This paper examines the impact of the public's expectation of a political event on global financial markets. Using the setting of the UK referendum on EU membership, we show that an increase in the likelihood of Brexit led to lower stock prices and higher market implied volatility. Furthermore,...

Knowledge on the behavior and fate of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) is poorly explored in marine aphotic environment. In this study, the degradation mechanism of a typical PPCPs—ibuprofen (IBP) by a ubiquitous marine Pseudoalteromonas sp. was investigated based on...

This study investigates the lead–lag relationships of volatility among European stock markets. Using weakly realized variance measures, we examine volatility spillover dynamics between the UK and other major stock markets in Europe, thereby identifying a long-run leading role for the UK market...

Recent empirical literature shows that Internet search activity is closely associated with volatility prediction in financial and commodity markets. In this study, we search for a benchmark model with available market-based predictors to evaluate the net contribution of the Internet search...