... behaviour before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the mediating role of consumer involvement was examined. Design/methodology/approach A repeated cross-sectional research design was applied to compare consumer behaviour at two different time points. Two sets of data (pre-pandemic...

...Walid Chkili Purpose This paper investigates potential safe haven assets for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) stock markets during the uncertainty period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach This study applies the dynamic conditional correlation–generalized autoregressive...

...Elvira Anna Graziano; Flaminia Musella; Gerardo Petroccione Purpose The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the consumer payment behavior in Italy by correlating financial literacy with digital payment awareness, examining media anxiety and financial...

... the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, the authors investigate the impact of the investor's sentiment on forecasting the Bitcoin returns. Design/methodology/approach This method uses feature selection techniques to assess the predictive performance of the different factors on the Bitcoin returns...

...Valerio Brescia; Paolo Esposito; Stefano Amelio; Paolo Pietro Biancone Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a crisis that has hit the European economy and the currently existing systems. To cope with the crisis, Europe has started an investment aiming the energy transition and crisis...

... in a post-pandemic global space. Practical implications Policymakers can use the results of this study to leverage economic spillovers as a basis for determining which trade partners offer the most significant growth benefits as the region recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and it will also assist...

...Mohamed Lachaab; Abdelwahed Omri Purpose The goal of this study is to investigate the predictive performance of the machine and deep learning methods in predicting the CAC 40 index and its 40 constituent prices of the French stock market during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study objective...

... and during COVID-19 periods. Design/methodology/approach The authors investigate the impact of the confirmation bias on the estimated returns and the expectations of optimistic and pessimistic traders by employing the financial stochastic model with confirmation bias. Indeed, the authors compute...

...Hicham Drissi; Hicham Lamzaouek; Issam Amellal; Karima Mialed Purpose To understand the specificities of Cash-flow bullwhip in the context of major crises similar to that of COVID-19, to identify its financial impacts on the Moroccan FMCG companies, to establish the profile of the companies most...

...Shinta Amalina Hazrati Havidz; Tiffani; Ingrid Claudia Calvilus; Zefanya Angelita Purpose This paper aims to analyse COVID-19 indices and blockchain features on Bitcoin and Ethereum returns, respectively. The authors focus on the most used and owned cryptocurrencies that cover Europe, the US...