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The impact of COVID-19 on stock market liquidity: Fresh evidence on listed Chinese firms

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  • Apergis, Nicholas
  • Lau, Chi Keung
  • Xu, Bing

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This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the liquidity of Chinese stock market, while accounting for heterogeneity and transmission channels. The analysis incorporates important innovations relative to previous literature. It incorporates both global and national COVID-19 proxies to measure the severity of the pandemic, providing fresh insights into its disruptive effect on the Chinese stock market. While all businesses are expected to experience significant economic losses due to the pandemic, it is important to recognise the effects can vary across firms. Our study as indicates that COVID-19 shocks can have a negative impact on liquidity by influencing three critical factors: earnings dispersion, equity risk premia, and trade credit restrictions. These findings hold substantial importance for both governments and regulators, who should take actions to stimulate stock market liquidity and provide support to affected firms.

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  • Apergis, Nicholas & Lau, Chi Keung & Xu, Bing, 2023. "The impact of COVID-19 on stock market liquidity: Fresh evidence on listed Chinese firms," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finana:v:90:y:2023:i:c:s1057521923003630
    DOI: 10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102847
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    Keywords

    Stock market liquidity; COVID-19; Chinese firms; Earnings dispersion; Equity risk premia; Trade credit restrictions;
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    JEL classification:

    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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