Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Wenli Huang Author-Name: Yuqi Zheng Author-Email: contact.apaea@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Asia Pacific Applied Economics Association Title: COVID-19 - Structural Changes in the Relationship Between Investor Sentiment and Crude Oil Futures Price Abstract: This paper investigates whether the relationship between investor sentiment and crude oil futures price has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. We find a structural change in the relationship from December 31, 2019 to February 25, 2020. The elasticity of crude oil futures price to investor sentiment changed from -0.295 pre-COVID-19 outbreak to -0.678 post-outbreak. Classification-JEL: O Keywords: covid-19, investor sentiment, crude oil futures price Journal: Energy RESEARCH LETTERS Pages: 1-4 Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Year: 2021 DOI: 2021/06/16 File-URL: https://erl.scholasticahq.com/api/v1/articles/13685-covid-19-structural-changes-in-the-relationship-between-investor-sentiment-and-crude-oil-futures-price.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ayb:jrnerl:21