The impact of COVID-19 induced panic on the return and volatility of precious metals

Zaghum Umar, Saqib Aziz and Dima Tawil
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Dima Tawil: ESC [Rennes] - ESC Rennes School of Business

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Abstract: We use TVP-VAR approach to analyze the connectedness between the COVID-19 induced global panic index (GPI) and precious metals return and volatility. We find evidence of positive connectedness between the GPI and precious metals with GPI being a shock transmitter and precious metals, especially gold, being net receivers. While silver shows the highest resistance to shocks, platinum and palladium present a time varying transmission pattern. Our results refute the safe-haven property of precious metals during the COVID-19 outbreak, with the exception of silver.

Keywords: COVID-19; Global panic index; Precious metals; TVP-VAR method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-09
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Published in Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2021, 31, pp.100525. ⟨10.1016/j.jbef.2021.100525⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbef.2021.100525

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