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Does Green Pay Less? Global Corporate Bond Evidence On Primary And Secondary Yields, Youssef El Kenawy Jun 2026

Does Green Pay Less? Global Corporate Bond Evidence On Primary And Secondary Yields, Youssef El Kenawy

Theses and Dissertations

The greenium, or green premium, refers to the lower yield that arises from a bond’s green label, conditional on otherwise identical contractual features and credit risk. In our study, we estimate the greenium by combining causal matching techniques with a neural network–based propensity score approach to construct a closely comparable set of green and conventional bonds. Our empirical framework incorporates issuer fixed effects and currency × issuance-year fixed effects, ensuring that our estimates reflect the impact of the green label itself rather than differences in macro-financial conditions or issuer composition.

Our findings indicate that, once currency-specific issuance-year conditions are absorbed, …


Women On Boards Annual Monitoring Report 2024, Center For Entrepreneurship And Innovation Jan 2025

Women On Boards Annual Monitoring Report 2024, Center For Entrepreneurship And Innovation

Faculty Books

The AUC Egypt women on boards monitoring report is issued annually to track and monitor the presence and representation of women on boards towards meeting the goal of having 30% women on boards by 2030. The importance of improving representation of women on boards stems from the fact that it is one of the good governance pillars, in addition to the positive impact on firm performance and profitability. The National Strategy for the Empowerment of Egyptian Women 2030 has accordingly promoted for increasing the leadership roles of women and holding key positions in public institutions and companies, setting the target …


Investment Strategies Of Gcc Sovereign Wealth Funds: Aligning National Development And Geopolitical Goals, Roy Conners Jun 2024

Investment Strategies Of Gcc Sovereign Wealth Funds: Aligning National Development And Geopolitical Goals, Roy Conners

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines how Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) prioritize and implement investment strategies in the context of national development and geopolitical dynamics. Using a qualitative case study approach, it analyzes the assets, key industries, leadership, and historical evolution of major GCC SWFs (ADIA, Mubadala, ADQ, QIA, and PIF) based on publicly made available information.

The findings show that GCC SWFs prioritize investments in strategic sectors, geographical destinations, and the private sector. These investments align closely with their respective national development plans, such as 'We the UAE 2031', Qatar National Vision 2030, and Saudi Arabia’s …


Analysis Of Egyptian Commodity Imports During The Trade Liberalization Period, Amria Abd El-Rahim Sheha Jan 2022

Analysis Of Egyptian Commodity Imports During The Trade Liberalization Period, Amria Abd El-Rahim Sheha

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Application Of The Financial Instability Hypothesis, Rf Abu-Ismail Dec 2021

An Application Of The Financial Instability Hypothesis, Rf Abu-Ismail

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Speculative Bubbles And Financial Crises, Ashraf Mohamed Abdel Samea Ahmed Dec 2021

Speculative Bubbles And Financial Crises, Ashraf Mohamed Abdel Samea Ahmed

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Stock Market Manipulation Detection Using Continuous Wavelet Transform & Machine Learning Classification, Sarah Youssef Jun 2021

Stock Market Manipulation Detection Using Continuous Wavelet Transform & Machine Learning Classification, Sarah Youssef

Theses and Dissertations

Stock market manipulation detection is important for both investors and regulators. Being able to detect stock manipulation and preventing it gives investors the confidence in the market fairness and integrity. It also helps maintaining liquidity of the stocks and market efficiency. Implementing data mining algorithms in manipulation detection is a relatively recent technique but in the past few years there has been an increasing interest in it's applications in this domain. The benefit of monitoring manipulative trade behavior is that it can be implemented on live feed of stock data, which saves a lot of time in detecting stock price …


Stock Prediction Using Natural Language Processing Sentiment Analysis On News Headlines During Covid-19, Mina Ibrahim Jun 2021

Stock Prediction Using Natural Language Processing Sentiment Analysis On News Headlines During Covid-19, Mina Ibrahim

Theses and Dissertations

Stock prediction based on NLP sentiment analysis is one of the most researched topics due to the revenues they generate for investors. Researchers have used various tools to achieve this, especially fundamental and technical analysis based on historical data helped to achieve this target. Due to the technological advancement and abundance of data, the introduction of machine learning tools accelerated that approach. However, as the public mood affects the stock market, the need for another analysis emerged. Natural language processing sentiment analysis on data from various sources was able to capture public events and moods. NLP is one of the …


