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