Are cryptocurrencies safe havens during the COVID-19 pandemic? A threshold regression perspective with pandemic-related benchmarks

Autor: Barbu Teodora Cristina, Boitan Iustina Alina, Cepoi Cosmin-Octavian
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
Předmět:
Zdroj: Economics and Business Review, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 29-49 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2450-0097
DOI: 10.18559/ebr.2022.2.3
Popis: The paper employs a threshold regression framework conditioned by two COVID-19 related proxies, to investigate whether Bitcoin and Ether exhibit short-term safe haven or diversifier features for stock and bond markets. Both cryptocurrencies fulfil a diversifier role for the responsible investments represented by sustainable stock market indices, a safe haven role for major bond markets and a mixed role for a selection of representative stock market indices. Furthermore, in times characterized by an increasing number of COVID-19 daily cases or deaths the statistical relationship between both cryptocurrencies and the main financial market determinants weakens.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals