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The financial repercussions of military escalation

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  • Santorsola, Marco
  • Caferra, Rocco
  • Morone, Andrea

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This paper investigates the initial market reactions to the February 2022 military escalation. We provide an overview while discriminating for different investment classes, shining light on the intensity of the geopolitical risk and on potential hedging properties of specific assets (such as gold and Bitcoin).

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  • Santorsola, Marco & Caferra, Rocco & Morone, Andrea, 2022. "The financial repercussions of military escalation," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 603(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:603:y:2022:i:c:s0378437122005210
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2022.127791
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