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From COVID-19 herd immunity to investor herding in international stock markets: the role of government and regulatory restrictions

From COVID-19 herd immunity to investor herding in international stock markets: the role of government and regulatory restrictions
From COVID-19 herd immunity to investor herding in international stock markets: the role of government and regulatory restrictions

We study if government response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic can mitigate investor herding behaviour in international stock markets. Our empirical analysis is informed by daily stock market data from 72 countries from both developed and emerging economies in the first quarter of 2020. The government response to the COVID-19 outbreak is measured by means of the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker, where higher scores are associated with greater stringency. Three main findings are in order. First, results show evidence of investor herding in international stock markets. Second, we document that the Oxford Government Response Stringency Index mitigates investor herding behaviour, by way of reducing multidimensional uncertainty. Third, short-selling restrictions, temporarily imposed by the national and supranational regulatory authorities of the European Union, appear to exert a mitigating effect on herding. Finally, our results are robust to a range of model specifications.

COVID-19, International stock markets, Investor herding, Short-selling restrictions, Stringency Index
1057-5219
Kizys, Renatas
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Tzouvanas, Panagiotis
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Donadelli, Michael
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Kizys, Renatas
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Tzouvanas, Panagiotis
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Donadelli, Michael
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Kizys, Renatas, Tzouvanas, Panagiotis and Donadelli, Michael (2021) From COVID-19 herd immunity to investor herding in international stock markets: the role of government and regulatory restrictions. International Review of Financial Analysis, 74, [101663]. (doi:10.1016/j.irfa.2021.101663).

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We study if government response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic can mitigate investor herding behaviour in international stock markets. Our empirical analysis is informed by daily stock market data from 72 countries from both developed and emerging economies in the first quarter of 2020. The government response to the COVID-19 outbreak is measured by means of the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker, where higher scores are associated with greater stringency. Three main findings are in order. First, results show evidence of investor herding in international stock markets. Second, we document that the Oxford Government Response Stringency Index mitigates investor herding behaviour, by way of reducing multidimensional uncertainty. Third, short-selling restrictions, temporarily imposed by the national and supranational regulatory authorities of the European Union, appear to exert a mitigating effect on herding. Finally, our results are robust to a range of model specifications.

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Accepted/In Press date: 30 December 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 12 January 2021
Published date: March 2021
Keywords: COVID-19, International stock markets, Investor herding, Short-selling restrictions, Stringency Index

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Local EPrints ID: 446492
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/446492
ISSN: 1057-5219
PURE UUID: 387c1cd4-ad28-4181-b6fb-a36c05bb36dc
ORCID for Renatas Kizys: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9104-1809

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Date deposited: 11 Feb 2021 17:33
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 06:17

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Author: Renatas Kizys ORCID iD
Author: Panagiotis Tzouvanas
Author: Michael Donadelli

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