The existing literature shows that, due to locality and familiarity, spatial investor-firm adjacency plays a key role in determining stock investor attention, as proxied by the location where investors initiate an Internet search of the ticker symbol. This paper investigates whether Chinese...

During geopolitical crises, the price stability of agricultural commodities is critical for national security. Understanding the dynamics of pricing power between the U.S. and China and how it varies over time can help smaller nations navigate unpredictable moments. This study uses a unified...

Political risk, one of the most significant uncertainty shocks, affects firms' future attitudes toward risks and plays a crucial role in their decision making. A stock price crash risk is a classical topic in financial markets; therefore, this paper probes the relationship between firm-level...

This study investigates the lead–lag relationships of volatility among European stock markets. Using weakly realized variance measures, we examine volatility spillover dynamics between the UK and other major stock markets in Europe, thereby identifying a long-run leading role for the UK market...

This paper examines the equity market return predictability of institutional investor sentiment, in comparison to individual investor sentiment. Our findings suggest that institutional traders are informed, and that their sentiment helps tilting stock prices towards the intrinsic value. This is...