We study how investor sentiment responds to the prevalence of COVID-19 induced equity market volatility. Using the quantile-on-quantile approach, we report a strong relationship between sentiment and volatility. We note that low to medium volatility yield minimum fear, with high volatility...

We examine the impact of the global financial crisis on the degree of international income and consumption risk-sharing among industrial economies using returns on cross-border portfolio holdings (e.g., debt, equity, FDI). We split the returns from the net foreign holdings as receipts (inflows)...