The COVID-19 outbreak slowed down global economic activities substantially, resulting in unrest in the financial markets, especially in the beginning of the pandemic outbreak. This study aims to investigate if COVID-19 caused abnormal returns in the US and the Chinese stock markets in the...

The effect of COVID‑19 on stock market performance has important implications for both financial theory and practice. This paper examines the relationship between COVID‑19 and the instability of both stock return predictability and price volatility in the U.S over the period January 1st,...

The coronavirus crisis has damaged the U.S. economy. This paper uses the stock returns of 125 sectors to investigate its impact. It decomposes returns into components driven by sector-specific factors and by macroeconomic factors. Idiosyncratic factors harmed industries such as airlines,...