Purpose This paper investigates the effect of economic policy uncertainty on value of cash before and after the global financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach We investigate the relationship between economic policy uncertainty and value of excess cash based on the valuation model of Fama...

The persistence of climate-driven cooperation plays an important role for firms’ resilience to economic downturns. We hypothesize that the weather-induced social capital reduces financial obstacles for firms and enhances corporate resilience to crises. Our results based on high-resolution...

A lot happened even before the perceived beginning of this crisis in 2007, so although the events are recent, I will review the period from 2001 to date, as part of our inquiry into the lessons to be learned. Much of it is probably familiar, but worth revisiting. This necessarily simplified...