Evolving Financial Markets: Innovations, Risks, and Opportunities
A special issue of International Journal of Financial Studies (ISSN 2227-7072).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 182
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Management, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, 3504 Viseu, Portugal
Interests: corporate finance; capital structure; financial performance; financial economics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Financial markets have become increasingly interdependent, resulting in risk management practices that encompass multiple market segments and corporate financial decisions. Accordingly, volatility cycles have been shortened, reflecting higher market fragmentation, economic uncertainty, and structural changes in the global financial system. Market participants and firms increasingly account for systemic sources of risk, including climate, geopolitical, carbon, financial, and emerging technological risks associated with artificial intelligence. At the firm level, managers face various sources of risk and uncertainty when making investment and financing decisions, which underscores the importance of risk management strategies that aim to enhance financial sustainability and resilience.
These developments raise important empirical issues concerning how systemic risk and exogenous shocks affect markets and firms, as well as dynamics corporate financial outcomes. This Special Issue welcomes rigorous empirical and analytical research that provides robust evidence to inform investors, managers, and policymakers during periods of heightened uncertainty. It seeks original research and comprehensive review articles addressing, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Market volatility and corporate green investment;
- Systemic risks and capital structure;
- Exogenous shocks and corporate financial resilience;
- Forecasting corporate financial distress;
- Speculative bubbles and systemic risks;
- ESG and CSR.
Dr. Flávio Morais
Dr. Joaquim Ferreira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- systemic risks
- exogenous shocks
- time series analysis
- panel data analysis
- volatility analysis
- spillover effects
- ESG and CSR
- corporate finance
- financial markets analysis
- capital structure
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