Guest editorial: Implications of the Russia–Ukraine conflict on the global financial markets

Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern, the global economy has been straining under a range of burdens: surging inflation and unemployment rates, tangled global supply chains and tumbling financial markets (Batten et al., 2022;Boubaker et al., 2022;Choudhury et al., 2022;Liu et al., 2022). [...]using a difference-in-differences (DID) analysis, they investigate the epidemic's impact on the market quality of overseas companies and compare it to that of local firms with the same name. [...]the authors compare international companies based on firm-specific features and those of their home countries. According to the authors' findings, the conflict has significantly negatively influenced airlines, although it has benefited the market for military goods. According to the results, investors in these energy markets exhibit a herding behavior.

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Dr. Bailey discusses the evolving role physicians play in healthcare related to policy and technology including telehealth and remote care. Biography Dr. Bailey is a distinguished allergist/immunologist from Fort Worth, Texas, is immediate past president of the American Medical Association. A fierce advocate for physician autonomy and private practice, Dr. Bailey has held numerous leadership positions with the AMA and has also represented the AMA on the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, the American Board of Medical Specialties, and COLA. Dr. Bailey has been an allergist in private practice for over 30 years and completed her residency in general pediatrics and a fellowship in allergy/immunology at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. She has been awarded the title of Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. Dr. Bailey was later appointed to the Texas A& M System Board of Regents by then-Gov. George W. Bush, and has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Texas A&M University and of Texas A&M University College of Medicine.