In our first empirical exercise we assess the conditional relationship in the timefrequency domain between the return on Ibovespa and the cases or deaths by COVID-19 in Hubei, countries with record deaths and the world, for the period from January 29 to July 31, 2020. We also perform a...

Background: Studies have highlighted how public-private partnerships are characterized by a lack of transparency, low availability of data, low accountability, and, often, strong opportunism. All these factors do not allow potential interested parties to trust it. This undermines the possibility...

We assess the conditional relationships in the time-frequency domain between the return on Brazilian financial index, IFNC, and the COVID-19 cases or deaths in Hubei, in countries who stood out in this health crisis scenario and the world, considering the period from January 29 to December 31,...

We revisit the discussion on banking system contagion by proposing a risk-based empirical analysis during the current pandemic period. We use daily returns on G7 banking sector indices from January 01, 2015 to December 31, 2019 (pre-pandemic), and from January 01, 2020 to October 16, 2020...

We examine volatility connectedness of 11 sectoral indices in the US using daily data from January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2020. We employ the connectedness measures of Diebold and Yilmaz (2009, 2012, 2014), unveiling changes in the US sectoral connectedness and stylized facts regarding...

Cover -- Quartino -- Indice -- Gli Autori -- Introduzione -- Capitolo I - La riqualificazione della spesa pubblica in sede locale: la spending review (Renato Loiero) -- Capitolo II - Alcune riflessioni sul nuovo sistema dei controlli negli enti locali (Alma Fanelli) -- Capitolo III - Evoluzione...