Review of Behavioral Finance: Volume 13 Issue 1

Guest editorial

Robert Hudson, Gulnur Muradoglu

A test of the association between the initial surge in COVID-19 cases and subsequent changes in financial risk tolerance

Wookjae Heo, John E. Grable, Abed G. Rabbani

The purpose of this paper is to provide an estimate of the degree to which financial risk tolerance changed in relation to the initial surge of COVID-19 cases in the US.

Investor attention and the response of US stock market sectors to the COVID-19 crisis

Lee A. Smales

COVID-19 has had an immense impact on global stock markets, with no sector escaping its effects. Investor attention towards COVID-19 surged as the virus spread, the number of…

COVID-19 fear index: does it matter for stock market returns?

Sowmya Subramaniam, Madhumita Chakraborty

The purpose of this paper is to capture the investors' mood related to the COVID-19 pandemic and analyze its impact on the stock market returns.

Stock market liquidity, the great lockdown and the COVID-19 global pandemic nexus in MENA countries

Anas Alaoui Mdaghri, Abdessamad Raghibi, Cuong Nguyen Thanh, Lahsen Oubdi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on stock market liquidity, while taking into account the depth and tightness…

COVID-19, bitcoin market efficiency, herd behaviour

Emna Mnif, Anis Jarboui

Unlike previous crisis where investors tend to put their assets in safe havens like gold, the recent coronavirus pandemic is characterised by an increase in the Bitcoin purchasing…

Simulation of the effect of COVID-19 outbreak on the development of branchless banking in Iran: case study of Resalat Qard–al-Hasan Bank

Vahid Shahabi, Adel Azar, Farshad Faezy Razi, Mir Feyz Fallah Shams

COVID-19 has become a global challenge with a significant rate of prevalence, and it has exerted devastating consequences in epidemic, economic and social terms. Therefore, a…