This paper studies the relationship between the COVID-19, an infectious disease, and different financial assets. We find that the change in the newly confirmed cases per thousand people in US rather than that in China can positively predict the S&P 500 return. Moreover, we find that the change...

Convergence to the Centre -- Financial Markets: Banks Capital Markets -- Firm Size, Productivity, EU-Funds and Corruption -- Labour Markets: Structural Characteristics and the Impact of Two Crises -- Transport and Mobility -- Monetary, Macroprudential, and Fiscal Policy -- Green Economy: Energy,...