How Did Arab Spring Revolutions Affect Stock Markets' Performance? Evidence from Egypt

Posted: 27 Mar 2014

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Ahmed Elbadry

Cairo University

Wessam Abd El-Halim

Cairo University - Faculty of Commerce

Date Written: March 26, 2014

Abstract

In this paper, we examine the effect of the political instability witnessed subsequent to the Arab spring revolutions on the stock markets' performance. We analyse the reaction of the Egyptian stock exchange to eight major political events in the post-revolution period.

The paper differentiates between political instability arising from factors within the ordinary course of political transition and under the government's control (endogenous) and that arising from factors which are not within the ordinary course of political transition and outside the government's control (exogenous).

The paper concludes that political instability imposes a significant effect on the performance of the Egyptian Stock Exchange and that the impact of events not within the course of political transition is more significant than that of events within the ordinary course of political transition.

Keywords: Arab Spring Revolutions, Egyptian Stock Exchange, Political Instability

Suggested Citation

Abdellatif, Ahmed Elbadry and Abd El-Halim, Wessam, How Did Arab Spring Revolutions Affect Stock Markets' Performance? Evidence from Egypt (March 26, 2014). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2416467

Ahmed Elbadry Abdellatif (Contact Author)

Cairo University ( email )

Al Orman
Giza, Cairo 11435
Egypt

Wessam Abd El-Halim

Cairo University - Faculty of Commerce ( email )

Al Orman
Giza, Cairo 11435
Egypt

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