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The Impact of COVID-19 on the Relation Between Retail Investors' Trading and Stock Returns in the Chinese Market

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  • Tao Bing

    (School of Finance, Capital University of Economics and Business, China)

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This paper investigates the relation between retail investors’ flows and returns during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Chinese market using the VAR model. The results show that though the positive feedback trading during the pandemic is weaker than that in the pre-COVID-19 period, the positive feedback trading following negative returns during the crisis is much stronger than that in the pre-COVID-19 period. This implies panic trading.

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  • Tao Bing, 2021. "The Impact of COVID-19 on the Relation Between Retail Investors' Trading and Stock Returns in the Chinese Market," Asian Economics Letters, Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association, vol. 2(1), pages 1-7.
  • Handle: RePEc:ayb:jrnael:29
    DOI: 2021/08/10
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    Keywords

    chinese stock market; positive feedback trading; retail investors; covid-19;
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    JEL classification:

    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health

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