This study investigates whether airline firm characteristics moderate the negative impact of rising COVID-19 confirmed cases on airlines’ stock. 87 listed airlines in 44 countries during 2020 are examined with a panel regression. The findings indicate that airline firm size and the number of...

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of the COVID-19 temporarily led restriction on short selling by the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). We investigate the causal effect of short selling restriction on return, volatility and market quality from 2 September 2019 to 30 September 2020....

This paper examines the causal relationship between global stock market performance and Google search volume index (SVI) surrounding the disastrous event of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Based on 6,106 stock index-day observations of 71 countries during the period from 1 January 2020 to...

Although the role of managers is crucial in shaping firm innovation, it also poses a dilemma. Because innovation is a complicated and long-term process that requires effort and attention, managers may reduce effort in innovation when faced with high takeover threat. This study examines the...