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Dr. Zeina Al-Ahmad

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z.alahmad@bangor.ac.uk

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Dr. Zeina Al-Ahmad

View Dr. Zeina Al-Ahmad’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

Overview

Zeina is a Senior Lecturer at Bangor Business School and a Visiting Professor at Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance in Bahrain. Prior to joining Bangor University, Zeina has worked as a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Business and Management at Muscat University in Oman, a Visiting Senior Lecturer in Finance and Management in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Aston University, a recognized teacher by Cranfield University teaching in the MSc in Finance and Management program and an Assistant Professor in the Banking and Finance Department at Tishreen University in Syria.  Zeina obtained her PhD in Finance and MSc in Finance and Economics from the University of Manchester in the UK and her Bachelor degree from Tishreen University in Syria.

Qualifications

  • PhD: Finance
    Manchester University, 2007
  • MSc: Finance and Economics
    Manchester University, 2002
  • BA: Economics and Planning
    Tishreen University, 1998

Research Interests

Zeina’s research interest lies on stock prices, exchange rates, market efficiency, corporate social responsibility, corporate governance, voluntary disclosure, IPOs, and earning management. Zeina’s focus is on the MENA region and nascent markets as there is limited evidence available from these countries/markets. 

Publications

2023

  • PublishedA D-Metric Analysis of the Denomination Structure of the Syrian Pound
    Ismaiel, L. & Al-Ahmad, Z., 27 Nov 2023, In: Syrian Journal for Science and Innovation. 1, 3, 11 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedLoan Loss Provision Practices during Economic Crises: Evidence from Banks Listed on the Damascus Securities Exchange
    Ashoor, L., Linda Ismaiel & Al-Ahmad, Z., 13 Jul 2023, In: Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting. 13, 3, p. 277-304
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

  • PublishedModeling Volatility in Emerging Stock Markets: The Case of Damascus Securities Exchange
    Salman, A. & Al-Ahmad, Z., 2019, In: Tishreen University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies, Economic and Legal Sciences Series. 41, 2, p. 247-266
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe Long-Run Relationship between Output, Money, and Prices: Empirical Evidence from Syria
    Ali, B. & Al-Ahmad, Z., 2019, In: International Journal of Advanced Research. 7, 2, p. 541-548
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

  • PublishedStock Market Reaction to the Announcement of Top Management Changes: Preliminary Findings from the Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE)
    Al-Ahmad, Z., 2018, In: International Journal of Advanced Research. 6, 4
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

  • PublishedDoes the Holiday Effect Differ from Religious to Non-Religious Holidays? Empirical Evidence from Egypt
    Al-Ahmad, Z. & Suzan Al-Ali, 6 Dec 2016, In: The Economics and Finance Letters. 3, 3, p. 39-56 56 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedTesting the Monthly Effect on Stock Returns in a Sample of Arab Stock Markets 
    Azzouz, K. & Al-Ahmad, Z., 2016, In: Journal of AL Baath University. 38, 25, p. 69-98 98 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedTesting the PPP Using Unit Root Tests with Structural Breaks: Evidence from Politically Unstable Arab Countries
    Al-Ahmad, Z. & Ismaiel, L., 2016, In: International Journal of Business, Economics and Management. 3, 12, p. 173-187
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedTesting the Random Walk Model on the Stock Returns of Firms Listed in the Damascus Securities Exchange
    Al-Saleh, M. & Al-Ahmad, Z., 2016, In: Journal of AL Baath University. 38, 26, p. 11-34 34 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe Impact of Firm Characteristics on the Level of its Social Responsibility Disclosure (An Applied Study on Firms Subject to the Regulations of the Syrian Commission on Financial Markets and Securities)
    Assad, Y. & Al-Ahmad, Z., 2016, In: Tishreen University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies, Economic and Legal Sciences Series. 38, 1, p. 247-266 266 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe Reality and the Obstacles of Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure (An Applied Study on a Sample of Firms Subject to the Regulations of the Syrian Commission on Financial Markets & Securities)
    Assad, Y. & Al-Ahmad, Z., 2016, In: Tishreen University Journal for Research and Scientific Studies, Economic and Legal Sciences Series. 38, 4, p. 375-393 393 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

  • PublishedStudying the Relationship between Stock Prices and Exchange Rates in a Sample of Arab Countries
    Ismaiel, L. & Al-Ahmad, Z., Dec 2014, In: International Research Journal of Finance & Economics. 126, p. 26 44 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

  • PublishedThe Great Recession, the US Fed, and the Lessons Learned
    Al-Ahmad, Z. & Tabrizi, B., Sept 2013, In: International Journal of Current Research . 5, 9, p. 2657 2661 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

  • PublishedTesting the Weak Form Efficiency of the Damascus Securities Exchange
    Al-Ahmad, Z., Feb 2012, In: International Research Journal of Finance & Economics. 85, p. 155 165 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

  • PublishedThe Initial and First Year Returns of Firms Listed on the Damascus Securities Exchange: Some Preliminary Findings
    Al-Ahmad, Z., 1 Aug 2011, In: International Journal of Economics and Finance Studies. 3, 1, p. 1 10 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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