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Sukuk liquidity and creditworthiness during COVID-19

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  • Gubareva, Mariya
  • Sokolova, Tatiana
  • Umar, Zaghum
  • Vo, Xuan Vinh

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This paper presents the empirical liquidity study of Islamic fixed-income securities during 2020–2021. Using bid-ask and Z-spread metrics we demonstrate that the apogee of both, liquidity and credit stresses in international sukuk market is reached in early April 2020. Contrasting results for non-Islamic fixed-income instruments, we show that sukuk credit spreads recover to pre-Covid levels faster than their bid-ask spreads. However, we find that the share of liquidity component in the yield spread of sukuks always remains below 1%, revealing that Covid-19 does not worsen in relative terms the economic attractiveness of this financing channel for Shariah-concerned entities and investors.

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  • Gubareva, Mariya & Sokolova, Tatiana & Umar, Zaghum & Vo, Xuan Vinh, 2024. "Sukuk liquidity and creditworthiness during COVID-19," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 88-92.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:quaeco:v:94:y:2024:i:c:p:88-92
    DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2024.01.001
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    Keywords

    COVID-19 pandemic; Liquidity; Sukuk; Fixed-income; Bid-ask spread; Z-spread;
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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets

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