We study the association between the ritual of menstrual restrictions and maternal health- care access as well as women's subjective well-being. Similar restrictions, also practised around the time of childbirth, are based on the assumption that women are ritually impure during these phases of...

Using the event study method, we examine the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war 2022 on the global tourism sector stocks. The findings suggest that the impact is different for firms in different market sets. The cross-sectional analysis reveals that some country- and firm-specific variables...