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  1. Mohamad, Azhar (2025) Do bitcoin ETFs lead price discovery following their introduction in the bitcoin market? Computational Economics, 66 (2025) (1). pp. 947-969. ISSN 0927-7099 E-ISSN 1572-9974
  2. Mohamad, Azhar (2025) Green and climate finance research trends: a bibliometric study of pre- and post-pandemic shifts. Cleaner Production Letters, 8. pp. 1-21. ISSN 2666-7916
  3. Mohamad, Azhar (2025) Mapping the intellectual landscape of big data in accounting and finance: a decade of bibliometric analysis (2013-2023). Journal of Scientometric Research, 14 (1). pp. 201-220. ISSN 2321-6654 E-ISSN 2320-0057
  4. Jamaludin, Husna and Mohamad, Azhar and Elshreef Elmaky, Hashim Suliman and Sulaiman, Sarina (2025) Turning rice waste into 0pportunity: circular economy approaches for food waste reduction. Cleaner Waste Systems, 10. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2772-9125
  5. Nor, Bile Abdisalan and Mohamad, Azhar (2024) The causal connection between CO2 emissions and agricultural productivity in Somalia: evidence from an ARDL Bounds Testing Approach. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 10 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 2331-1932 E-ISSN 2331-1932
  6. Mohamad, Azhar (2024) Herding behaviour surrounding the Russo–Ukraine war and COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from energy, metal, livestock and grain commodities. Review of Behavioral Finance, 16 (5). pp. 925-957. ISSN 1940-5979 E-ISSN 1940-5987
  7. Mohamad, Azhar (2024) From scam to heist: the impact of cybercrimes on cryptocurrencies. Applied Economics Letters. ISSN 1350-4851 E-ISSN 1466-4291 (In Press)
  8. Mohamad, Azhar (2023) A bibliometric analysis of research trends in Islamic finance and Islamic banking. In: 3rd International Conference on Finance, Business, Banking and Tourism Industries (ICFBB 2023), 27th - 28th November 2023, Lombok Astoria Hotel Mataram. (Unpublished)
  9. Mohamad, Azhar (2023) Herd dynamics around the Russo-Ukraine war and Covid-19 pandemic. In: The 2023 Sydney Banking and Financial StabilityConference 8-9 December 2023, the University of Sydney Business School Sydney, Australia.
  10. Hairudin, Aiman and Mohamad, Azhar (2024) The isotropy of cryptocurrency volatility. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 29 (3). pp. 3779-3810. ISSN 1076-9307 E-ISSN 1099-1158
  11. Mohamad, Azhar and Fromentin, Vincent (2023) Herd and causality dynamics between energy commodities and ethical investment: Evidence from the different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. Energy Economics, 126. pp. 1-19. ISSN 0140-9883
  12. Mohamad, Azhar (2022) Russian roulette from the Euromaidan protest to the Ukraine invasion: Is it different this time? In: International Society for Advancement of Financial Economics Conference (ISAFE-2022, 05-06 December 2022),, Ho Chi Minh University of Banking. (Unpublished)
  13. Zainudin, Ahmad Danial and Mohamad, Azhar (2023) Pandemic impact on the co-movement and hedging effectiveness of the global futures markets. Investment Analysts Journal, 52 (2). pp. 132-152. ISSN 1029-3523 E-ISSN 2077-0227
  14. Hairudin, Aiman and Sifat, Imtiaz Mohammad and Mohamad, Azhar and Yusof, Yusniliyana (2020) Cryptocurrencies: a survey on acceptance, governance and market dynamics. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 27 (4). pp. 4633-4659. ISSN 1076-9307 E-ISSN 1099-1158
  15. Mohamad, Azhar (2022) Elections and financial markets puzzle: Malaysian evidence. Managerial Finance. ISSN 0307-4358 E-ISSN 1758-7743 (In Press)
  16. Mohamad, Azhar and Stavroyiannis, Stavros (2022) Do birds of a feather flock together? evidence from time-varying herding behaviour of bitcoin and foreign exchange majors during Covid-19. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, 80. pp. 1-26. ISSN 1042-4431
  17. Mohamad, Azhar and Inani, Sarveshwar Kumar (2022) Price discovery in bitcoin spot or futures during the Covid-19 pandemic? evidence from the time-varying parameter vector autoregressive model with stochastic volatility. Applied Economics Letters, 29 (15). pp. 1-10. ISSN 1350-4851 E-ISSN 1466-4291
  18. Mohamad, Azhar (2022) Safe flight to which haven when Russia invades Ukraine? a 48-hour story. Economics Letters, 216. ISSN 0165-1765
  19. Zainudin, Ahmad Danial and Mohamad, Azhar (2021) Cross hedging with stock index futures. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 82. pp. 128-144. ISSN 1062-9769 E-ISSN 1878-4259
  20. Zainudin, Ahmad Danial and Mohamad, Azhar (2021) Financial contagion in the futures markets amidst global geo-economic events. The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 81. pp. 288-308. ISSN 1062-9769

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6Fiscal decentralization and convergence in government spending in Malaysia1095
7Data envelopment analysis of efficiency of real estate investment trusts in Singapore1089
8Aberrant investor participation amid substantial price swings: high-frequency evidence of magnet-repellent effect from Malaysia1087
9Daily returns seasonality and impact of stock index futures: evidence from the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange1082
10Implied volatility forecasting in the options market: a survey1080
11Foreign exchange exposure of Indonesian listed firms1072
12On IMF debt and capital control: evidence from Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and South Korea1060
13Daily returns seasonality and impact of stock index futures: evidence from the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange1055
14Short-selling ban and cross-sectoral contagion: evidence from the UK1055
15Circuit breakers as market stability levers: a survey of research, praxis, and challenges1043
16Informational content of short interest (EBES 2011)1038
17Foreign exchange exposure and impact of policy switch - the case of Malaysian listed firms 1037
18Increase in Short Interest and Predictability in Stock Returns (Infiniti 2011)1024
19Does an Islamic finance industry need a unification of standards? A qualitative discussion1023
20Gold vis-à-vis money in Islam: the case against Dinarist movement1022
21Circuit breakers as market stability levers: a survey of research, praxis, and challenges1016
22Speculative behavior in vacant land development: evidence for real options in Malaysia1015
23Back to the future: returning to silver-backed money in Sri Lanka1014
24Order imbalance and selling aggression under a shorting ban: Evidence from the UK1009
25Seeking negative alphas through shorting1003
26Gibrat’s law and liquidity constraints: evidence from Malaysia industrial sector companies1002
27Randomness for asset prices constrained by price limit regimes: a Malaysian case study1001
28Bay' al-salam and istithna': implementation and challenges1001
29PhD proposal (Gregynog 2010): short selling and stock returns999
30The effects of corporate governance attributes and code amendments on the performance of Malaysian trading and services firms995