Financial Contagion During COVID–19 Crisis

33 Pages Posted: 26 Apr 2020 Last revised: 20 May 2020

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Md Akhtaruzzaman

Australian Catholic University

Sabri Boubaker

Ecole de Management de Normandie

Ahmet Sensoy

Borsa Istanbul

Date Written: March 30, 2020

Abstract

This study examines how financial contagion occurs through financial and nonfinancial firms between China and G7 countries during the COVID–19 period. The empirical results show that listed firms across these countries, financial and non-financial firms alike, experience significant increase in dynamic conditional correlations between their stock returns. However, the magnitude of increase in these correlations is considerably higher for financial firms during the COVID-19 outbreak, indicating the importance of their role in financial contagion transmission. They also show that optimal hedge ratios increase significantly in most cases, implying higher hedging costs during the COVID-19 period.

Keywords: COVID–19; financial contagion; spillover index; financial firms; nonfinancial firms; hedge ratio

JEL Classification: G15; G20; G21; G22; G23

Suggested Citation

Akhtaruzzaman, Md and Boubaker, Sabri and Sensoy, Ahmet, Financial Contagion During COVID–19 Crisis (March 30, 2020). Finance Research Letters, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3584898 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3584898

Md Akhtaruzzaman (Contact Author)

Australian Catholic University ( email )

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Australia

Sabri Boubaker

Ecole de Management de Normandie ( email )

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Le Havre Cedex, Cedex 4 14052 Caen
France

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Ahmet Sensoy

Borsa Istanbul ( email )

Reşitpaşa mh.
Tuncay Artun cd.
Istanbul, 34467
Turkey

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