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. 2020 Sep 3;37:101748. doi: 10.1016/j.frl.2020.101748

Table 3.

Systematic Risks for the pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 regime periods.

Industry β¯C β¯PC β¯Cβ¯PC t-statistics
Panel A: Top 7 industries
Utilities 0.65 0.29 0.36 12.74⁎⁎⁎
Restaurants, Hotels, & Lodgings 0.93 0.68 0.25 11.81⁎⁎⁎
Tobacco 0.70 0.49 0.21 11.19⁎⁎⁎
Petroleum and Natural Gas 1.24 1.04 0.20 13.93⁎⁎⁎
Consumer Goods 0.76 0.58 0.19 12.27⁎⁎⁎
Food Production 0.63 0.49 0.14 12.83⁎⁎⁎
Tele-com & Broadcasting 0.81 0.69 0.12 9.68⁎⁎⁎
Panel B: Bottom 7 industries
Business Equipment 1.11 1.28 −0.17 −15.91⁎⁎⁎
Personal and Business Services 1.08 1.22 −0.14 −16.52⁎⁎⁎
Steel 1.16 1.28 −0.11 −12.96⁎⁎⁎
Fabricated Products and Machinery 1.18 1.27 −0.1 −16.44⁎⁎⁎
Electrical Equipment 1.06 1.15 −0.09 −12.25⁎⁎⁎
Automobiles and Trucks 1.05 1.11 −0.06 −13.92⁎⁎⁎
Health Care, Medical, Pharmaceutical Products 0.89 0.92 −0.03 −17.91⁎⁎⁎

This table reports average betas for pre-covid-19 sample period and COVID-19 sample period, and mean differences in the average betas for each industry between two sample periods. Panel (a) shows top 7 industries among 30 industries, which have higher mean difference in average betas between two sample periods. Panel (b) shows bottom 7 industries have lower mean difference in average betas between two sample periods.

*** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.10.