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COVID-19 Vaccinations and the Volatility of Energy Companies in International Markets

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  • Ender Demir

    (Department of Business Administration, School of Social Sciences, Reykjavik University, Menntavegur 1, 102, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland)

  • Renatas Kizys

    (Department of Banking and Finance, Southampton Business School, Highfield Campus, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK)

  • Wael Rouatbi

    (Montpellier Business School, 34185 Montpellier, France)

  • Adam Zaremba

    (Montpellier Business School, 34185 Montpellier, France
    Department of Investment and Financial Markets, Institute of Finance, Poznan University of Economics and Business, 61-875 Poznan, Poland)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated both the risk and volatility of energy companies. Can mass vaccinations restore stability within this sector? To answer this question, we investigate stock market data from fifty-eight countries from January 2020 to April 2021. We document that vaccination programs assist in decreasing the volatility of energy stocks around the world. The drop in volatility is statistically and economically significant and robust to many considerations. The observed phenomenon survives a broad battery of control variables; it is also independent of the employed regression model or the volatility measurement approach. Moreover, the effect is not driven by the dynamics of the pandemic itself or the associated government interventions. Finally, we find the influence of vaccinations on energy stock volatility to be more pronounced in developed markets rather than in emerging ones. Our findings bear clear practical implications: policy makers around the world should consider the essential role of vaccinations in the energy sector.

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  • Ender Demir & Renatas Kizys & Wael Rouatbi & Adam Zaremba, 2021. "COVID-19 Vaccinations and the Volatility of Energy Companies in International Markets," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-21, December.
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