Research Activities                

1.         Refereed Journal  Publications :

• Al-Elg and Hoque, "Charting Changes in Saudi Arabian Insurance Industries", Journal Academy of Finance, Issue, Summer 2006 

• Abulmansur Masih, Ali Al-Elg, and Haider Madani "Causality Between Financial Development and  Economics Growth:  An Application of Vector Error-Correction and Variance Decomposition Methods to Saudi Arabia", Applied Economics 

• Abraham, Seyyed, and Al-Elg.  "Analysis of Diversification Benefits of Investing in the  Emerging Gulf Equity Markets", Managerial Finance, Number 10, Volume 27, (2001)

 2.         Refereed Conference   :

• Al-Elg, A. and Monzurul Hoque.  "Charting Proceedings Changes in Saudi Arabian Insurance Industry",  Midwest Business Administration Association (MBAA), Chicago, Illinois, USA 15-17 March 2006         

• Umar, Yakubu and Al-Elg, Ali.  "Corporate Ownerships Structure and Firm Performance In Saudi Arabia", Second Conference on Administrative Sciences, KFUPM, April 2004 

 3.        Funded Research          :                      

• CIM, AACSB Accreditation Fund Grant  Abulmansur Masih, Ali Al-Elg, and Haider Madani                    "Causality Between Financial Development and Economics Growth:  An Application of Vector                Error-Correction and Variance Decomposition Methods to Saudi Arabia", Applied Economics           

• Hamdan, Bassam and Al-Elg Ali.  "Evaluating Credit Policies in the Saudi Commercial Banks:  National Banks vs. Joint Venture Banks" ARI Grant No. 015.  KFUPM.

 4.         Independent Projects    :

• "Lending Policies in the Saudi Arabian Banking Industry":   An Application of Autoregressive                 Distributed Approach", with Dr. Bassam Hamdan

•  "The Impact of Bank Ownership on Credit Policies:       National Banks versus Joint Venture Banks in Saudi Arabia", with Dr. Bassam Hamdan

•  "Attitude of Saudis Toward Pure Risk Management"

•  "Safety Management within Saudi Industries"

• The Determinants of Saudi Banks Profitability