Browsing Journal Articles by Subject "COVID-19"
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COVID-19 pandemic and debt financing by firms: unravelling the channels
(Elsevier, 2022-06-18)The COVID-19-induced disruptions and the consequent government responses stretched the financial resources of firms. Recent studies document an increase in debt financing by firms during the pandemic. Using firm-level data ... -
The COVID-19 pandemic and food insecurity: a viewpoint on India
(World Development, 2020-07-15)In this article, we present our viewpoint on COVID-19 pandemic and one of the humanitarian challenges it will likely pose: food insecurity. We begin our article by presenting the status of hunger and food insecurity around ... -
Food supply chains and resilience to shocks: evidence from India's COVID-19 lockdown
(Wiley, 2023-04-11)We study the disruption of food supply to households and reduced farm-to-market arrivals in India's food supply chain during the COVID-19 lockdown. We focus on the relationship between logistics quality (and performance) ... -
Gold in household portfolios during a pandemic: Evidence from India
(Elsevier, 2024-04-04)This paper examines how Indian households allocate their savings portfolio across gold, financial assets, and cash during the COVID-19 crisis. Our study relies on an extensive household survey in 142 districts across 21 ... -
Is ESG the key to unlock debt financing during the COVID-19 pandemic? international evidence☆
(Elsevier, 2022-07-14)In this article, we examine whether stakeholder engagement impacts firms’ ability to raise debt during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using firm-level data from 51 countries, we find that firms with greater stakeholder engagement ... -
Lights out? COVID-19 containment policies and economic activity
(Elsevier, 2023-02-15)This paper estimates how strongly COVID-19 containment policies have impacted aggregate economic activity. We use a difference-in-differences methodology to estimate how containment zones of different severity across ... -
Lights out? COVID-19 containment policies and economic activity.
(Elsevier Inc., 2023-02-06)This paper estimates how strongly COVID-19 containment policies have impacted aggregate economic activity. We use a difference-in-differences methodology to estimate how containment zones of different severity across India ... -
Mutual fund asset allocation during COVID-19: evidence from an emerging market.
(Taylor & Francis, 2023-02-09)The paper examines the investment decisions of Indian equity mutual funds during various stages of the COVID-19 pandemic with monthly portfolio holdings. We find that funds favoured firms with lower risk, higher financial ... -
Pandemic panic? effects of health system capacity on firm confidence during COVID-19
(ScienceDirect, 2023-07-26)We examine whether firms’ business confidence – defined as their perceptions of risk and sentiment associated with the COVID-19 pandemic – is affected by ex ante health system capacity and ex post government responses. ... -
Responses to COVID-19: the role of governance, healthcare infrastructure, and learning from past pandemics
(Journal of Business Research, 2020-09-10)The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak has revealed vulnerabilities in global healthcare responses. Research in epidemiology has focused on understanding the effects of countries’ responses on COVID-19 spread. While a growing body ... -
Shattered but smiling: human resource management and the wellbeing of hotel employees during COVID-19
(International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2020-11-19)The purpose of this paper is to explore the human resource management (HRM) practices adopted by hotels during COVID-19 and to examine the impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of hotel employees using qualitative thematic ... -
Work from home amenability and venture capital financing during COVID-19
(Taylor & Francis, 2022-03-21)This paper examines the impact of COVID-19 on venture capital financing of firms. We find a significant shift in the profile of firms that obtain venture capital financing during the pandemic-induced economic crisis. Firms ...