COVID-19 Containment Measures and Expected Stock Volatility : High-Frequency Evidence from Selected Advanced Economies /

We study the effect of COVID-19 containment measures on expected stock price volatility in some advanced economies, using event studies with hand-collected minute-level data and panel regressions with daily data. We find that six-month-ahead volatility indices dropped following announcements of init...

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Autore principale: Acharya, Viral
Altri autori: Liu, Yang, Zhao, Yunhui
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/157
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