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COVID-19 mortality and economic losses : the role of policies and structural conditions
Wang, Weichen; Gurgone, Andrea; Martinez, Humberto; … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 8, pp. 1-28
The response of governments to the COVID-19 outbreak was foremost oriented to two objectives: saving lives and limiting economic losses. However, the effectiveness and success factors of interventions were unknown ex-ante. This study aims to shed light on the drivers of countries' performances...
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Changes in consumption in the early COVID-19 era : zip-code level evidence from the U.S.
Yilmazkuday, Hakan - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 10, pp. 1-10
in consumption at local commercial places during the early coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) era. Since using aggregate …
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The COVID-19 shock : a Bayesian approach
Younes, Oussama Abi; Altuğ, Sumru - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 10, pp. 1-15
The coronavirus crisis that started in December 2019 was declared a pandemic by March 2020 and had devastating global …
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COVID-19 vaccinations and the volatility of energy companies in international markets
Demir, Ender; Kizys, Renatas; Rouatbi, Wael; Zaremba, Adam - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 12, pp. 1-21
The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated both the risk and volatility of energy companies. Can mass vaccinations restore stability within this sector? To answer this question, we investigate stock market data from fifty-eight countries from January 2020 to April 2021. We document that vaccination...
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Relative stock market performance during the coronavirus pandemic : virus vs. policy effects in 80 countries
Burdekin, Richard C. K.; Harrison, Samuel - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 4, pp. 1-18
This paper examines relative stock market performance following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic for a sample of … 80 stock markets. Weekly data on coronavirus cases and deaths are employed alongside Oxford indices on each nation … sample results show that increased coronavirus cases exert the expected overall effect of worsening relative stock market …
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Spillovers of the COVID-19 pandemic : impact on global economic activity, the stock market, and the energy sector
Hasan, Md. Bokhtiar; Masnun Mahi; Sarker, Tapan; Amin, … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 5, pp. 1-18
In this study, we examine the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on global economic activity, the stock market, and the energy sector considering the sizable damaging impacts in these crucial aspects. Our results, based on the structural vector autoregression (SVAR) model for the data from 21...
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Prevention is better than the cure : risk management of COVID-19
McAleer, Michael - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 13 (2020) 3/46, pp. 1-5
A novel coronavirus was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) in China on 31 December 2019. The WHO named the … related coronavirus epidemics, SARS and MERS, in terms of the number of reported human infections, deaths, countries, major …
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Impact of elimination of dividend distribution tax on Indian corporate firms amid COVID disruptions
Agrawal, Anshu - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 9, pp. 1-38
Economic fallouts from COVID-19 have been unprecedented across all industries, with a handful of exceptions. The present study attempts to capture the impact of dividend distribution tax elimination, introduced through the Indian Finance Act 2020, on corporate dividend behavior in India. It...
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Poland-Turkey comparison of mobile payments quality in pandemic time
Chmielarz, Witold; Zborowski, Marek; Fandrejewska, Alicja; … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 9, pp. 1-22
The main objective of this article is to identify and analyze the use of mobile payments in two countries, Poland and Turkey. The data for the study were collected with the application of the CAWI method in March 2021. The survey covered nearly 650 respondents in total. The basis for comparisons...
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The impact of oil price shocks on oil-dependent countries' currencies : the case of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan
Czech, Katarzyna; Niftiyev, Ibrahim - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 9, pp. 1-13
The paper aims to assess the relationship between Azerbaijani and Kazakhstani exchange rates and crude oil prices volatility. The study applies the structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) model. The paper concentrates on Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, the post-Soviet countries considered as some of...
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