulser Meric
262-270
 
 
Mean-Variance Predictability and Economic Value in Emerging Equity Markets
N’dri Konan Léon
271-284
 
 
The Effects of Interest Rates Volatility on Stock Returns and Volatility: Evidence from Korea
N’dri. Konan Léon
285-290
 
 
Economic Fundamentals, Expediency or Naïve Speculation Caused the Euro’s Overvaluation
Ioannis N. Kallianiotis
291-321
 
 
Foreign Aid Finance and Economic Development: The Case of Two Foreign Aid Financing Agencies in Zambia
Eno L. Inanga and Etah Mandah
322-358
 
 
Optimising Output from Tertiary Educational Institutions Via Adequate Funding: A Lesson from Nigeria
Ishola Rufus Akintoye
359-368
 
 
An Econometric Analysis of African Stock Market: Annual Returns Analysis, Day-of the-Week Effect and Volatility of Returns
Chiaku Chukwuogor
369-378
 
 
From Fault Tree to Credit Risk Assessment: A Case Study
Hayette Gatfaoui
379-401