Rapidly growing numbers of empirical papers assessing the financial effects of COVID-19 pandemic triggered an urgent need for a study summarising the existing knowledge of contagion phenomenon. This paper provides a review of conceptual approaches to studying financial contagion at four levels...

While politically attractive in order to generate tax revenues, the effects of a financial transaction tax (FTT) are scientifically disputed, not the least because seemingly small details of its implementation may matter a lot. In this paper, we provide experimental evidence on the different...

While politically attractive in order to generate tax revenues, the effects of a financial transaction tax (FTT) are scientifically disputed, not the least because seemingly small details of its implementation may matter a lot. In this paper, we provide experimental evidence on the different...

Why do companies, having filed for an IPO and incurred the costs thereof, not follow through? We investigate this by examining all common stock IPO's for the largest countries in Europe over the 2001-2015 period, covering more than 80% of the Western European IPO market by number and value. We...

The full-text version of this paper can be found at: "https://ssrn.com/abstract=3102438" https://ssrn.com/abstract=3102438. This online appendix provides supplemental discussion and analysis for our manuscript The Determinants of IPO Withdrawal - Evidence from Europe. The supplemental...

This paper investigates whether the exchange traded product, iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA: SLV) was susceptible to market contagion during the 2010 Flash Crash. We use intra-day data to examine the correlation dynamics between SLV and nine other exchange-traded products during the hours of...

The efficiency of financial markets and their potential to produce bubbles are central topics in academic and professional debates. Yet, surprisingly little is known about the contribution of financial professionals to price efficiency. To close this gap, we run 86 experimental markets with 294...

The efficiency of financial markets and their potential to produce bubbles are central topics in academic and professional debates. Yet, surprisingly little is known about the contribution of financial professionals to price efficiency. To close this gap, we run 86 experimental markets with 294...