This paper examines the impact of bank financial characteristics, environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores and variation in the stringency of government policy responses to bank stock returns as a response to COVID-19 pandemic. We use a sample of 1927 listed banks from 110 countries....

We examine the relationship between cryptocurrencies (namely Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Ripple (XRP)) and COVID-19 cases/deaths. The Wavelet coherence analysis indicates that there is initially a negative relationship between Bitcoin and the number of reported cases and deaths; however,...

We document the negative effect of pandemics on tourist arrivals by using data for 127 countries for the period of 2000-2018. This effect is valid only for the case of low-income economies. The findings will provide insights for the possible effects of COVID-19 on the tourism industry. Once we...

This volume presents selected articles from the 21st Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference, which was held in Budapest (Hungary) in 2017. The theoretical and empirical papers in this volume cover various areas of business, economics, and finance from a diverse range of...

The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated both the risk and volatility of energy companies. Can mass vaccinations restore stability within this sector? To answer this question, we investigate stock market data from fifty-eight countries from January 2020 to April 2021. We document that vaccination...