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Economics and Finance
Ireland
2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
81
Citations
29666
World Ranking
262
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Brian M. Lucey is affiliated with Trinity College Dublin in Ireland and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their scholarly output includes over 300 publications, reflecting a broad and multidisciplinary approach within these domains.

Their primary areas of study encompass Economics and Econometrics, Finance, Information Systems, Accounting, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. They have undertaken significant research on topics such as Market Dynamics and Volatility, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, and Corporate Finance and Governance.

Brian M. Lucey has contributed to a wide range of publication venues, most notably:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (117 publications)
  • Finance research letters (30 publications)
  • Research in International Business and Finance (15 publications)
  • Energy Economics (14 publications)
  • International Review of Financial Analysis (8 publications)

Their collaborative work frequently involves co-authors including Sitara Karim, Muhammad Abubakr Naeem, Samuel A. Vigne, Larisa Yarovaya, and Mohammad Zoynul Abedin, with respective co-authorship counts of 34, 28, 28, 23, and 20 papers alongside these researchers.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Brian M. Lucey include:

  • The contagion effects of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from gold and cryptocurrencies, 2020, Finance research letters
  • ChatGPT for (Finance) research: The Bananarama Conjecture, 2023, Finance research letters
  • Bitcoin, gold, and commodities as safe havens for stocks: New insight through wavelet analysis, 2020, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
  • Is gold a hedge or a safe-haven asset in the COVID-19 crisis?, 2021, Economic Modelling
  • Examining the interrelatedness of NFTs, DeFi tokens and cryptocurrencies, 2022, Finance research letters

Best Publications

  • Is Gold a Hedge or a Safe Haven? An Analysis of Stocks, Bonds and Gold

    Dirk G. Baur;Brian M. Lucey

  • Exploring the dynamic relationships between cryptocurrencies and other financial assets

    Shaen Corbet;Andrew Meegan;Charles Larkin;Brian Lucey

  • Cryptocurrencies as a financial asset: A systematic analysis

    Shaen Corbet;Brian M. Lucey;Andrew Urquhart;Larisa Yarovaya

  • The contagion effects of the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from gold and cryptocurrencies

    Shaen Corbet;Shaen Corbet;Charles James Larkin;Charles James Larkin;Brian M. Lucey;Brian M. Lucey;Brian M. Lucey

  • Measurement of production with a veto on additional central jet activity in pp collisions at TeV using the ATLAS detector

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  • Hedges and safe havens: An examination of stocks, bonds, gold, oil and exchange rates

    Cetin Ciner;Constantin Gurdgiev;Brian M. Lucey

  • Datestamping the Bitcoin and Ethereum bubbles

    Shaen Corbet;Brian Lucey;Larisa Yarovaya

  • Is Bitcoin a better safe-haven investment than gold and commodities?

    Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad;Elie Bouri;David Roubaud;Ladislav Kristoufek;Ladislav Kristoufek

  • ChatGPT for (Finance) research: The Bananarama Conjecture

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  • A power GARCH examination of the gold market

    Edel Tully;Brian M. Lucey

  • The Role of Feelings in Investor Decision‐Making

    Brian M. Lucey;Michael Dowling

  • Determinants of capital structure in Irish SMEs

    Ciarán mac an Bhaird;Brian Lucey

  • Bitcoin, gold, and commodities as safe havens for stocks: New insight through wavelet analysis

    Elie Bouri;Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad;David Roubaud;Ladislav Kristoufek

  • The macroeconomic determinants of volatility in precious metals markets

    Jonathan Andrew Batten;Cetin Ciner;Brian Lucey

  • Is gold a hedge or a safe-haven asset in the COVID–19 crisis?

    Akhtaruzzaman;Sabri Boubaker;Brian M. Lucey;Brian M. Lucey;Brian M. Lucey;Ahmet Sensoy

  • Flights and contagion—An empirical analysis of stock–bond correlations☆

    Dirk G. Baur;Brian M. Lucey

  • Impact of climate policy uncertainty on traditional energy and green markets: Evidence from time-varying granger tests

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  • The financial economics of gold – A survey

    Fergal A. O'Connor;Fergal A. O'Connor;Brian M. Lucey;Brian M. Lucey;Jonathan A. Batten;Dirk G. Baur

  • International equity market integration: Theory, evidence and implications

    Colm Kearney;Brian M. Lucey

  • Aye Corona! The contagion effects of being named Corona during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Shaen Corbet;Shaen Corbet;Yang Hou;Yang Hu;Brian Lucey;Brian Lucey;Brian Lucey

  • Volatility spillover effects in leading cryptocurrencies: A BEKK-MGARCH analysis

    Paraskevi Katsiampa;Shaen Corbet;Brian Lucey;Brian Lucey;Brian Lucey

  • Gravity and culture in foreign portfolio investment

    Raj Aggarwal;Colm Kearney;Brian M. Lucey;Brian M. Lucey

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaen Corbet
Shaen Corbet Dublin City University
Jonathan A. Batten
Jonathan A. Batten RMIT University
Larisa Yarovaya
Larisa Yarovaya University of Southampton
Raj Aggarwal
Raj Aggarwal University of Akron
Dirk G. Baur
Dirk G. Baur University of Western Australia
Elie Bouri
Elie Bouri Lebanese American University
Gazi Salah Uddin
Gazi Salah Uddin Linköping University
Ahmet Sensoy
Ahmet Sensoy Bilkent University
Les Oxley
Les Oxley University of Waikato
David Roubaud
David Roubaud Montpellier Business School

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