Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/274301 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity [ISSN:] 2199-8531 [Volume:] 7 [Issue:] 4 [Article No.:] 241 [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 1-18
Publisher: 
MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
Studies examining the impact of COVID-19 using network dynamics are scant and tend to evaluate a specific local stock market. We present a thorough investigation of 58 world stock market networks using a complex network approach spanning across the uncertain times that have resulted from the coronavirus outbreak. First, we use the daily closing prices of the world stock market indices to construct dynamic complex networks and sixteen minimum spanning tree (MST) maps for the period from December 2019 to March 2021. Second, we present the topological evolution properties of time-varying MSTs by applying normalized tree length, diameter, average path length, and centrality measures. Moreover, the empirical results suggest that (1) the highest correlation among the world stock markets is observed during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the months of February-March 2020; (2) most of the MSTs appear lower in hierarchy, and many chain-like structures are formed due to the sheer impact of pandemic-related crises; (3) Germany remained a hub node in many of the MSTs; and (4) the tree severely contracted during the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak (during the months of February and March 2020) and expanded slightly afterwards. Moreover, the results obtained from this study can be used for the development of financial stability policies and stock market regulations worldwide.
Subjects: 
COVID-19
network analysis
complex network
dynamic rolling correlations
financial markets
topology
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