The Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Business Sustainability and Risk Analysis

A special issue of Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN 1911-8074). This special issue belongs to the section "Risk".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021)

Special Issue Editors

Montpellier Business School, 2300, Avenue des Moulins, 34185 Montpellier, France
Interests: risk; financial markets; applied economics and finance
School of Economics and Finance, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Interests: finance; financial economics; applied financial econometrics

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Risk measurement, assessment, and management have never been so important as they are today. The stock markets almost crashed. Cryptocurrencies (especially Bitcoin), an innovative idea meant to deal with a high-risk situation like the COVID19 pandemic, are failing (at least, the data say so). Interest rates are negative with high debts, and unemployment insurance claims are on the rise. The outlook is not so pleasant, and it is high time for academia to re-think and produce out-of-the-box solutions that can serve humanity in general and finance knowledge specifically.

The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused a volatile financial climate and triggered a global economic freeze. The shock of COVID-19 has spread, like a tsunami, across the globe. The lockdown and health crisis forcing business closures have resulted in higher economic and fiscal policy uncertainties. Similarly, the severe impact of COVID-19 on global demand induces higher probabilities of tail risks. Identifying COVID19-associated risk and alternative investment assets, such as gold, is critical for addressing tail risks.

This Special Issue aims to collect high-quality, unpublished, observational research articles and notes within the context of evaluating the challenges associated with risk measurement, assessment, and management in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

Prof. Dr. Jawad Syed Shahzad
Dr. Muhammad Abubakr Naeem
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • COVID19
  • financial crisis
  • economic uncertainty
  • stock markets
  • cryptocurrencies
  • volatility clustering
  • financial risk management
  • alternate investments
  • hedge
  • safe havens
  • asset allocation and portfolio management
  • sustainable finance
  • geopolitical risk
  • informational efficiency

Published Papers

There is no accepted submissions to this special issue at this moment.
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