Bitcoin market connectedness across political uncertainty

Yuxuan Chen, Junmao Chiu, Huimin Chung and Donald Lien

International Review of Economics & Finance, 2024, vol. 96, issue PA

Abstract: In this study, we examine the risk transmissions between the bitcoin market, political uncertainty, and various financial market uncertainty measures. We find that the returns and volatilities of Bitcoin are the receivers of the information from political uncertainty measures, such as the geopolitical risk index and the party conflict indices. These effects are strong during periods of financial stress. Further, the financial market uncertainty measures switch between the roles of transmitters and receivers over time. Our results further show that Bitcoin has hedging and safe-haven properties that mitigate political uncertainty. Our results provide a full understanding of how political uncertainty is transmitted to the Bitcoin market.

Keywords: Political uncertainty; Geopolitical risk; Party conflict; Bitcoin market; Financial connectedness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G01 G10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2024.103623

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