How have COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths affected stock markets : evidence from Nigeria / Nurudeen Abu, Awadh Ahmed Mohammed Gamal, Musa Abdullahi Sakanko, Ana Mateen, David Joseph, and Ben-Obi Onyewuchi Amaechi

This study assesses the effect of COVID-19 proxied by the number of confirmed cases of the infection and deaths on Nigeria’s stock market over the 23rd March to 11th September 2020 period using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL), canonical cointegrating regression (CCR), dynamic ordinary least squares (DOLS) and fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS) techniques. The bounds test to cointegration result reveals that a long-run relationship exists between COVID-19 and Nigeria’s stock market (along with oil prices and exchange rate). The results of the various estimations demonstrate that COVID-19 (proxied by the number of confirmed cases of infection) has a negative and significant impact on stock market performance, while the number deaths has a positive and significant impact on the market in the long-run. In addition, oil prices and exchange rate have a significant and positive effect on stock market performance in the long-run. Similar results were found for sub-sectors including consumer goods and healthcare sub-sectors of the stock market. The study recommends policies to curb the spread of the virus..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Contemporary economics - 15(2021), 1, special issue vom: 22. Feb., Seite 76-99

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Abu, Nurudeen [VerfasserIn]
Awadh Ahmed Mohammed Gamal [VerfasserIn]
Sakanko, Musa Abdullahi [VerfasserIn]
Mateen, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Joseph, David [VerfasserIn]
Amaechi, Ben-Obi Onyewuchi [VerfasserIn]

Links:

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doi.org [kostenfrei]

Themen:

COVID-19
Confirmed cases
Deaths
Nigeria
Stock market

doi:

10.5709/ce.1897-9254.437

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

175158755X