Starts and refutations of the Covid-19 rumors: Evidence from the reaction of the stock market

By manually collecting data on Internet-based rumors concerning COVID-19, we investigate the market reactions to the spread of such rumors and the government’s refutation of them. We find that frightening (reassuring) rumors have a negative (positive) impact on investors. The refutation of frighteni...

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Main Authors: Zhe Li, Zixi Ling, Jian Sun, Congjie Yun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:China Journal of Accounting Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755309122000521