Covid-19’s adverse effects on a stock market index

Kang Hua Cao; Qiqi Li; Yun Liu; Chi-Keung Woo

doi:10.1080/13504851.2020.1803481

Covid-19’s adverse effects on a stock market index

Kang Hua Cao^*, Qiqi Li, Yun Liu, Chi-Keung Woo

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Abstract

We perform a panel data analysis of 14 daily stock market indices during 01/21/2020–06/30/2020 to document a stock market index’s negative responsiveness to Covid-19’s spread variations. We find that a stock market index’s elasticity estimate is −0.028 (p-value <0.01) for local cumulative confirmed cases. As a stock market index tends to move with Covid-19’s local and non-local spreads, international efforts of containment are expected to pare stock market losses.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1157-1161
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Economics Letters
Volume	28
Issue number	14
Early online date	6 Aug 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2020.1803481
Publication status	Published - 16 Aug 2021

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