The pandemic and economic policy uncertainty

SA Al‐Thaqeb, BG Algharabali… - … Journal of Finance & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The events that occurred after the worldwide diffusion of COVID‐19 provide a real‐life
example of how uncertainty can severely affect the global economy. This paper reviews …

Portfolio diversification, hedge and safe-haven properties in cryptocurrency investments and financial economics: A systematic literature review

J Almeida, TC Gonçalves - Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 2022 - mdpi.com
Our study collected and synthetized the existing knowledge on portfolio diversification,
hedge, and safe-haven properties in cryptocurrency investments. We sampled 146 studies …

The non-fungible token (NFT) market and its relationship with Bitcoin and Ethereum

L Ante - FinTech, 2022 - mdpi.com
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are transferrable rights to digital assets, such as art, in-game
items, collectables, or music. The phenomenon and its markets have grown significantly …

[HTML][HTML] Are cryptocurrencies a safe haven for equity markets? An international perspective from the COVID-19 pandemic

T Conlon, S Corbet, RJ McGee - Research in International Business and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic provided the first widespread bear market conditions since the
inception of cryptocurrencies. We test the widely mooted safe haven properties of Bitcoin …

Co-movement of COVID-19 and Bitcoin: Evidence from wavelet coherence analysis

JW Goodell, S Goutte - Finance Research Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
We apply wavelet methods to daily data of COVID-19 world deaths and daily Bitcoin prices
from 31th December 2019 to 29th April 2020. We find, especially for the period post April 5 …

Infectious disease pandemic and permanent volatility of international stock markets: A long-term perspective

L Bai, Y Wei, G Wei, X Li, S Zhang - Finance research letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the impact of infectious disease pandemic on stock market volatility is of
great concerns for investors and policy makers, especially during recent new coronavirus …

Financial implications of fourth industrial revolution: Can bitcoin improve prospects of energy investment?

CW Su, M Qin, R Tao, M Umar - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bitcoin and the blockchain technology on which it is based are the key drivers behind the
accelerated pace of Fourth Industrial Revolution in the domain of Finance. The offshoots of …

Dynamic linkages between economic policy uncertainty and the carbon futures market: does Covid-19 pandemic matter?

Y Dou, Y Li, K Dong, X Ren - Resources Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, the escalating economic policy uncertainty (EPU) spurs a growing body of
research on the interactions between EPU and financial markets. However, the spillovers …

An index of cryptocurrency environmental attention (ICEA)

Y Wang, B Lucey, SA Vigne… - China Finance Review …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose (1) A concern often expressed in relation to cryptocurrencies is the environmental
impact associated with increasing energy consumption and mining pollution. Controversy …

Diversifying equity with cryptocurrencies during COVID-19

JW Goodell, S Goutte - International Review of Financial Analysis, 2021 - Elsevier
Literature suggests assets become more correlated during economic downturns. The COVID-
19 crisis provides an unprecedented opportunity to investigate this considerably further …