Financial risk management is difficult at the best of times, but especially so in the presence of economic uncertainty and financial crises. The purpose of this special issue on "Advances in Financial Risk Management and Economic Policy Uncertainty" is to highlight some areas of research in...

Purpose: Motivated by the news media and a lack of comprehensive research on the USA, the purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between changes in road fatalities and gasoline prices, per capita disposable personal income, alcohol consumption per adult, blood alcohol...

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the dynamic co-movement and interconnection among 69 security investment indices in China using the multi-time scale framework. Design/methodology/approach: The authors first use the multiple coherence analysis method to exhibit the degree of...

Purpose: The findings would help in designing useful and relevant hedging strategies against geopolitical risks (GPRs), which are rampant in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. Design/methodology/approach: This study focuses on the regional and global costs of GPRs for businesses in the...