Despite the sharp equity-market sell off in March 2020, due to concerns about the boisterous spread of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), the frenzy of stock trading in U.S. equities over the past twelve months is showing no signs of abating. Recent academic research suggests that, among...

The decision making process in strategic shipping financial management consists of three main pillars: investment, financing and operation. Each pillar defines its own sub-universe and constitutes its own market with its own rules. The investment pillar refers to the market for newly built and...