Stock Markets Performance During A Pandemic: How Contagious Is Covid-19?, Yara Abushahba May 2021

Stock Markets Performance During A Pandemic: How Contagious Is Covid-19?, Yara Abushahba

Theses and Dissertations

Background and Motivation: The coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic, the subsequent policies and lockdowns have unarguably led to an unprecedented fluid circumstance worldwide. The panic and fluctuations in the stock markets were unparalleled. It is inarguable that real-time availability of news and social media platforms like Twitter played a vital role in driving the investors’ sentiment during such global shock.

Purpose:The purpose of this thesis is to study how the investor sentiment in relation to COVID-19 pandemic influenced stock markets globally and how stock markets globally are integrated and contagious. We analyze COVID-19 sentiment through the Twitter posts and investigate its …


Insight-Driven Sales Management, Hesham O. Dinana Mar 2020

Insight-Driven Sales Management, Hesham O. Dinana

Faculty Book Chapters

In the new VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world that we live in, there are new rules that will reshape many of the components of sales management, from prospecting, to lead qualification, to closing and relationship management. This chapter will explore the impact of technology, data proliferation, and omni-channel customer touch points on how organizations will manage their sales process and the sales teams in the integrated online and offline worlds (O2O sales). The digital-age consumer and the digital-age sales team will have different communication needs and tools that need to be addressed by sales leaders to ensure their …


Efficient Market Hypothesis, Mai Ahmed Kamel Farid May 2000

Efficient Market Hypothesis, Mai Ahmed Kamel Farid

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


External Factors That Affect The Egyptian Stock Market, Amal Soliman El-Ghouti Jan 1999

External Factors That Affect The Egyptian Stock Market, Amal Soliman El-Ghouti

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Impact Of Trade Liberalization On The Egyptian Industrial Sector: A Cge Analysis, Moataz Mostafa El-Said Jul 1994

Impact Of Trade Liberalization On The Egyptian Industrial Sector: A Cge Analysis, Moataz Mostafa El-Said

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Selecting Functional Forms For The Cost Function With Average And Full Frontiers, Amal Refaat Hassanein Jun 1993

Selecting Functional Forms For The Cost Function With Average And Full Frontiers, Amal Refaat Hassanein

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Foreign Capital Inflow On Growth, Amira Iskander Jan 1993

The Effects Of Foreign Capital Inflow On Growth, Amira Iskander

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Role Perception, Role Conflict, And Role Ambiguity In International Development Projects: A Case Study Of American Technical Assistance Personnel In Egypt, Frank Joseph Urso Mar 1990

Role Perception, Role Conflict, And Role Ambiguity In International Development Projects: A Case Study Of American Technical Assistance Personnel In Egypt, Frank Joseph Urso

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Data Base Design, Mohamed Aly El Hamamsy Jun 1977

Data Base Design, Mohamed Aly El Hamamsy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Establishment Of An Engineering Documentation Center In The Egyptian Electricity Authority, Ahmed Ahmed Amin Apr 1977

The Establishment Of An Engineering Documentation Center In The Egyptian Electricity Authority, Ahmed Ahmed Amin

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Interpretative Analysis Of The Applicability Of Management Information Systems Concepts To The Design Of A University Information System, Sherif Hosni Mohamed Hosni Mostafa May 1973

An Interpretative Analysis Of The Applicability Of Management Information Systems Concepts To The Design Of A University Information System, Sherif Hosni Mohamed Hosni Mostafa

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Administration Of Wages And Salaries In The U.A.R., Agia Hanna Meleka Jan 1971

The Administration Of Wages And Salaries In The U.A.R., Agia Hanna Meleka

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Design Of Management Games, Mohamed Ossama Mallawany Jan 1971

The Design Of Management Games, Mohamed Ossama Mallawany

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


An Evaluation Of "Gaming" As A Top Management Training Technique In The U.A.R. Industrial Environment, Osama Mohamed Olama Jan 1970

An Evaluation Of "Gaming" As A Top Management Training Technique In The U.A.R. Industrial Environment, Osama Mohamed Olama

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.