IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/jecsur/v39y2025i5p1852-1882.html

A Bibliometric analysis of literature on hedge and safe haven assets

Author

Listed:
  • Muhammad Anas
  • Elie Bouri
  • Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad

Abstract

We conduct a meta‐literature review of safe haven and hedge assets covering 617 papers published in 170 sources from 1996 to 2022 based on the Scopus database. This review includes a qualitative analysis of the bibliometric content and a quantitative analysis of the citations to identify the primary research streams and offer future research directions. The analysis identifies four research streams in the hedge and safe haven literature: (1) Gold as a hedge and safe haven asset; (2) various models estimating the hedge and safe haven ability of potential assets such as precious metals, crude oil, and cryptocurrencies; (3) Bitcoin as a safe haven asset; and (4) the role of various safe haven assets, particularly Gold and Bitcoin, during the COVID‐19 crisis. The meta‐review also classifies the most influential authors focusing on hedging and safe haven research through co‐authorship and collaborative network analysis. Finally, future research directions are formulated with a wide set of potential research questions and areas. The outcomes of this meta‐review study are useful for researchers, financial analysts, and investors searching for the best safe haven assets during unfavorable market conditions.

Suggested Citation

  • Muhammad Anas & Elie Bouri & Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad, 2025. "A Bibliometric analysis of literature on hedge and safe haven assets," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(5), pages 1852-1882, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jecsur:v:39:y:2025:i:5:p:1852-1882
    DOI: 10.1111/joes.12677
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/joes.12677
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/joes.12677?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. French, Joseph J. & Gurdgiev, Constantin & Lucey, Brian M. & Shin, Seungho, 2025. "Sailing the stormy seas: Energy hedge funds strategy innovation, and market uncertainties," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 150(C).

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:jecsur:v:39:y:2025:i:5:p:1852-1882. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0950-0804 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.