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ENTROPY
Volume 24, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/e24101420
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MODWT; Granger causality; transfer entropy
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The relationship between COVID-19 news series and stock market volatility in Latin American countries and the U.S. was analyzed. The results showed that the U.S. and Latin American stock markets reacted differently to COVID-19 news, and certain news indices had significant impact on Latin American markets. These COVID-19 news indices can be used to forecast stock market volatility in the U.S. and Latin America.
The relationship between three different groups of COVID-19 news series and stock market volatility for several Latin American countries and the U.S. are analyzed. To confirm the relationship between these series, a maximal overlap discrete wavelet transform (MODWT) was applied to determine the specific periods wherein each pair of series is significantly correlated. To determine if the news series cause Latin American stock markets' volatility, a one-sided Granger causality test based on transfer entropy (GC-TE) was applied. The results confirm that the U.S. and Latin American stock markets react differently to COVID-19 news. Some of the most statistically significant results were obtained from the reporting case index (RCI), A-COVID index, and uncertainty index, in that order, which are statistically significant for the majority of Latin American stock markets. Altogether, the results suggest these COVID-19 news indices could be used to forecast stock market volatility in the U.S. and Latin America.
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