Stagpression: The economic and financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2021
Abstract
This paper formulates an analytical framework to understand the spatiotemporal patterns of epidemic disease occurrence, its relevance, and implications to financial markets activity. The paper suggests a paradigm shift: a new multi-dimensional geometric approach to capture all symmetrical and asymmetrical strategic graphical movement. Furthermore, it introduces the concept of stagpression, a new economic phenomenon to explain the uncharted territory the world economies and financial markets are getting into. The Massive Pandemic Contagious Diseases Damage on Stock Markets Simulator (?-Simulator) to evaluate the determinants of capital markets behavior in the presence of an infectious disease outbreak. The model investigates the impact of COVID-19 on the performance of ten stock markets, including S&P 500, TWSE, Shanghai Stock Exchange, Nikkei 225, DAX, Hang Seng, U.K.-FTSE, KRX, SGX, and Malaysia-FTSE
Keywords
Stagpression, Pandemics, Economic modeling, Economic desgrowth, Policy modeling, Stock market, COVID-19
Divisions
Faculty_of_Business_and_Accountancy
Publication Title
Contemporary Economics
Volume
15
Issue
1
Publisher
University of Finance and Management in Warsaw