When Bitcoin has the flu: on Bitcoin's performance to hedge equity risk in the early wake of the COVID-19 outbreak

【Author】 Grobys, Klaus

【Source】APPLIED ECONOMICS LETTERS

【影响因子】1.287

【Abstract】Using the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak as a set-up for a quasi-experiment, this study derives novel insights on the dynamic correlation between Bitcoin and US stocks. Given the unprecedented scale of infections and the nature of the virus, the potential impact on the dynamic correlation was unpredictable and therefore uncertain. Using a difference-in-differences setting, the dynamic correlation between Bitcoin and stocks is controlled for the dynamic correlation between gold and stocks. This study finds that Bitcoin performed poorly in hedging this tail risk.

【Keywords】COVID-19; coronavirus; hedging; financial technology; Bitcoin

【发表时间】2020 7-Jun

【收录时间】2022-01-02

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