Table 3.
Models of Panic during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Pooled Factors).
Models of : | Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 3 |
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S.E. | S.E. | S.E. | ||||
Internal Restrictions: | ||||||
0.130 | 0.025 | 0.191 | 0.072 | 0.178 | 0.064 | |
0.139 | 0.030 | 0.261 | 0.075 | 0.210 | 0.063 | |
0.457 | 0.182 | 0.445 | 0.176 | |||
0.106 | 0.224 | 0.170 | 0.214 | |||
−0.055 | 0.029 | −0.047 | 0.026 | |||
−0.086 | 0.030 | −0.063 | 0.027 | |||
Stimulus Announcements: | ||||||
0.074 | 0.045 | 0.237 | 0.099 | 0.177 | 0.095 | |
0.073 | 0.044 | 0.092 | 0.094 | 0.075 | 0.097 | |
0.111 | 0.283 | 0.179 | 0.276 | |||
0.015 | 0.268 | 0.000 | 0.263 | |||
−0.207 | 0.080 | −0.165 | 0.076 | |||
−0.068 | 0.075 | −0.060 | 0.072 | |||
Travel Restrictions: | ||||||
0.021 | 0.013 | 0.034 | 0.034 | 0.034 | 0.035 | |
0.014 | 0.015 | −0.001 | 0.037 | 0.009 | 0.036 | |
0.025 | 0.100 | 0.041 | 0.098 | |||
−0.052 | 0.081 | −0.060 | 0.081 | |||
−0.008 | 0.008 | −0.007 | 0.008 | |||
−0.001 | 0.008 | −0.003 | 0.008 | |||
Domestic COVID-19 Cases: | ||||||
1.381 | 0.140 | 0.513 | 0.147 | 0.394 | 0.144 | |
0.004 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.001 | |
−0.027 | 0.009 | −0.010 | 0.008 | −0.006 | 0.009 | |
International COVID-19 Cases: | ||||||
1.952 | 0.293 | 1.891 | 0.290 | |||
0.001 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.001 | |||
−0.008 | 0.007 | −0.007 | 0.006 | |||
0.049 | 0.017 | 0.067 | 0.017 | |||
Panic Terms: | ||||||
0.285 | 0.012 | 0.237 | 0.012 | 0.205 | 0.012 | |
0.242 | 0.012 | 0.199 | 0.012 | 0.174 | 0.012 | |
Related Country Panic | 0.712 | 0.058 | ||||
Diagnostics: | ||||||
AR1 Term of | −0.038 | 0.012 | −0.011 | 0.012 | −0.013 | 0.012 |
CSD Test (w/ -value) | 13.687 | 0.000 | 2.923 | 0.003 | 0.809 | 0.418 |
Sims Test (w/ -value) | 6.907 | 0.000 | 0.515 | 0.865 | 0.448 | 0.909 |
0.381 | 0.404 | 0.423 |
Note: WLS is used for estimation, where and . The results for additional terms are available in the Online Appendix. The CSD Test refers to the (Pesaran, 2015) test with a null of weak cross-sectional dependence. The Sims Non-Causality Test refers to a F-test on the significance of three leads of the policy variables as suggested by Sims (1972).