Navigating the Economic Landscape in the Asian Pacific: A Study of Climate, Security, and Economic Spillovers across Stock Markets

doi: https://doi.org/10.35536/lje.2023.v28.i2.a4

Qingmei Tan, Muhammad Haroon Rasheed, Muhammad Shahid Rasheed and Kamran Ali

Abstract

Keywords

South Asia, stock markets, spillover, sustainability, terrorism, sentiments

Citation:

“Tan, Q., Rasheed, H.R., Rasheed, M.H., and Ali, K. (2024). Navigating Economic Landscape in Asian Pacific: A Study of Climate, Security, and Economic Spillovers across Stock Markets.” Lahore Journal of Economics, 28(2), 77–97.

https://doi.org/10.35536/lje.2023.v28.i2.a4

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