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On the association between insurance deductibles and prevention behaviour : evidence from the Swiss health system

Courbage, Christophe; Nicolas, Christina - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 4, pp. 1-15

Many studies have attempted to investigate the drivers of preventive behaviour. This study contributes to this strand of literature by examining the association between higher insurance deductibles in the Swiss health system and preventive behaviour that allows for maintaining a good diet,...

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The impact of COVID-19 and its policy responses on local economy and health conditions

Gungoraydinoglu, Ali; Öztekin, Ilke; Öztekin, Özde - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 6, pp. 1-27

US states have implemented lockdown measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. We assess the impact of state policy responses on local economic and health conditions, with the goal to shed light on marginal health benefits and economic costs associated with social distancing. We find that...

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Responses of the international bond markets to COVID-19 containment measures

Bao Cong Nguyen To; Tam Van Thien Nguyen; Nham Thi Hong … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 3, pp. 1-11

Using an international sample during the COVID-19 outbreak, our study gives evidence that COVID-19 containment measures impact volatility in the international bond markets in different ways. We found that the positive effect of increasing new COVID-19 vaccinations markedly mitigates bond market...

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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

2020 to April 2021. We document that vaccination programs assist in decreasing the volatility of energy stocks around the …

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Sail away to a safe harbor? : Covid-19 vaccinations and the volatility of travel and leisure companies

Demir, Ender; Kizys, Renatas; Rouatbi, Wael; Zaremba, Adam - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 4, pp. 1-21

This paper examines the impact of vaccination programs on the stock market volatility of the travel and leisure sector …. Using daily data from 56 countries over the period from January 2020 to March 2021, we find that vaccination leads to a … decrease in the investment risk of travel and leisure companies. Vaccination results in a decrease in the volatility of stock …

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Evidence of abnormal trading on COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine development information

Mason, Andrew N.; Elkassabgi, Ahmed - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 7, pp. 1-10

The 2019 COVID-19 pandemic led to an economic slowdown worldwide and shook the investment world. Pharmaceutical investments were influenced by the anticipation of COVID-19 vaccine developments. Our study examines the real-time impact of public announcements concerning COVID-19 vaccine...

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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 disease COVID-19 on 11 February 2020. As of 26 February 2020, the disease has been detected on all continents, except for Antarctica. Daily updates on COVID-19 since early...

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How the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the approach to risk management in cycling events

Bazzanella, Filippo; Muratore, Nunzio; Schlemmer, … - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 14 (2021) 7, pp. 1-20

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us to live in social isolation and has brought an important element of social life, the events industry, to a complete standstill. In resurrecting the events industry, the most urgent focus is on managing the risk of any crowd-control measures with a view to...

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Cryptocurrencies, diversification and the COVID-19 pandemic

Allen, David E. - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 3, pp. 1-25

This paper features an analysis of cryptocurrencies and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their effectiveness as a portfolio diversification tool and explores the correlations between the continuously compounded returns on Bitcoin, Ethereum and the S&P500 Index using a variety of parametric...

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Are GARCH and DCC values of 10 cryptocurrencies affected by COVID-19?

Yan, Kejia; Yan, Huqin; Gupta, Rakesh - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 3, pp. 1-25

This paper examines the dynamic conditional correlations among 10 cryptocurrencies and the possibility of hedging investment strategies among multiple cryptocurrencies over the period affected by COVID-19 from 2017 to 2022. After studying the relationship between Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the other...

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