The rapid rise of Bitcoin and its increasing global adoption has raised concerns about its impact on traditional markets, particularly in periods of economic turmoil and uncertainty such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines the extent of the volatility contagion from the Bitcoin market...

Shipping is an industry that is highly geared towards international trade and therefore, would seem to be highly susceptible to fluctuations in macroeconomic factors. This article investigates the impact of exchange rates, interest rates and oil prices on stock returns of 143 shipping companies...

This paper examines the relationship between dividend-based and earnings-based cost of equity capital estimates under temporary competitive advantage. A new insight is that the true cost of equity is shown to approach the geometric mean of the supernormal dividend-based and simple earnings-based...