SIMA MOTAMEN-SAMADIAN is a Principal Lecturer in Economics and Director of the Centre for the Study of Emerging Markets (CSEM) at the Westminster Business School, UK. She obtained her MA and PhD in Economics from Essex University, and worked at the Tehran University, City University Business School, and Portsmouth University. She has co-edited International Debt and Central Banking in the 1980's with Z. Rez (Macmillan 1987), Emerging Markets: Past and Present Experiences, and Future Prospects with C. Garido (Palgrave Macmillan 2000), and edited Dynamic Models and Their Applica

• List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; S.Motamen-Samadian The Dynamics of Emerging Markets Hedge Funds Exposures during the Asian Currency Crisis of 1997; G.Monarcha The Adjustments of Stock Prices to Information on Inflation: Evidence from MENA Countries; S.A.M.Al-Rjoub Portfolio Management and Financial Market Integration of Emerging MENA Stock Markets; S.Neaime Oil Price Shocks and Emerging Stock Markets: A Generalized VAR Approach; A.Maghyereh Reactions to Regulatory Changes and Policy Adjustments in an Emerging Stock Market: China; J.Kong & D.Lu Technical Trading Strategies and Market Efficiency; R.Slepaczuk Index

SIMA MOTAMEN-SAMADIAN is a Principal Lecturer in Economics and Director of the Centre for the Study of Emerging Markets (CSEM) at the Westminster Business School, UK. She obtained her MA and PhD in Economics from Essex University, and worked at the Tehran University, City University Business School, and Portsmouth University. She has co-edited International Debt and Central Banking in the 1980's with Z. Rez (Macmillan 1987), Emerging Markets: Past and Present Experiences, and Future Prospects with C. Garido (Palgrave Macmillan 2000), and edited Dynamic Models and Their Applica

• List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; S.Motamen-Samadian The Dynamics of Emerging Markets Hedge Funds Exposures during the Asian Currency Crisis of 1997; G.Monarcha The Adjustments of Stock Prices to Information on Inflation: Evidence from MENA Countries; S.A.M.Al-Rjoub Portfolio Management and Financial Market Integration of Emerging MENA Stock Markets; S.Neaime Oil Price Shocks and Emerging Stock Markets: A Generalized VAR Approach; A.Maghyereh Reactions to Regulatory Changes and Policy Adjustments in an Emerging Stock Market: China; J.Kong & D.Lu Technical Trading Strategies and Market Efficiency; R.Slepaczuk Index

SIMA MOTAMEN-SAMADIAN is a Principal Lecturer in Economics and Director of the Centre for the Study of Emerging Markets (CSEM) at the Westminster Business School, UK. She obtained her MA and PhD in Economics from Essex University, and worked at the Tehran University, City University Business School, and Portsmouth University. She has co-edited International Debt and Central Banking in the 1980's with Z. Rez (Macmillan 1987), Emerging Markets: Past and Present Experiences, and Future Prospects with C. Garido (Palgrave Macmillan 2000), and edited Dynamic Models and Their Applica

• List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; S.Motamen-Samadian The Dynamics of Emerging Markets Hedge Funds Exposures during the Asian Currency Crisis of 1997; G.Monarcha The Adjustments of Stock Prices to Information on Inflation: Evidence from MENA Countries; S.A.M.Al-Rjoub Portfolio Management and Financial Market Integration of Emerging MENA Stock Markets; S.Neaime Oil Price Shocks and Emerging Stock Markets: A Generalized VAR Approach; A.Maghyereh Reactions to Regulatory Changes and Policy Adjustments in an Emerging Stock Market: China; J.Kong & D.Lu Technical Trading Strategies and Market Efficiency; R.Slepaczuk Index