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COVID-19 news and the US equity market interactions: An inspection through econometric and machine learning lens

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  • Rabin K. Jana

    (Indian Institute of Management Raipur)

  • Indranil Ghosh

    (Institute of Management Technology Hyderabad)

  • Fredj Jawadi

    (Univ. Lille, ULR 4999 - LUMEN)

  • Gazi Salah Uddin

    (Linköping University)

  • Ricardo M. Sousa

    (University of Minho
    LSE Alumni Association)

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of COVID-19 on the US equity market during the first wave of Coronavirus using a wide range of econometric and machine learning approaches. To this end, we use both daily data related to the US equity market sectors and data about the COVID-19 news over January 1, 2020-March 20, 2020. Accordingly, we show that at an early stage of the outbreak, global COVID-19s fears have impacted the US equity market even differently across sectors. Further, we also find that, as the pandemic gradually intensified its footprint in the US, local fears manifested by daily infections emerged more powerfully compared to its global counterpart in impairing the short-term dynamics of US equity markets.

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  • Rabin K. Jana & Indranil Ghosh & Fredj Jawadi & Gazi Salah Uddin & Ricardo M. Sousa, 2025. "COVID-19 news and the US equity market interactions: An inspection through econometric and machine learning lens," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 345(2), pages 575-596, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:annopr:v:345:y:2025:i:2:d:10.1007_s10479-022-04744-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s10479-022-04744-x
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    Keywords

    COVID-19; The US equity market; Co-integration; Detrended cross-correlation analysis; Machine learning;
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    JEL classification:

    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • G1 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets
    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health

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