Predicting volatility is a must in the finance domain. Estimations of volatility, along with the central tendency … research is to analyze the influence of COVID-19 on the return and volatility of the stock market indices of the top 10 … volatility remains higher than in normal periods, signaling a bearish tendency in the market. The COVID variable, as an exogenous …

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 … volatility, the least squares dummy variable bias correction (LSDVC) model is employed. The study finds that volatility of …