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Quantifying China’s financial reach up through the pandemic: The African experience

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  • Burdekin, Richard C.K.
  • Reckers, Dawson
  • Tao, Ran

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This study seeks to quantify the financial connections between China and Africa. China’s increasing investments in Africa have inevitably strengthened the relationship between China and the majority of African countries over the past decade. We find consistent effects of the Shanghai Industrial Index on African stock markets together with some evidence that these relationships strengthened following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Markov-Switching analysis affirms these connections while also identifying intensifying effects as we move from periods of low market volatility to periods of high volatility. The African stock markets included in the sample encompass Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

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  • Burdekin, Richard C.K. & Reckers, Dawson & Tao, Ran, 2022. "Quantifying China’s financial reach up through the pandemic: The African experience," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecofin:v:63:y:2022:i:c:s1062940822001681
    DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2022.101833
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    Keywords

    Stock markets; International transmission; Africa; China; Markov-Switching;
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    JEL classification:

    • F42 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - International Policy Coordination and Transmission
    • F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration

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