مجلة الإستراتيجية والتنمية
Volume 9, Numéro 3, Pages 143-163
2019-07-31

The Gulf 2017 Political Crisis And Its Effects On The Qatar Stock Exchange

Authors : Harek Sami . Berrag Mohamed .

Abstract

This paper has studied the effects of 2017 gulf political crisis on the Qatar stock exchange, by testing its impacts on the QSE efficiency and the QSI price levels. Analyzing 52 weekly observations before the crisis, and 52 after it, using Unit root tests to test the efficiency weak form of QSE, and examining the crisis’ effects on QSI using mean comparison tests. The results showed that the crisis had affected the efficiency of the QSE, and the QSI price levels were negatively affected by the crisis.

Keywords

2017 gulf political crisis ; Qatar Stock Exchange ; Qatar Stock Exchange index ; Stock market efficiency ; Tests for equality of means