Diverse decisions and behavior of investors in stock markets under unforeseeable situations of the COVID-19 pandemic were influenced by environmental and psychological factors. This study aimed to identify the factors affecting individual investor decisions through a systematic review with a...

China's stock market greatly outperformed other national markets during the first several months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it did so even before it became evident that early containment efforts would flounder in the United States and many other countries. As to why, one view holds that...

Background: There is an expanding body of research on the relationship between auditor gender and earnings management, based on the assumption that female auditors possess specific innate characteristics relevant to external audit quality. Objectives: To further existing knowledge, this study...

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many studies have appeared on how it will affect climate change and policy, and vice versa. In this study, we systematically review the literature about this relationship. We obtained a sample of 204 articles published in the period from February 2020 to...

When deciding how to allocate their time between different types of investment in their children, parents weigh up the perceived benefits and costs of different activities. During the COVID-19 outbreak parents had to consider a new cost dimension when making this decision: the perceived risks...

We study how the stringency of policy measures to counter the COVID-19 pandemic affects individuals' trust in formal institutions. Drawing on micro-level panel data from Germany spanning an 18-month period from the onset of the pandemic, we show that, on average, there is a pronounced negative...

The paper finds that the post-pandemic inflation surge and subsequent decline from 2021 to 2024 had no significant impact on public support for the Euro for the EA-19 and for most individual member states of the EA-19. From 2021 to 2024, net public support for the euro remained remarkably stable...

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed systemic vulnerabilities in financial markets and raised pressing questions regarding the resilience of technology and entrepreneurship under shock. This study investigates whether two innovation-intensive sectors, technology and pharmaceuticals, exhibited...

This article assesses the impact of parents working from home on children's academic performance in high school. Using French data, we draw on the fact that, within each major social group, not all families have been equally exposed to the recent rise in work from home (WFH), depending on the...

The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly disrupted global aviation networks, with long-haul connectivity particularly affected. This study assesses the evolving competitive positions of sixteen major hub airports in the Asia-Pacific region by analyzing their transfer-connectivity performance before and...

The stability of global energy markets is fundamental to effective energy strategy, influencing national policy and corporate investment decisions. Extreme volatility, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic, exposes the limitations of conventional risk assessment tools and undermines strategic...

The COVID-19 pandemic posed severe challenges for governments, presenting unknown situations and requiring decisions to be made under unprecedented uncertainty. Scientists responded fast, developing vaccines to mitigate the effects of the disease and improve pandemic management. This study...

This paper analyzes heterogeneity in post-pandemic labor market adjustment across industries, contrasting healthcare and social assistance with leisure and hospitality. Using CPS monthly microdata (2015-2023), JOLTS separations, and LEHD Jobto-Job flows, we estimate sector-specific...

During and shortly after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns were expressed that working from home (WFH) was creating a 'mental health crisis'. Australia experienced a three-phase 'WFH experiment', with widespread high-intensity WFH imposed by lockdowns in 2020, deepened restrictions...

We study whether religiosity is associated with greater economic resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using county-level data from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from 2016 to 2024, together with the Religion Census in 2010 and 2020, we...

This paper examines the effects of emergency food assistance on human mobility patterns between March and August of 2020. We study a large public-private initiative in Colombia, created to deliver food aid to one million households at risk of falling into poverty and previously not included in...

This paper examines the dynamics of life satisfaction for a sample of young Irish adults before, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. Using longitudinal data from the Child cohort of the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) survey we analyse changes in the Cantril ladder measure of life satisfaction...

This study evaluates the costs and benefits of alternative COVID-19 strategies for Norway, drawing on ex-post evidence from countries that pursued markedly different approaches. We argue that an elimination strategy-combining strict infection control with stringent border measures until a...

Firms tend to justify price increases as necessary to cover rising costs. However, standard models imply that firms not only adjust prices to cost increases, but also to changes in spending. We present a model where, instead, there is differential adjustment depending on the type of shock. The...

This paper investigates how monetary and ESG-related risks-especially those stemming from asymmetric policy transmission across Eurozone economies-have evolved over time, with a focus on the post-COVID-19 era. Using a mixed-method bibliometric analysis of 216 peer-reviewed articles (1996-2025),...