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Table 6 The effects of COVID-19 and EPU on stock market crash risk

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

Variables

(1)

(2)

Intercept

0.0010

(0.5618)

0.0007

(0.3952)

Skew(t−1)

0.1935***

(5.9587)

0.2011***

(6.2448)

rCases(t−1)

 − 0.0335***

(− 3.4234)

 − 0.0241***

(− 2.9812)

rCases(t−2)

 − 0.0167*

(− 1.7002)

 

rEPU(t)

 − 0.0086**

(− 2.2788)

 − 0.0087**

(− 2.2954)

N

917

917

R2

0.0582

0.0552

Adj-R2

0.0540

0.0521

AIC

 − 2.9529

 − 2.9519

SC

 − 2.9266

 − 2.9309

  1. ***, **, * represent statistical significance at 1%, 5%, and 10% levels, respectively. The t-statistics are presented in the brackets. The optimal lag length in column (1) is determined by the AIC criterion, while the SC criterion determines the optimal lag length in column (2)