Using a sample of the G20 countries, we examine the impact of COVID-19 on stock return and volatility connectedness, and whether the connectedness measures behave differently for countries with SARS 2003 experience. We find that both stock return and volatility connectedness increase across the...

Given the global resolve to transit away from traditional energy sources toward a low carbon economy, companies are under increasing pressure to grapple with the tension between longterm business sustainability and short-term energy threat. To assess how companies react to this intertemporal...