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Table 5 The effects of EPU on stock market crash risk

From: Preventing crash in stock market: The role of economic policy uncertainty during COVID-19

Variables

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Intercept

0.0004

(0.2392)

0.0004

(0.2380)

0.0004

(0.2387)

0.0004

(0.2343)

Skew(t−1)

0.2032***

(6.2845)

0.2037***

(6.2869)

0.2037***

(6.2830)

0.2042***

(6.3040)

rEPU(t)

 − 0.0089**

(− 2.3390)

 − 0.0084**

(− 1.9999)

 − 0.0087**

(− 2.0153)

 − 0.0070

(− 1.5786)

rEPU(t−1)

 

0.0012

(0.2821)

0.0005

(0.1060)

0.0030

(0.5939)

rEPU(t−2)

  

 − 0.0013

(− 0.3035)

0.0027

(0.5414)

rEPU(t−3)

   

0.0070

(1.5728)

N

917

917

917

917

R2

0.0460

0.0461

0.0462

0.0487

Adj-R2

0.0438

0.0429

0.0420

0.0435

AIC

 − 2.9444

 − 2.9423

 − 2.9402

 − 2.9407

SC

 − 2.9286

 − 2.9213

 − 2.9139

 − 2.9092

  1. ***, **, * represent statistical significance at 1%, 5%, and 10% levels, respectively. The t-statistics are presented in the brackets