International financial reporting standards (IFRS) have been widely adopted around the world. However, whilst there is a lot of evidence on the economic consequences of IFRS adoption (e.g., foreign direct investments; development of financial markets; financial accounting quality; access to...

This paper examines the weak-form efficiency of the global gold markets with specific focus on the random walks (RWS) and martingale difference sequence (MDS) hypotheses, and consequently, investigates the extent to which predictability or non-predictability of global daily spot gold price...

The rapid rise of Bitcoin and its increasing global adoption has raised concerns about its impact on traditional markets, particularly in periods of economic turmoil and uncertainty such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines the extent of the volatility contagion from the Bitcoin market...