The special issue aims to reflect the full breadth of the pandemic’s impact on Asia continent, one of biggest economic areas in the world. As expected, COVID-19 has negatively affected the economies of Asian countries. As is well known, the pandemic has generated remarkable distortions in Asian economies in general and in their financial systems in particular, severely affecting financial customers. Consequently, different strategies have been applied in Asian countries to cope with the economic and financial effects of the pandemic. The special issue Asian Economy and Finance during the COVID-19 Pandemic aims to collect the insights from academic researchers and the financial services industry practitioners on the challenges and solutions resulting from their research on the topic.

The main aim of the issue is to provide empirical research about the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the financial service sectors of the Asian continent. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: 

• Monetary and fiscal policy responses  
• Effects on financial, labor and commodity markets
• Changes in the pattern of international trade
• Financial innovation
• Innovation and Asian economy
• Stock market evolution in Asia 
• Changes in business strategies change  

There are no restrictions to the length of individual papers. We are open to all methodological approaches and have special interest in papers using high-frequency data with these standards:

• Papers must follow the journal’s guidelines for authors: http://ojs.ual.es/ojs/index.php/eea/about/submissions#authorGuidelines/
• In the submission process, the authors must indicate that the paper is submitted to the Special Issue Asian Economy and Finance during the COVID19 Pandemic in the cover letter.
• Submission must be done through the journal’s website: http://ojs.ual.es/ojs/index.php/eea/login
• The deadline for submission is June, 2021.
• Studies of Applied Economics will publish the special issue in September 2021

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