Do economic disasters have an impact on financial investment behaviour? An article by Camille Cornand, Brice Corgnet and Pauline Gandré published in The Conversation.

Do economic disasters, such as the Covid-19 crisis, have an impact on financial investment behaviour? Are investors less inclined to invest after being burned by extreme falls in share prices? At the heart of the analysis is the perceived frequency of macroeconomic disasters. The more they are overestimated, the more cautious people are when it comes to financial investment. But there are ways to combat this!

Read the article here (in French).