Revisiting conventional and green finance spillover in post-COVID world: Evidence from robust econometric models
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Article Title | Revisiting conventional and green finance spillover in post-COVID world: Evidence from robust econometric models |
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ERA Journal ID | 18372 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Sharma, Gagan Deep (Author), Sarker, Tapan (Author), Rao, Amar (Author), Talan, Gaurav (Author) and Jain, Mansi (Author) |
Journal Title | Global Finance Journal |
Journal Citation | 51, pp. 1-22 |
Article Number | 100691 |
Number of Pages | 22 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | Netherlands |
ISSN | 1044-0283 |
1873-5665 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2021.100691 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1044028321000892 |
Abstract | In 2020, ESG funds that invest in companies that score higher on environmental, social, and governance measures witnessed an increase in investment compared to 2019. Understanding the causal relationship and spillover between these two types of indexes may help investors determine if clean energy indexes follow the same trend as conventional indexes or the reverse. Additionally, investors would benefit from understanding this causation in both the pre- and post-Covid-19 eras. We conceive this study to plug this gap and advance the knowledge in this critical area. We study the causality and spillover between NASDAQ clean energy indexes, and their corresponding alternatives namely, NASDAQ Composite Index and NASDAQ Global Select Market Composite using the daily data and from 1 st January 2011 to 29 th June 2021. We apply the Granger-Causality test and the spillover models approach by Diebold and Yilmaz (2012) and Baruník and Křehlík (2018) to determine any medium-run, or long-run causality, and spillover between the indexes under reference, respectively. Our results suggest us to observe that both sustainable and green indexes exhibit bi-directional causality where both sets of indexes impact each other in the long-run. Additionally, after the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the connectivity between the two sets of indices rose significantly. Our findings also suggest that the investors will not lose on risk-adjusted returns if they chose to go green. With the investors' ability to shift towards green investment without losing on financial returns, it shall become even easier for businesses to steer their operations. |
Keywords | COVID-19; Granger-causality; Green finance; Sustainable indexes; Traditional indexes; Wavelet coherence |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 350201. Environment and climate finance |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India |
Griffith University | |
Shoolini University, India | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q730w/revisiting-conventional-and-green-finance-spillover-in-post-covid-world-evidence-from-robust-econometric-models
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