Research Communication | Open Access
Volume 2021 | Communication ID 46
COVID-19 effects on the European and American financial markets
Abderrahmane Moussi, Ahmed Ouazza
Academic Editor: Youssef EL FOUTAYENI
Received
Accepted
Published
January 23, 2021
February 15, 2021
March 15, 2021

Abstract: The financial crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented [1]. In order to highlight the impact of the pandemic on the principal financial markets, we propose to study seven European and American stock indices during the period from December 31, 2019 until March 31, 2020 [3]. Firstly, we carry out an empirical study of the effects of COVID-19 daily data and the Chinese CSI300 index, especially on the market’s volatility and correlations across indices. Secondly, using the stepwise method, we establish linear models which predict the studied indices values successfully. The ...