... be obtained for commercial re-use. JEL Codes: G14, G34, G41 SPACs IPOs Waves Covid-19 Interest rates Market sentiment Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) are established to raise capital through an IPO with the sole aim of acquiring a private company and making it listed...

... firms around the COVID-19 pandemic, I conduct analyses on ex-ante selection, finding that firms listing during the IPO wave had lower ex-ante profitability. This effect is augmented for early movers. To examine ex-post selection, I identify the closest matching private firm for each IPO firm and use...

...Bernard Kwame Tawiah; Michael O’Connor Keefe Firms hold cash for precautionary reasons. The COVID-19 pandemic plausibly represents an exogenous shock for which firms hold cash. We examine the impact of cash holdings on corporate investment during the COVID-19 pandemic. We find that Capital...

... of the COVID-19 outbreak on banking performance and financial stability in both commercial and Islamic banks, as well as the determinants of their respective differences in performance. We find that while both types of banks experienced a reduction in stock market performance during the pandemic, the returns...

... to green finance. © 2023 C. Girardone and O. Ricci 2023 C. Girardone and O. Ricci Licensed re-use rights only Uncertainty crises bank performance bank business models COVID-19 G01 G21 L21 L25 The environment in which firms and banks operate has changed dramatically over...