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The relationship between the Covid-19 media coverage and the Environmental, Social and Governance leaders equity volatility: a time-frequency wavelet analysis
Applied Economics
  • Zaghum Umar, Zayed University
  • Mariya Gubareva, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-28-2021
Abstract

We apply wavelet analyses to study how the social media coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic influenced the volatility of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) leaders indices encompassing World, USA, Europe, China, and Emerging Markets. We document intervals of low, medium, and high coherence between the Media Coverage Index and the price moves of the ESG Leaders indices. The low coherence intervals indicate the diversification potential of ESG investments during a systemic pandemic such as Covid-19. We document differences in the pattern exhibited by various geographical indices evidencing their potential role for designing cross-geography hedge strategies.

Publisher
Routledge
Disciplines
Keywords
  • Covid-19,
  • developed and Emerging markets,
  • ESG investments,
  • social media coverage,
  • wavelet coherence phase-difference
Scopus ID
85100180023
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
Yes
Open Access Type
Bronze: This publication is openly available on the publisher’s website but without an open license
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2021.1877252
Citation Information
Zaghum Umar and Mariya Gubareva. "The relationship between the Covid-19 media coverage and the Environmental, Social and Governance leaders equity volatility: a time-frequency wavelet analysis" Applied Economics (2021) ISSN: <a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/0003-6846" target="_blank">0003-6846</a>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zaghum-umar/12/