This study investigates the association between media uncertainty and a comprehensive set of corporate decision-making measures that capture firm, investment, and financial risk. We report evidence that CEOs and firms who attract greater media uncertainty are more risk-seeking. Media uncertainty...

This study investigates the association between media uncertainty and a comprehensive set of corporate decision-making measures that capture corporate investment, and financial risk. The study predicts that firms which attract greater media uncertainty have more risk-seeking behaviours. We find...

This study investigates the association between uncertain media tone and risk-taking measures that capture CEO risk-taking incentives, corporate investment, and financial policies. The study predicts that CEOs who attract greater uncertain media tone have more risk-taking incentives. We find a...

In this paper we utilise the risk factors from both the finance and energy economics literatures to develop an improved asset pricing model (the Augmented-Four-Factor Model or AFFM) in the context of the European energy utility sector. In addition, we undertake inter-sectoral and inter-temporal...

We explore the factors that shape the response of G20 countries to a Financial Stability Board (FSB) recommendation aimed at mitigating the risks from financial innovation. Using the FSB's Implementation Monitoring Network Surveys, we develop an index of disclosed strength of regulatory...

There is a lot of forward looking work attempting to envisage the decarbonised energy system of the future as reflected with current interest in "smart grids". A central tenet behind most visions of the "smart grids" of the future are the price signals that financial and commodity markets will...