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Saudi Arabia
2026

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36
Citations
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17

Economics and Finance

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45
Citations
6018
World Ranking
1773
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Imran Yousaf is affiliated with Prince Sultan University in Saudi Arabia and has a research focus primarily in the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with 264 publications contributing to this domain.

The scientist's work is subdivided into several notable subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Finance, Information Systems, Accounting, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Research topics covered by Imran Yousaf encompass Market Dynamics and Volatility, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, and Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis.

Frequent publication venues for this researcher feature journals such as Finance Research Letters, SSRN Electronic Journal, Energy Economics, Resources Policy, and the International Review of Financial Analysis.

Your attention is drawn to several recent papers, which include:

  • "Impact of Russian-Ukraine war on clean energy, conventional energy, and metal markets: Evidence from event study approach" (2022) published in Resources Policy
  • "The reaction of G20+ stock markets to the Russia-Ukraine conflict "black-swan" event: Evidence from event study approach" (2022) published in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance
  • "Static and dynamic connectedness between NFTs, Defi and other assets: Portfolio implication" (2022) published in Global Finance Journal
  • "Asymmetric spillover and network connectedness between gold, BRENT oil and EU subsector markets" (2021) published in Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money
  • "Linkages between DeFi assets and conventional currencies: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic" (2022) published in International Review of Financial Analysis

The research collaborations frequently include coauthors Shoaib Ali, John W. Goodell, Larisa Yarovaya, Yanshuang Li, and Mariya Gubareva, with collaboration counts ranging from 8 to 39 joint works.

Best Publications

  • Impact of Russian-Ukraine war on clean energy, conventional energy, and metal markets: Evidence from event study approach

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  • The reaction of G20+ stock markets to the Russia–Ukraine conflict “black-swan” event: Evidence from event study approach

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  • Static and dynamic connectedness between NFTs, Defi and other assets: Portfolio implication

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  • Asymmetric spillover and network connectedness between Gold, Brent oil and EU subsector markets

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  • The Reaction of G20+ Stock Markets to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict ‘Black-Swan’ Event: Evidence From Event Study Approach

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  • Herding behavior in conventional cryptocurrency market, non-fungible tokens, and DeFi assets.

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  • Linkages between DeFi assets and conventional currencies: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Static and Dynamic Connectedness Between NFTs, Defi and Other Assets: Portfolio Implication

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  • Extreme connectedness between renewable energy tokens and fossil fuel markets

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  • Green Investments: A Luxury Good or a Financial Necessity?

    Imran Yousaf;Muhammed Tahir Suleman;Riza Demirer

  • Spillovers between the Islamic gold-backed cryptocurrencies and equity markets during the COVID-19: A sectorial analysis

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  • A tale of company fundamentals vs sentiment driven pricing: The case of GameStop

    Zaghum Umar;Zaghum Umar;Mariya Gubareva;Mariya Gubareva;Imran Yousaf;Shoaib Ali

  • The connectedness between meme tokens, meme stocks, and other asset classes: Evidence from a quantile connectedness approach

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  • Discovering interlinkages between major cryptocurrencies using high-frequency data: new evidence from COVID-19 pandemic

    Imran Yousaf;Shoaib Ali

  • Comparing asymmetric price efficiency in regional ESG markets before and during COVID-19

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  • The COVID-19 outbreak and high frequency information transmission between major cryptocurrencies: evidence from the VAR-DCC-GARCH approach

    Imran Yousaf;Shoaib Ali

  • The relationship between trading volume, volatility and returns of Non-Fungible Tokens: evidence from a quantile approach

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  • Energy cryptocurrencies: Assessing connectedness with other asset classes

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  • Quantile connectedness between sentiment and financial markets: Evidence from the S&P 500 twitter sentiment index

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  • The impact of the SVB collapse on global financial markets: Substantial but narrow

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  • Linkages between crude oil and emerging Asian stock markets: New evidence from the Chinese stock market crash

    Imran Yousaf;Arshad Hassan

  • Herding behavior in Ramadan and financial crises: the case of the Pakistani stock market

    Imran Yousaf;Imran Yousaf;Shoaib Ali;Shoaib Ali;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah

  • Gold against Asian Stock Markets during the COVID-19 Outbreak

    Imran Yousaf;Elie Bouri;Shoaib Ali;Nehme Azoury

  • Risk transmission from the COVID-19 to metals and energy markets

    Imran Yousaf

  • Information transmission and hedging effectiveness for the pairs crude oil-gold and crude oil-Bitcoin during the COVID-19 outbreak

    Imran Yousaf;Shoaib Ali;Elie Bouri;Tareq Saeed

  • Linkages between Stock and Cryptocurrency Markets during the Covid-19 Outbreak: An Intraday Analysis

    Imran Yousaf;Shoaib Ali

  • Effect of family control on corporate dividend policy of firms in Pakistan

    Imran Yousaf;Shoaib Ali;Arshad Hassan

  • The relationship between yield curve components and equity sectorial indices: Evidence from China

    Zaghum Umar;Imran Yousaf;David Y. Aharon

  • Herding on Fundamental/Nonfundamental Information During the COVID-19 Outbreak and Cyber-Attacks: Evidence From the Cryptocurrency Market

    Imran Yousaf;Shoaib Ali;Elie Bouri;Anupam Dutta

  • Comovements between heavily shorted stocks during a market squeeze: Lessons from the GameStop trading frenzy

    Zaghum Umar;Zaghum Umar;Imran Yousaf;Adam Zaremba;Adam Zaremba

  • Bank Capital Buffer and Economic Growth: New Insights from the US Banking Sector

    Faisal Abbas;Imran Yousaf;Shoaib Ali;Wing Keung Wong

  • Role of credit rating in determining capital structure: Evidence from non-financial sector of pakistan

    Shoaib Ali;Imran Yousaf;Muhammad Naveed

  • Return and Volatility Transmission between World-Leading and Latin American Stock Markets: Portfolio Implications

    Imran Yousaf;Shoaib Ali;Wing-Keung Wong

  • Time and frequency co-movement between economic policy uncertainty and inflation: Evidence from Japan

    Seyed Alireza Athari;Dervis Kirikkaleli;Imran Yousaf;Shoaib Ali

  • Integration between real estate and stock markets: new evidence from Pakistan

    Imran Yousaf;Shoaib Ali

  • Green Investments: A Luxury Good or a Financial Necessity?

    Imran Yousaf;Tahir Suleman;Riza Demirer

Frequent Co-Authors

Wing-Keung Wong
Wing-Keung Wong Asian University
Zaghum Umar
Zaghum Umar Zayed University
Elie Bouri
Elie Bouri Lebanese American University
Riza Demirer
Riza Demirer Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah
Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah International Islamic University, Islamabad

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