Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ololade Periola-Fatunsin Author-Name: Johnson A. Oliyide Author-Name: Ismail O. Fasanya Author-Email: ololade.fatunsin@dawncommission.org Author-Workplace-Name: Research Department, DAWN Commission, Cocoa House, Nigeria Title: Uncertainty Due to Pandemic and the Volatility Connectedness Among Asian REITs Market Abstract: With increasing COVID-19 cases and instability of many financial markets, we examine the role of uncertainty due to infectious diseases in influencing volatility connectedness among Asian Real Estate Investment Trust market. Our result unveils the importance of uncertainty due to pandemic in driving the connectedness among the markets in both the mean and variance. These results carry implications for hedging and portfolio diversification for financial participants. Classification-JEL: D53,L1,D81 Keywords: Ololade Periola-Fatunsin,Johnson A. Oliyide,Ismail O. Fasanya Journal: Asian Economics Letters Pages: 1-5 Volume: 2 Issue: 2 Year: 2021 DOI: 2021/11/06 File-URL: https://a-e-l.scholasticahq.com/api/v1/articles/22323-uncertainty-due-to-pandemic-and-the-volatility-connectedness-among-asian-reits-market.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ayb:jrnael:48