The purpose of this research study is to find out the factors affecting individual investor’s investment behavior in the age of COVID-19 by using a qualitative research method analysis. The population of the study consists of individual investors investing in Pakistan Stock Exchange. The...

We document that monetary policy has a substantial impact on innovation activities. After a tightening shock of 100 basis points, research and development (R&D) spending declines by about 1 to 3 percent and venture capital (VC) investment declines by about 25 percent in the following 1 to 3...

Conducting a stated choice experiment on German retail investors, we analyze how market participants use and react to sustainability information. We find that the general avoidance of assets with lagging sustainability records is more meaningful to investors than the focus on financial...

This paper empirically analyzes the impact of Chinese minimum wage regulations on the firm decision to invest in physical and human capital. We exploit the geographical and inter-temporal variations of county-level minimum wages in a panel data set of all state-owned and all above-scale...