Dr Omar Aziz

Research Interests

• Banks
• Financial System
• Financial forecasting
• Financial Literacy
• Investment
• Business Finance
• Institutional Quality
• Risk Investment
• Foreign Direct Investment
• Financial Markets
• Economic Growth

Editorial and Reviewer Activities

• Journal of Applied Economics/Reviewer
• Journal Emerging Markets Finance and Trade/Reviewer
• Journal of Banking and Financial Economics/Reviewer
• International Journal of Finance and Economics/Reviewer

PUBLICATIONS

• Aziz, O. (2020). FDI Inflows and Growth in Arab Economies: The Institutional Channel. International Journal of Finance and Economics. pp. 1-16.  DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2197
• Aziz, O. (2020). The Response of Arab Region to Overcome Global Financial Crisis. The American Economist. https://doi.org/10.1177/0569434520938322  
• Aziz, O. (2020). Does Bank Profitability Stimulate Economic Growth? Empirical Evidence from the Arab Region. Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, Vol. 16, No.2, pp. 1-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rmeef-2019-0017
• Aziz, O. (2020). Dose the FDI Flow into Arab Region Influenced by the Global Financial Crisis? Risk and Financial Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp 9-14.
• Aziz, O. & Knutsen, J. (2019). The Banks Profitability and Economic Freedom Quality: Empirical Evidence from Arab Economies. Journal of Banking and Financial Economics, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 96-110. DOI:10.7172/2353-6845.JBFE.2019.1.5
• Aziz, O. & Knutsen, J. (2019). The Legislative and Institutional reforms for FDI in Arab Region: Did they work? International Journal of Business Research, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 5-12.
• Aziz, O. & Arabyat, Y. (2019). Are Banks Executives Running a Keynesian Beauty Contest When Investing in Information Technology? Bank Parikrama, Journal of Banking & Finance. Under Review.
• Aziz, O. & Arabyat, Y. (2019). Information Technology and Productivity Changes in the Banking Sector: The Case of Jordanian Banks. Bank Parikrama, Journal of Banking & Finance. Accepted.
• Aziz, O. (2018). Institutional Quality and FDI Inflows: Evidence from Arab Economies. Journal of Finance Research Letters, Vol. 25, PP.111-123, DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2017.10.026
• Aziz, O. (2016). Determinants of FDI inflows to Arab economies. The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development: An International and Comparative Review, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 325-356. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638199.2015.1057610
• Aziz, O. (2009). The effect of financial information on stocks prices movement: Analytical research for Amman Stock market. Tikrit Journal for Administration & Economic Sciences, Vol.3, No.7.
• Aziz, O. (2007). The effective of some financial system variables on economic growth: A study applied in a sample of Arabic countries for period 1994-2003. Tikrit Journal for Administration & Economic Sciences, Vol.3, No.8.
• Aziz, O. (2005). The capitalization & its relationship with stocks prices movement: A study applied in a sample of cooperative firms registered in Baghdad Stock Exchanges for the period 1993-2001. Journal of Tanmiat AL-Rafidain, Vol. 80, No.27.