This study investigates the effect of a failed terror attack on stock market returns using an event study approach. The mean-adjusted returns and the market model are used to analyse the event. The results show that the failed attack on the Pakistan Stock Exchange building in Karachi generated positive cumulative returns for all the listed stocks, suggesting that such events have positive effects on stock market returns.

This study explores the importance of central bank independence on stock market outcomes. Specifically, we examine the effects of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decree, which removes the top officials of the Central Bank of Turkey, on Borsa Istanbul returns. We use a well-established event study methodology for five events from 20 July 2018, to 11 November 2021. The results show that the market is sensitive to the dismissal decrees in that they have positive effects on cumulative abnormal returns in the first two events, while the three events that follow have negative effects on cumulative abnormal returns. Our results support the importance of central bank independence, revealing that political intervention in central banks has a robust, positive, negative, and significant impact on stock market outcomes.

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In this study, we examine the short-term effects of the resignations of high-ranking officials from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on financial sector returns. We apply a commonly used event-study method to analyze financial sector stocks during the period from February 16, 2018, to July 22, 2019. The findings reveal that the financial sector was sensitive to the resignations of RBI Governor Urjit Patel and Deputy Governor Viral Acharya, both strong supporters of the RBI's independence. Patel’s resignation caused a significant negative impact on cumulative abnormal returns, while Acharya’s resignation led to a significant positive impact on these returns. Our results suggest that central bank independence (CBI) may have varied short-term effects on financial sector performance. It is, therefore, important for both politicians and investors to understand the implications of our findings in order to fully grasp the political and economic consequences of central bank independence and the credibility of monetary policy on financial sector outcomes. For future research, we suggest exploring the effects of these resignations on other financial indicators, such as bond yields, exchange rates, and interest rates, using alternative methods.

The paper examines the effectiveness of financial-hedging techniques - forward hedging, money-market hedging and cross-currency hedging, for a domestic firm in the Gulf Cooperation Council with foreign-currency exposure to GBP, CHF and JPY. The results show that there is no difference between using forward hedging or money-market hedging, owing to the high correlation between spot and forward rates. However, in relation to cross-currency hedging, the results are mixed: the effectiveness of cross-currency hedging depends on exchange-rate correlation.