Using gender as a theoretical framework, we analyse the dynamics of debt and equity financing during the COVID-19 pandemic for a cross-country sample of 8,921 private firms. We provide evidence of a slight gender bias in debt financing, with creditors favouring female entrepreneurs when dealing...

This article explores the impact of fuel price movements on the stock market return of 2020 during the Covid-19 disruptions. In the study, a time-varying parameter VAR model was used to examine a time-varying causal association between oil prices and stock market returns. Data used in this study...