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This study examines the determinants of time-varying return volatility of Africa's equity markets using monthly indices … of eight top African stock markets. The conditional variance is modelled as a proxy for Africa's volatility indices using … during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. Additionally, markets in North Africa are revealed as the only African markets immune …
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In this paper, we discuss 10 parallels between the lack of preparation of financial system regulators prior to the GFC and the lack of preparation by public health authorities and governments prior to Covid-19. These parallels relate to: required stocks (of capital or equipment), data collection...
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-19 pandemic, among others. The coronavirus epidemic, which has spread throughout the world, has highlighted the … unregulated financial sectors, the increase of coronavirus-related crimes, and the development of banking regulations in the Covid …
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This paper compares the performance of safe haven assets during two stressful stock market regimes – the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and COVID-19 pandemic. Our analysis across the ten largest economies in the world shows that the traditional choice, gold, acts as a safe haven during the...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has induced chaos and turbulence in financial markets. The ongoing discussions and expectations for the future are quite bleak. In this study, we analyze the current status of the deterioration in foreign exchange markets by comparing it with the turbulence seen in the...
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