Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 
Author-Name: Lei Yan
Author-Name: Yanhong Qian
Author-Email:  yhqian@zufe.edu.cn
Author-Workplace-Name:  China Academy of Financial Research, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, China.
Title: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Chinese Stock Market - An Event Study Based on the Consumer Industry
Abstract:  Using an event study approach, this paper investigates the impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on the consumer industry in the Chinese stock market. We find that stocks belonging to the consumer industry was adversely impacted by the pandemic in the first three trading days after the incident. However, this impact is transitory. With the implementation of government policies, stock returns of the industry maintain steady growth.
Classification-JEL:  G15,I1
Keywords:  covid-19, stock price, consumer industry
Journal:  Asian Economics Letters
Pages: 1-4
Volume: 1
Issue: 3
Year:  2021
DOI:  2021/08/10
File-URL:  https://a-e-l.scholasticahq.com/api/v1/articles/18068-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-chinese-stock-market-an-event-study-based-on-the-consumer-industry.pdf
File-Format:  Application/pdf
Handle:  RePEc:ayb:jrnael:21