Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: OlaOluwa Yaya Author-Name: Rafiu Akano Author-Name: Oluwasegun Adekoya Author-Email: os.yaya@ui.edu.ng Author-Workplace-Name: Economic and Finance Statistics Unit, Department of Statistics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Title: Market Efficiency and Volatility Persistence of Green Investments Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic Abstract: Using a nonlinear framework with Chebyshev polynomial in time, we investigate the market efficiency and volatility persistence of five green investments before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results show that, except for the MSCI global green building index, green investments are more efficient and exhibit higher volatility persistence before the crisis, as compared to the crisis period. Thus, green investors are likely to make arbitrage profits during the pandemic. Classification-JEL: C22 ,Q47 Keywords: Green investment, Volatility persistence, COVID-19 pandemic Journal: Asian Economics Letters Pages: 1-6 Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Year: 2023 DOI: 2023/03/09 File-URL: https://a-e-l.scholasticahq.com/api/v1/articles/53107-market-efficiency-and-volatility-persistence-of-green-investments-before-and-during-the-covid-19-pandemic.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ayb:jrnael:86