The Covid-19 pandemic is likely to affect stock markets negatively as observed by past studies that the hedging effectiveness of Islamic stocks declines due to Covid-19. The subsequent effort to bend down the uprising cases of Covid-19 is through limited movement order, which on the other hand, may aggravate theContinue Reading
This study aims to investigate the influence of users’ regarding Covid-19 sentiments in social media on the S&P 500 and Bitcoin returns. The social media used in this study is mainly Twitter. The vector autoregression approach was applied to examine trending issues, which involved daily data observation and observed fromContinue Reading
This paper examines the economic impact of workforce disruptions on the output, final demand and Gross Domestic Product by applying an extended input-output (I-O) model. In the extended I-O model, workforce disruptions are measured and modelled in two perspectives: loss of employment (LOE) and inter-industry disruptions that limit the numberContinue Reading
This study aims to determine factors affecting deposits in banks during COVID-19 pandemic by employing a spatial finance approach on a sample of Islamic Rural Banks in the Indonesian archipelago. The results showed that the COVID-19 pandemic, capital financing, and bank asset had a spatial influence on bank deposits. Specifically,Continue Reading
Objektif kajian ini adalah untuk mengkaji persepsi pengguna terhadap maklumat Covid-19 yang disebarkan oleh agensi kerajaan. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah analisis faktor terhadap 634 sampel pengguna di Lembah Klang, Malaysia. Didapati pengguna kerap menggunakan maklumat Covid-19 yang disebarkan oleh agensi kerajaan yang terlibat dalam pengurusan Covid-19, terutama menerusi media sosialContinue Reading
Kajian ini mengkaji kesan persepsi tentang risiko dan motivasi melancong terhadap niat untuk melancong di dalam negara semasa pandemik COVID-19. Dengan menggunakan Teori Gelagat Terancang (TPB) lanjutan, kajian ini memberi fokus kepada gelagat pelancong tempatan berdasarkan maklum balas daripada 407 responden di Malaysia. Data telah dikumpulkan melalui soal selidik yangContinue Reading
This study aims to examine the impact of digital divide on student outcomes using primary data. We used a sample of 233 secondary school students in the rural area of Sabah, Malaysia, during the COVID-19 pandemic from October to November 2020, about six months into student mandatory online learning. AContinue Reading
This study explores the impact of COVID-19 on stock market reactions of cyclical and non-cyclical industries during the pandemic. This paper aims to provide a systematic literature review (SLR) of studies done on the effect of COVID-19 on stock price. The PRISMA Statement (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews andContinue Reading
The exponential spread of the coronavirus in Malaysia has caused a significant majority of the economic activities to cease, resulting in poor stock market performance. This pandemic situation has in turn prompted the government to introduce policies to restart and improve economic activity and stock market performance. Hence, does theContinue Reading
Nigeria is a small open economy with a high level of external dependency especially on the export of crude oil for foreign earnings and government revenue and import of consumables goods including pharmaceutical products. Currently, China and USA contribute more than 35% of Nigerian total import and in addition withContinue Reading
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