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Asymmetric volatility spillover among Chinese sectors during COVID-19

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  • Shahzad, Syed Jawad Hussain
  • Naeem, Muhammad Abubakr
  • Peng, Zhe
  • Bouri, Elie

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Inter-sectoral volatility linkages in the Chinese stock market are understudied, especially asymmetries in realized volatility connectedness, accounting for the catastrophic event associated with the COVID-19 outbreak. In this paper, we examine the asymmetric volatility spillover among Chinese stock market sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic using 1-min data from January 2, 2019 to September 30, 2020. In doing so, we build networks of generalized forecast error variances by decomposition of a vector autoregressive model, controlling for overall market movements. Our results show evidence of the asymmetric impact of good and bad volatilities, which are found to be time-varying and substantially intense during the COVID-19 period. Notably, bad volatility spillover shocks dominate good volatility spillover shocks. The findings are useful for Chinese investors and portfolio managers constructing risk hedging portfolios across sectors and for Chinese policymakers monitoring and crafting stimulating policies for the stock market at the sectoral level.

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  • Shahzad, Syed Jawad Hussain & Naeem, Muhammad Abubakr & Peng, Zhe & Bouri, Elie, 2021. "Asymmetric volatility spillover among Chinese sectors during COVID-19," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 75(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finana:v:75:y:2021:i:c:s105752192100096x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2021.101754
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