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Abstract
This study examines the reaction of stock market returns to the COVID-19 pandemic (cases and deaths) and government policy interventions (GPIs) using the indices of stock markets of 11 African countries. We employ a combination of times series (OLS) and panel (pooled OLS and panel VAR) estimation methods. Evidence from the time series shows that announcement of COVID-19 confirmed cases leads to a decline in stock returns in countries like Cote D’Ivoire, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria and Uganda by 0.005%, 0.003%, 0.012%, 0.011% and 0.014% respectively. Similarly, the announcement of GPIs also results in a decline in stock returns in countries like Cote D’Ivoire, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia and Nigeria by 0.002%, 0.035%, 0.035%, 0.022% and 0.048% respectively.
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