COVID-19 Pandemic and Investor Herding in International Stock Markets

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作者
Bouri, Elie [1 ]
Demirer, Riza [2 ]
Gupta, Rangan [3 ]
Nel, Jacobus [3 ]
机构
[1] Lebanese Amer Univ, Sch Business, POB 36, Jbeil, Lebanon
[2] Southern Illinois Univ Edwardsville, Dept Econ & Finance, Edwardsville, IL 62026 USA
[3] Univ Pretoria, Dept Econ, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa
关键词
COVID-19; international stock markets; investor herding; BEHAVIOR; RISK; VOLATILITY; DRIVE;
D O I
10.3390/risks9090168
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
The aim of this study is to understand the effect of the recent novel coronavirus pandemic on investor herding behavior in global stock markets. Utilizing a daily newspaper-based index of financial uncertainty associated with infectious diseases, we examine the association between pandemic-induced market uncertainty and herding behavior in a set of 49 global stock markets. More specifically, we study the pattern of cross-sectional market behavior and examine whether the pandemic-induced uncertainty drives directional similarity across the global stock markets that cannot be explained by the standard asset pricing models. Utilizing a time-varying variation of the static herding model, we first identify periods during which herding is detected. We then employ probit models to examine the possible association between pandemic-induced uncertainty and the formation of herding. Our findings show a strong association between herd formation in stock markets and COVID-19 induced market uncertainty. The herding effect of COVID-19 induced market uncertainty is particularly strong for emerging stock markets as well as European PIIGS stock markets that include some of the hardest hit economies in Europe by the pandemic. The findings establish a direct link between the recent pandemic and herd formation among market participants in global financial markets. Considering the evidence that herding behavior can drive security prices away from equilibrium values supported by fundamentals and further contribute to price fluctuations in financial markets, our findings have significant implications for policy makers and investors in their efforts to monitor investor sentiment and mitigate mis-valuations that might occur as a result. Furthermore, the evidence on the behavioral pattern of stock investors in relation to infectious diseases uncertainty can be useful in studying price discovery in stock markets and might help market participants in forming hedging strategies to mitigate downside risk in their investment portfolios.
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